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"Harry Hope" |
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17 Mar 2006 06:41:09 AM |
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Religious Reich warns Republicans |
From The BBC, 3/17/06:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4815912.stm
US evangelicals warn Republicans
By Jamie Coomarasamy
BBC News, Washington
Prominent leaders from the Christian right have warned Republicans
they must do more to advance conservative values ahead of the US
mid-term elections.
Their message to Congress, controlled by Republicans, is "must do
better".
Support from about a quarter of Americans who describe themselves as
evangelicals was a factor in President George W Bush's two election
victories.
The Republicans will need to keep them onboard if they are to retain
control of Congress in November.
At a news conference in Washington, some of America's most influential
conservative leaders said the current perception among evangelical
Christians was that the Republican majority was not doing enough for
them.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said that
apart from confirming two conservative judges to the Supreme Court,
"core values voters" did not feel that Congress was advancing their
interests.
The leaders appear to be reflecting a growing sense of frustration
among the Christian right, over what they see as a lack of legislative
progress on issues such as banning same-sex marriages.
And while this was not quite a call to arms, it will cause concern in
Republican circles in the run-up to the mid-terms.
Exit polls suggested that more than three-quarters of white
evangelical Christians voted for President Bush in 2004.
But according to a recent opinion poll, the number of them who want
Republicans to retain their Congressional majority is not much above
50%.
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I guess God doesn't speak to Georgie Bush and his Repug thugs anymore.
Harry
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| User: "ClassWarz" |
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| Title: Re: Religious Reich warns Republicans |
17 Mar 2006 07:09:01 AM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:gkbl12h2n3dslc92ncpppm8ekl13tud29k@4ax.com...
From The BBC, 3/17/06:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4815912.stm
US evangelicals warn Republicans
By Jamie Coomarasamy
BBC News, Washington
Prominent leaders from the Christian right have warned Republicans
they must do more to advance conservative values ahead of the US
mid-term elections.
What is a conservative value anyhow: fiscal discipline? No, scratch that
one--conservatives are robbing the cradle with an unprecedented spending
spree.
Perhaps opposition to government intrusiveness is a conservative value?
Nope, warrantless domestic spying, secret CIA torture prisons and the
so-called 'Patriot Act' put conservatives squarely into the neo-Stalinist
camp.
Someone find me a conservative value that conservatives actually practice!
Maybe corruption is a conservative value, etc.
ClassWarz
Their message to Congress, controlled by Republicans, is "must do
better".
Support from about a quarter of Americans who describe themselves as
evangelicals was a factor in President George W Bush's two election
victories.
The Republicans will need to keep them onboard if they are to retain
control of Congress in November.
At a news conference in Washington, some of America's most influential
conservative leaders said the current perception among evangelical
Christians was that the Republican majority was not doing enough for
them.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said that
apart from confirming two conservative judges to the Supreme Court,
"core values voters" did not feel that Congress was advancing their
interests.
The leaders appear to be reflecting a growing sense of frustration
among the Christian right, over what they see as a lack of legislative
progress on issues such as banning same-sex marriages.
And while this was not quite a call to arms, it will cause concern in
Republican circles in the run-up to the mid-terms.
Exit polls suggested that more than three-quarters of white
evangelical Christians voted for President Bush in 2004.
But according to a recent opinion poll, the number of them who want
Republicans to retain their Congressional majority is not much above
50%.
_______________________________________________________
I guess God doesn't speak to Georgie Bush and his Repug thugs anymore.
Harry
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| User: "PagCal" |
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| Title: Re: Religious Reich warns Republicans |
17 Mar 2006 09:31:55 AM |
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Dear Christian Fundamentalists,
Please, please, please keep it up. Best as well you run another born
again christian right candidate for President. Please, please, please!
Please keep applying litmus tests for everything you can think of.
Please keep up with the belief of Creationism and keep pushing it in
American schools as an alternative to science.
Harry Hope wrote:
From The BBC, 3/17/06:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4815912.stm
US evangelicals warn Republicans
By Jamie Coomarasamy
BBC News, Washington
Prominent leaders from the Christian right have warned Republicans
they must do more to advance conservative values ahead of the US
mid-term elections.
Their message to Congress, controlled by Republicans, is "must do
better".
Support from about a quarter of Americans who describe themselves as
evangelicals was a factor in President George W Bush's two election
victories.
The Republicans will need to keep them onboard if they are to retain
control of Congress in November.
At a news conference in Washington, some of America's most influential
conservative leaders said the current perception among evangelical
Christians was that the Republican majority was not doing enough for
them.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said that
apart from confirming two conservative judges to the Supreme Court,
"core values voters" did not feel that Congress was advancing their
interests.
The leaders appear to be reflecting a growing sense of frustration
among the Christian right, over what they see as a lack of legislative
progress on issues such as banning same-sex marriages.
And while this was not quite a call to arms, it will cause concern in
Republican circles in the run-up to the mid-terms.
Exit polls suggested that more than three-quarters of white
evangelical Christians voted for President Bush in 2004.
But according to a recent opinion poll, the number of them who want
Republicans to retain their Congressional majority is not much above
50%.
_______________________________________________________
I guess God doesn't speak to Georgie Bush and his Repug thugs anymore.
Harry
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