tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821424937717040477.post528303505653787389..comments2024-01-10T15:33:27.326-07:00Comments on Hamilton, Madison, and Jay: Is the religious right relevant?Syd And Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461825782496517901noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821424937717040477.post-2579466782610642482007-10-17T08:46:00.000-07:002007-10-17T08:46:00.000-07:00Wow. I'm a bit taken back by your analysis. You ...Wow. I'm a bit taken back by your analysis. You seem to frame your argument in a "we"--True Republicans who understand politics, verses "them"--quirky Evangelicals who don't have an understanding of the current issues that face our nation. You then seem to cast yourself as the defacto "we" who is so wise in your understanding that the Evangelicals should just get off the values thing for now.<BR/><BR/>Here's a news flash for you. Number 1) Dr. Dobson is well respected in the Christian community because he has consistently stood for values that just happen to be the foundation of our very civilization. 2) I don't think he's a political idiot 3) He has never even suggested supporting a third party and especially now. The other "Evangelicals" who do aren't quite as savvy apparently. 4) He and those who have the same type of values who are part of the Repulican Party are in the big tent and comprise most of it. So I'd think twice about phrasing the argument in the way the the Left classically does--special interest groups are a means to an end. Christian Americans who are Republicans ARE the party not a special interest group. Take a poll sometime. 5)To classify Evangelicals in the narrow "values voter" category is ludicrious. While some Evangelicals are one value voters, the majority come from all walks of life in America and understand the broader issues at stake. 6) This is a primary in case you didn't know that. To say that Evangelicals should set aside their differences to support a primary candidate that does not align with their values is just plain silly. That's the point of the primary, support the one who does. I beleive exploding this into the General election has been done more so by the media and apparently pundits like yourself, than most Evangelicals. 7) The Christian "Right" understands that we're at war, that's why Bush received a large margin of the vote in 2004. So much for the values voter not understanding the value of defeating the enemy and choosing a leader who is needed. 8) Just in case you also didn't know, Republican candidates have been paying lip service to the Right for decades and we're all out there still pounding the pavement to get them elected in spite of it. Taxes are still high, the abortion mills are still churning, deficits are out of control, gays are still trying to destroying the meaning of marriage, Jihadism rose under Republicans and Democrats alike, education is failing, we nearly had Harriett Miers on the SC...need I go on? Maybe the Right is just getting a little fatigued, but I don't believe we're stupid! <BR/><BR/>So here's a suggestion, quit categorizing Religious Republicans as some special interest group in the Republican party that needs to be tutored on politics, we are Republicans and we know full well what is at stake. Clue phone...its for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com