Karl Rove: Stayaway Christians Almost Cost Bush Election

Charisma News ^ | 12/13/01

[lepton]

For over half a year, Republicans controlled both Houses and the White House,

"Controlled" means majority, except in the Senate where it means 3/5ths. Else is just "Advantage", and that assumes that you don't have a contingent of xINOs...of which there are clearly at least 6.

[hchutch]

Short version: A Hispanic Scalia.

He's the guy who finished second to Clarence Thomas in 1991.

[hchutch]

True. But then again, the Justices are human beings like the rest of us. We gotta keep going. When it's primary season, find out if the guy will back us and play ball. And go for the best guy who's got a chance.

We can beat them, but it will take time.

[mercy]

You live in a fantasy world. I voted for Keyes in my Texas primary and perhaps W noticed. I don't know. The candidate you long for does not and never will exist. EVER. I wouldn't vote for him if he did and neither would a lot of conservative voters. He'd be too scary. Just because the left yells Fascist! at us all the time doesn't mean there's no such thing. Extremism IS a vice and it is destructive.

You think W is a liberal. I think he's a conservative that realizes the limits of his own power as well as just how steeped in leftist PC belief this country really is. IF he gets a second term and IF we give him a conservative Congress and Senate ... great things will transpire. But only if WE want them to. We have a man in the White House that is ammenable to our causes and he listens. Make your voice heard.

[JoeSchem]

Well, according to the opposing theory, Kristie Todd Whitman should have led to a dynasty of GOP NJ governors.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The blood of my family was spilled defending the White House-it is sacred.

It cannot be more sacred than the trust obligation felt by the occupant, and some have a remarkably cavalier attitude toward that trust. Some, as in "anyone who doesn't vote against democratic presidential candidates in general and Clintons in particular."

[FF578]

I am a very Conservative Christian. I always vote, because it is the DUTY of Christians as Citizens to help shape society in accordance with the Laws of Almighty God.

I am much more Conservative than Bush, and probably more conservative than many of the other freepers here. I think the Puritans had the right idea when it comes to government.

Bush was not my first choice, but I did vote for him. I would have much rather had Howard Phillips in office, but I am not stupid. Throwing your vote away is absolutely wrong. We live in a 2 party country, and it will always be that way, no matter how much the Greens, Liberaltarians, Reforms and Constitution Party want to change that. It is much better to influence the Republican Party from the inside than to cost it votes and allow people like Clintoon and Gore to get elected.

Christians who don't vote should never be crying about the increasingly decadent society that we see around us. It is they who helped contribute to it. I have read that many Christians didn't vote in 1996 and allowed Clintoon another term. Many more voted for Perot in 1992 and Allowed the murderer to get elected in the first place. Those same Christians were some of the ones who screamed the loudest about Clintoon.

When you vote you sometimes have to choose between the better of the 2 candidates, rather than the best one on the ballot. Those Pat Buchanan and Howard Phillips votes would have helped G.W. and not almost cost us another 4 years of a clintoon clone.

The Liberaltarians and Greens cost democrats votes, but I honestly don't care about them. By all means, let the dope smoking, free love, crowd chip away that the demonrat vote. :)

[mercy]

I didn't call him an a-hole. I called him 'sorry'. Perhaps if I'd called him 'Like a white-washed tomb .... on the outside clean, but on the inside full of rotting flesh' I would have be ok though? Ya think?

[lormand]

"Next time get off your duffs and vote Republican for Senator if you want to see something happen.

Read my profile you flaming genius.

[Zathras]

Disruptor alert.
New as of Dec. 4 2001

[mwl1]

You are right, and the DUI thing at the end damn near cost GWB the election. Undecideds broke to Gore because of the DUI thing, which was handled inexcusably stupid by the Bush people.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

If it makes you feel better, and to put this story into some perspective, down here in Florida in 33 out of 67 counties Gore received less than 50% of his Dem. base vote...plenty of them chose to vote for GW. Travel around the state, ask our residents, the media and DNC are full of it.

Incidentally, GW received over 70% of his base Republican vote in Fla. in 65 out of 67 counties.(^:

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The Dem's trot out their left wing extremist "bad cop" each election and the Pubs answer with their slightly to the right warmed over socialist as the "good cop".

In the police 'good cop, bad cop' routine, the police arrange with each other to do it. That is they 'conspire' or plan for this sort of investigative technique. Therefore your statement implies a conspiracy on the part of the two parties to advance this supposed common agenda. If you did not mean to imply this, please make that clear. If you did mean to imply this, please give evidence of this conspiracy.

[The Old Hoosier]

You were probably saying the same thing about Reagan once.

[rdb3]

You know, Clinton never got over 50% of all votes counted in either election. So, yes, I believe you are right.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Sounds good on paper, but it doesn't work in the real world. What happens is that more and more centrist Republicans get elected.

The political facts of the last 45 years do not bear you out.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in time of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." Dante, "The Inferno"

Excellent point lormand. You have indeed shown where those who were neutral in the Gore Bush contest are going.

[Dog Gone]

It does make me feel better! Thanks.