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Democrat Core Voters Slipping Away
The Los Angeles Times ^
| 1/25/04
| Tony Quinn
Posted on 01/25/2004 6:27:41 AM PST by Zechariah11
Edited on 01/25/2004 6:30:57 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator.
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The Politics of Prayer As Democrats abandon traditional values and religion, their core voters are slipping away By Tony Quinn, Tony Quinn is co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of California legislative and congressional campaigns.
SACRAMENTO A GOP gerrymander of Democratic districts in Texas will probably add six to eight Republicans to the House. Every other big state is so heavily gerrymandered that no other major changes are likely. This means the GOP majority in the House is expected to grow by at least half a dozen seats.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; california; christianvote; democrats; latinos; protestants; realignment; republicans; texas
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To: SamAdams76
That is the point the article was trying to make. The emerging Latino middle-class is conservative culturally and strongly family-oriented. They are still up for grabs.
To: Zechariah11
"on which Democrats are with the majority of the public, "
This is flat wrong. Last surveys I saw, 51% of WOMEN were now "pro-life," and a majority of men have always been. I don't know of one single poll that supports this statement.
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01/25/2004 7:28:23 AM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrack of news.)
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To: LS
Imo shows the writer is a liberal and is bemoaning the decline in popularity of his party.
To: Zechariah11
VOTE Democrat!
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01/25/2004 7:34:32 AM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: woofer
i used your PW and login like you said and it STILL WONT LET ME READ THE ARTICLE!!! it says i have to login again and its like a wierd loop over and over .oh well im getting gist of the article from everyone here.
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01/25/2004 7:38:07 AM PST
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suzyq5558
(WARNING! this tagline does not dial 911..........)
To: suzyq5558
thankyou for posting the article! and it confirms what my mom has been saying for years.the democrats left me years ago.now they wandering the widerness. may they stay lost for many more years to come!
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01/25/2004 7:45:08 AM PST
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suzyq5558
(WARNING! this tagline does not dial 911..........)
To: jim35
Actually we are only allowed to excerpt LATimes and Washington Post stories. That is why only an excerpt was posted. The Moderator edited the post because the excerpt was "insufficient"
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01/25/2004 7:51:04 AM PST
by
SMGFan
To: truthandjustice1
"A ballot initiative that would have defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman" I have always thought that that was the definition of marriage. A quick check shows that my Webster's New World Dictionary agrees.
As far as I can see, once the courts assume the power to change the actual meanings of our words and language, they have assumed unlimited (totalitarian) powers.
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01/25/2004 7:54:12 AM PST
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Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: jim35
Yes, I think you cannot post full text from LA Slimes.
Jim got in big time trouble over this and there is a legal ruling prohibiting it.
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01/25/2004 7:54:57 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ put it in your tagline too)
To: freedumb2003
I mean John -- too early.
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01/25/2004 7:55:19 AM PST
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freedumb2003
(Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ put it in your tagline too)
To: jim35
And it will likely be pulled.
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01/25/2004 7:56:42 AM PST
by
CovenBuster
(Bustin' up liberal covens from coast to coast)
To: Ditter
Use your email, but change to @aol.com. Aol does not return them.
To: jim35
To: Sam Cree
"As far as I can see, once the courts assume the power to change the actual meanings of our words and language, they have assumed unlimited (totalitarian) powers."
That is precisely my point. Unless and until Republicans can muster the political courage to fight judicial activism, we are as a society, screwed.
To: Zechariah11
on which Democrats are with the majority of the public Actually, this is no longer true, and the DemocRats are NOT with the majority of the public. About 75% respond "YES" when asked if life begins at conception. This is indeed inconsistent with the approximately 50% who say they want to allow abortions under limited conditions, but the majority DO contend that unrestricted abortion up until the moment of birth should be outlawed.
To: Zechariah11
The Democrats will continue to be a major threat to America for a long time. They control the bureaucracy at all levels of government even when the GOP controls the front office, they control academia, labor, most of the legal profession, many courts at all levels, much of the media, Hollywood, etc.... We can't afford to get complacent.
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01/25/2004 8:24:13 AM PST
by
Consort
To: wayoverontheright
"...they don't understand capitalism or there are simply too many socialists."One and the same. That's how socialists get to be socialists. If you understand ANYTHING about capitalism you can't be a socialist, IMHO.
To: truthandjustice1
"That is precisely my point" I agree with your point, then. It's a sad day we have come to when the courts, supposedly protecting our freedom, have taken on the power to legislate, and in this case, actually direct the legislature to legislate particular laws, which is the same thing.
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01/25/2004 8:29:17 AM PST
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Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: Consort
We can't afford to get complacent.I couldn't agree more. More to think on from the article:
Yet, Democrats seem to have forgotten how important religious identification was to their success. Many Catholics and conservative Protestants once regarded Republicans as country-club elitists with whom they had little or nothing in common. A Southern Baptist named Harry S. Truman won in 1948 with solid Catholic and fundamentalist Protestant support.
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