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To: LPM1888
Let the single issue zealots go form their own party, we don't need them.

When they are gone the GOP will gain more than enough moderate voters from the Democrats to replace the Religous Zealots .

Thanks for at least being honest. I will tell you right now that the Republican Party will be in big trouble if they decide to reject Christian conservatives. I know you don't like to hear this but some six out of seven voting-age Americans are Christians. What makes evangelical Christians so powerful, Pew found, was their consistency on the issues. "The fact that this group expresses a consistent set of conservative political attitudes and is extremely active politically makes evangelicals Christians a powerful voting bloc,They're more apt to vote than other groups. With priorities going beyond core moral concerns over abortion and homosexuality, two-thirds of self-proclaimed religious conservatives are likely to vote, versus roughly half of all Americans. This is a very powerful bloc and if people like you say we can get these votes from moderates, think again.

15 posted on 10/05/2003 3:42:45 PM PDT by truthandlife
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To: truthandlife
What makes evangelical Christians so powerful, Pew found, was their consistency on the issues.

They're consistent, all right. They'll vote consistently Republican, no matter what.

46 posted on 10/05/2003 4:35:17 PM PDT by findingtruth
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To: truthandlife
"What makes evangelical Christians so powerful, Pew found, was their consistency on the issues. "The fact that this group expresses a consistent set of conservative political attitudes and is extremely active politically makes evangelicals Christians a powerful voting bloc,They're more apt to vote than other groups."

If that is true why can't you get McClintock elected? After the Pro-Life single issue people got control of the California Republican Party a few years ago they managed to loose all the statewide offices to Democrats. Is it possible that "Pro-life" is not the most important issue in most Christian's minds?

The flaw in your logic is believing that all those Christian voters have the same values and priorities you do. The Evangelicals are only a fraction of the Christian population in America.
118 posted on 10/05/2003 7:11:44 PM PDT by CHUCKfromCAL
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