tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post4546128889819721916..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-3970567884068931362008-12-07T07:13:00.000-08:002008-12-07T07:13:00.000-08:00The media's liberal and has been for years. You ju...The media's liberal and has been for years. You just got screwed because the economy crashed before the election. Give Obama four years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-48432824840009868902008-12-05T15:09:00.000-08:002008-12-05T15:09:00.000-08:00The reality is the GOP were outspent by the libera...The reality is the GOP were outspent by the liberal illuminati. Then they were also viewed in a negative light by the media.knowitallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362656932523931602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-38672239221751814602008-11-30T22:42:00.000-08:002008-11-30T22:42:00.000-08:00Evangelicals are much more pleasant company than j...Evangelicals are much more pleasant company than jewish atheists, that's for sure. A far less corrosive social force, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-18639404045835930152008-11-29T18:25:00.000-08:002008-11-29T18:25:00.000-08:00I'm not sure why Evangelicals are so unpopular. I ...I'm not sure why Evangelicals are so unpopular. I personally am very opposed to teaching creationism, but it's <A HREF="http://people-press.org/commentary/?analysisid=118" REL="nofollow">not an unpopular view</A>.<BR/><BR/>Nor is the <A HREF="http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm" REL="nofollow">anti-pro-choice position unpopular</A>. Nor <A HREF="http://www.gallup.com/poll/9391/Americans-Approve-Public-Displays-Religious-Symbols.aspx" REL="nofollow">public display of religious symbols</A>.<BR/><BR/>And while I personally believe there is enormous room for our MidEast policy to move away from Israel, a <A HREF="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/39/the-us-publics-pro-israel-history" REL="nofollow">firm pro-Israel approach is clearly the most popular</A>.<BR/><BR/>So what exactly is it about having Evangelical support that should be so damaging to Republican electoral hopes?zielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669293146969638930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-6400593498452681332008-11-29T05:52:00.000-08:002008-11-29T05:52:00.000-08:00I don't know if I'd call the evangelicals neocons....I don't know if I'd call the evangelicals neocons. They may be pro-Israel, but that's like calling the Catholic Church left-wing because they're against the death penalty. <BR/><BR/>Honestly, I think trying to be anti-Israel isn't a winning position for anyone right now (and I say this as someone who thinks AIPAC has gotten too powerful). You might try to work directly within the religious community to turn them against Israel; dispensationalism never made that much sense to me, though I'm not a believer. But for any paleocon, apart from the Israel thing, the evangelicals are your people.<BR/><BR/>And I think the Bible-thumping is a great strategy. Sometimes outside events intervene and you can't win. Do you really think losing in 1976 was something the Republicans could have overcome with good strategy? the country was disgusted with nixon after watergate and wanted to punish the party. Similarly, when the economy tanks fast, you lose the election. Period. Try again in four years. The country believes in Jesus and despises snooty people with graduate degrees in New York and Boston. It still will in four years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-27752841219345979212008-11-28T22:51:00.000-08:002008-11-28T22:51:00.000-08:00Audacious -- Palin is a neocon. Evangelicals are s...Audacious -- Palin is a neocon. Evangelicals are strong supporters of both Israel and Christian efforts against Muslims in Africa. Along with buying and freeing slaves in Africa. Palin as Governor had an Israeli flag in her office and spoke out in support of Israel long before being picked by McCain.<BR/><BR/>The evangelical base of the Party is neocon. Inconvenient for you I know, but there it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-67756821364208169322008-11-28T18:57:00.000-08:002008-11-28T18:57:00.000-08:00I think she's right, but I hope the Republicans do...I think she's right, but I hope the Republicans don't take her advice. They can't possibly win much longer by playing to (and only to) the creationists on the right. It just turns off too much of the middle. Just look at the reaction Palin -- the quintessential Christianist moron -- got.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-35945476804301000512008-11-27T23:54:00.000-08:002008-11-27T23:54:00.000-08:00jesus freaks is what i hate most about the republi...jesus freaks is what i hate most about the republicans. she got it right on for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-68046499863445396642008-11-27T10:09:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:09:00.000-08:00Well said. She's right that non-whites are not get...Well said. She's right that non-whites are not getting any whiter. Of course, there is no time in which they were. As far back as exit polling by race extends (1980), the GOP has never won the non-white vote and has never lost the white vote. Increasing the size of an electoral bloc that consistently votes against you while rejecting one that always backs you is... well, characteristic of the parasitic neocon illness that has infected the Republican party.Audacious Epigonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07495507254628580077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-34212857194629257302008-11-27T08:51:00.000-08:002008-11-27T08:51:00.000-08:00No shit. The Republican electoral strategy is actu...No shit. The Republican electoral strategy is actually working fine IMHO. Sometimes you just can't win.<BR/><BR/>If anything you guys need to figure out how to sneak an intelligent candidate past your base. Romney was basically sunk by anti-Mormonism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com