will the next republican rebound be more or less religious then the last?

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Robor

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Alright.

Have you listened to what they say?

There are members of this forum with opposing views who ignore me in order to maintain their Tea Party principles of one goal, take back America.

I'm not a tea Party member although I support what they are doing. I do not want the burden of buffering my delivery.

As you know, certain venues do require that buffering. :rolleyes:

Most of the tea baggers I've seen reported do nothing more than spew hate for Obama and non-christians. In other words, they are just extreme GOP loudmouths. Also, I've seen quite a few who couldn't answer direct questions about their platform (outside of repeating Fox News stories).
 

Avvocato Effetti

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Most of the tea baggers I've seen reported do nothing more than spew hate for Obama and non-christians. In other words, they are just extreme GOP loudmouths. Also, I've seen quite a few who couldn't answer direct questions about their platform (outside of repeating Fox News stories).

I would encourage you to dig deeper that what you find in the mainstream media.
 

Munky

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Don't care, as long as they don't pander to Wall St, and keep the religion of Algore out of policies.
 

PJABBER

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Most of the tea baggers I've seen reported do nothing more than spew hate for Obama and non-christians. In other words, they are just extreme GOP loudmouths. Also, I've seen quite a few who couldn't answer direct questions about their platform (outside of repeating Fox News stories).

Are you only getting your news from MSNBC?
 

PJABBER

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Sorry, I do not watch any news channels so that would be a 'no'.

Just curious, if you don't watch broadcast news, where do you get the information to base your opinions on?

Not a Sarah Palin "gotcha" question, but I am curious as to how influential the sources of information are in determining someone's viewpoint.
 
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MotF Bane

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Just curious, if you don't watch broadcast news, where do you get the information to base you opinions on?

Not a Sarah Palin "gotcha" question, but I am curious as to how influential the sources of information are in determining someone's viewpoint.

For Robor? DailyKOS, MoveOn, DU, stuff like that.

Hi Robor. :awe:
 

irwincur

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Being a republican that is not very religious, I absolutely hate that they have tied themselves to religion. On issues alone, I am with them. It will be hard to completely elminate because to win a major election, they need all the votes that they can get.
 

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Being a republican that is not very religious, I absolutely hate that they have tied themselves to religion. On issues alone, I am with them. It will be hard to completely elminate because to win a major election, they need all the votes that they can get.

Them? As supporters of the Republican Party, we are "them".

As it concerns the running of our party:

We can disagree, argue, call each other names, get pissed and even fist fight!

What we can't do is advocate anything that gives our enemy, Liberals/Democrats/Heathens, an advantage that would allow them to keep power on a long term basis.
 

BruceLee

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Being a republican that is not very religious, I absolutely hate that they have tied themselves to religion. On issues alone, I am with them. It will be hard to completely elminate because to win a major election, they need all the votes that they can get.

This was pretty much the central point in my post until it was so spectacularly misunderstood.

There's a pretty straight-forward logical argument I laid out when you read between the lines and it's hard to question the soundness of it. In order to get the votes, there's really no other choice.

irwincur I remember you from sharky way back in the day, but I used a different name. I came over because I'm looking to do a rebuild and needed to brush up on my computer knowledge..... then I stumbled into this forum for a few laughs. I like your quotes in the sig, take it easy dude.
 

Fern

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will the next republican rebound be more or less religious then the last?

Less, IMO. It'll focus more fiscal issues, government control/intrusion, back room deals/Washington as usual, taxes etc.

Everybody seems so focused on Bailouts, Porkulus, HC, taxes etc I don't see anybody focusing on social issues these days. It's fallen out of the spotlight. Something pretty big would have to happen IMO to get it back in there.

Fern
 

theeedude

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They still need religious right to win, so I don't think they are going to be any less religious. I am sure it's going to be a big factor in primaries, and candidates who don't align with the base's religious agenda will be filtered out.