[Gordian Blade]

I believe a big part of it was the undisclosed past drunk driving problem that came to light late in the campaign. People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow.

[eureka!]

Re#8 Yep. That's why it was close and Zogby called it. Undecideds broke 2-1 for Gore in the final days, the reverse of what typically happens. The Clymers sure tried and almost succeeded...

[okie01]

"I believe a big part of it was the undisclosed past drunk driving problem that came to light late in the campaign. People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow."

I believe you are exactly right. In both respects.

[NC Conservative]

I believe a big part of it was the undisclosed past drunk driving problem that came to light late in the campaign. People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow.

I think you are correct. I think his DUI did hurt. However, Christians should be the first to know that becoming a Christian is a LIFE CHANGING experience. They should have voted based on that. Many Christians have a checkered past. Look at Frankling Graham. He was a drunk (till his 30's I believe). All the while his dad was evangelising all across the world.

[oyez]

Jesus forgave. The church don't forget.

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[JoeSchem]

People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow.

I'm about as fundamentalist Christian as they come and that's simply not true. Christians believe in redemption and do not hold a person accountable for a traffic ticket written twenty-five years before.

What concerns us about Bush is what another poster here said, that we get the symbols and the other side gets the actions.

Consider RU-486, the abortion pill which Clinton legalized. If someone handed Bill Clinton a billion dollars under the table and asked that the pill be taken off the market, Clinton would have found some technicality the next day. Bush, however, can't do that. It would be 'honorable.' So he lets babies die instead.

Then there's the flip side. Spending federal money on public schools is clearly unconstitutional. The Bush spin, however, is that we must live with current circumstances as a matter of compromise.

So, do you get it? We can't compromise to stop abortion because that wouldn't be honorable, but we can compromise over federal spending in public schools because to stop wouldn't be practical. So one day they're 'honorable,' the next day they're 'practical' -- and the only consistent part of the formula is that conservative Christian beliefs get smashed down each time.

[Exigence]

People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow.

So much for forgiveness...

[Chemnitz]

I think you are correct. There was an enormous shock fed by a suddenly puritanical press about the drunk driving charge. It was foolish of the Bush campaign to keep it under wraps. Offered early as a confession, it would have helped Bush. Leaked by opponents at the last minute, the negative impact of the story peaked at poll-time.

I think the reaction was hypocritical and silly. It was the equivalent of bed-wetting charges. W grew up and sobered up. However, Gore was treated as if he were a sober philosopher after 8 years of defending and participating in the most corrupt administration in history. Gore's womanizing and pot addiction never made the headlines.

I agree with those who say that appointing more sodomites will not help Bush. I would also like to see some pro-life initiatives.

[YaYa123]

I agree...the very late information leaked out about the driving while drinking charge hurt. And I think candidate Bush would have gotten more black votes if not for that despicable NAACP ad about the truck dragging death of the black man in Texas, narrated by his daughter.

Conservatives, more than liberals, tend to be one issue non-voters, and we seem to take great pride in affecting an election by staying home. I hope the closeness of the 2000 presidential election, and 9-11 gives us pause the next time around.

[PJ-Comix]

I believe a big part of it was the undisclosed past drunk driving problem that came to light late in the campaign. People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow.

Too bad they were too clueless to figure out it was just a Demmycrat dirty trick to release that info at the last moment.

[madison10]

I believe a big part of it was the undisclosed past drunk driving problem that came to light late in the campaign. People on our side tend to demand our candidates be pure as newfallen snow.

I don't think the drunken driving was much of a factor. What was in his past was in his past. Many Christians are a forgiving bunch for the most part..."There but for the grace of God go I," etc.

George W. Bush is/was not perfect (who is?) but to stay home and risk the Evil Empire taking over--THAT was un-Christian and foolish, not to mention careless with the privileges and rights fought for by our forefathers.