I am concerned about the “triangulation” that the DU’s are doing to the Christian Right. The Christian Right was THE difference in the 2004 election.
The MSM and the leftists are trying to peal off the
“Social Justice” Christians.
I hate to be negative, BUT.....We lack the vision thing.
(and I am not talking about the “Thousand points of light” kind of vision thing.) We are missing the “shinning City on the Hill” vision as articulated by the Great One(RR).
There are a lot of posters at Free Republic trying to peel off the “Social Justice” Christians too.
OK, now you bring up a good point.
I have never, not once, said the GOP needs to “write off” the Christian Right. I realize you haven’t said that, but other posters on this thread have suggested that I have said such a thing.
What I said was a candidate with his lip totally, 100% pressed against the butts of the Dobson types turns off the other 80% of the GOP electorate that isn’t quite so strongly in that camp.
The right candidate needs to be able to balance himself. He (or she) must have a background of basic, American-values social conservatism that’s strong enough for evangelicals to accept but not coming across as a bible-thumper, so as not to turn off the libertarian wing...a strong, patriotic pro-American stance, and a fiscal and economic platform that is low-tax and pro-business, but still shows respect for the “little guy” at the same time. As much as a certain segment of the conservative movement hates to hear this, you are NOT going to win on a platform of banning contraceptives, censoring the Internet, or even legislating things like whether or not you can buy a Playboy at a truck stop.
Of anyone on the radar now, Fred Thompson fits that description better than anyone.