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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.

17 posted on 10/05/2003 3:43:50 PM PDT by truthandlife
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To: truthandlife
This is a very powerful bloc and if people like you say we can get these votes from moderates, think again.

Yes it is a very powerful bloc and with commendable ideals to say the least, however perhaps working a different way of messaging, dressed to be appealing to moderates, could achieve a draw from moderate voters....just a thought.

22 posted on 10/05/2003 3:53:19 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: truthandlife
This is a very powerful bloc and if people like you say we can get these votes from moderates, think again.

Evangelicals are really good at staying home on election day. If they actually got off their asses and voted, the GOP would be nationally dominant and brimming with elected conservatives. But half the time evangelicals stay home, and we're left with a mix of excellent conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and "moderates".

30 posted on 10/05/2003 4:08:37 PM PDT by JohnnyZ (Robot robot robot)
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To: truthandlife
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.

You are an excellent example of the old saying that "Liars Can Figure But Figures Don't Lie". If your claims were true then the GOP should be winning elections by huge majorities but the truth is that isn't happening and it isn't going to happen.

You and your ilk will do whatever it takes to implement the Theocracy that you crave. If that means twisting the facts and lieing to meet your goals then so be it.

The Truth is that most Christians don't buy your warped agenda and your kind have forced more people away from the GOP and into the arms of the Democrats than you have ever brought to the table.

The GOP has always been about Fiscal Conservatism, now your kind are willing to sacrifice that heritage at the alter of religous zealotry.

Go away, we don't need you and don't want to be perceived as being associated with you. Take Roy and his rock with you when you go. And please don't let the door hit you on the a$$ on the way out.

32 posted on 10/05/2003 4:12:31 PM PDT by LPM1888 (Freedom begins when you tell Mrs Grundy to go fly a kite)
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To: truthandlife
The GOP cannot survive with an
electoral base composed of
libertarian and religious
conservatives.

The centrist "swing voters" decide the elections. Compromises with
this reality are essential.

You pick a few major conservative
issues to champion---like tax
cuts or national security--and you
hammer on those---and let the
rest be open to negotiation.

That's what Reagan did.
137 posted on 10/05/2003 9:46:40 PM PDT by Bushbacker
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