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What made Dems panic....
« on: June 05, 2007, 12:10:32 AM » |
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...into thinking they needed to pander to the religious base so early? http://news.yahoo.com/s/a..._pr/democrats_religion_15  |
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2007, 06:40:09 AM » |
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Because they probably aren't going going to vote for Giuliani, McCain or Mitt Romney, so they are up for grabs.
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2007, 07:36:25 AM » |
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I thought all libs were godless heathens, I'm confused.
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2007, 07:39:06 AM » |
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What made Dems panic....? What else? |
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2007, 07:45:40 AM » |
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...into thinking they needed to pander to the religious base so early?
I'm going to guess that it's 200+ years of history. The list of Presidents who don't embrace the Christian God is shorter than the list of French war heroes. |
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2007, 07:53:02 AM » |
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'Stay Home' works for the Dems, but come to the realization that morality embraces more than 2 'Core Issues' (and relatively inconsequential ones at that) works even better.
Another factor is an increasingly disillusioned Left, notably in the area's of :
1) Economic Globalization. Dem frontrunner's Obama and Clinton are virtually indistuingishable from their Republican counterparts on these issues, and Big Bill was a Free Marketer all the way, to the right of BushI in alot of ways. The only Dem that stands out here is Edwards.
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2) The 'P*ssy Factor' which reared it's head when the Democratic Congress knuckled under to Dummya's continuing escalation of the Iraqi Occupation.
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2007, 08:37:19 AM » |
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I thought all libs were godless heathens
Some of us quasi-conservatives/libertarians are too  |
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2007, 08:39:09 AM » |
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...into thinking they needed to pander to the religious base so early?
I'm going to guess that it's 200+ years of history. The list of Presidents who don't embrace the Christian God is shorter than the list of French war heroes. No doubt, but I thought the primaries were the time for a huge swing to to the left and right (respectively) in order to win the party's nomination. Isn't it a bit early to run to the middle? I mean, I doubt many of the moral majority are voting in democratic primaries. |
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2007, 08:51:16 AM » |
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maybe it was to try to gain ground in wyoming  |
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2007, 09:10:42 AM » |
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...the first hint that this is not your typical 'pander to the religious right for votes' is that Soledad O'Brien, not Christopher Wallace, served as moderator.
Personally, I foresee a schism forming in evangelicaldom....one not unlike that dividing Sunnis and Shiites.
When suicide bombers start disrupting Sojourner-sponsored events, things like reasoned dialog among presidential aspirants, peaceful demonstrations against the Iraq war, global warming and discriminatory and inhumane immigration policies, then we will have come full circle.
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Re: What made Dems panic....
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2007, 11:06:17 AM » |
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IIRC the Clintons have never been reluctant to play the religion card. Obama's played it a number of times already as well. Seems neither party has a monopoly on piety.
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