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Heresies and Other Truths (Kathleen Parker attacks GOP evangelicals)
Townhall.com ^ | November 19, 2008 | Kathleen Parker

Posted on 11/19/2008 7:45:33 AM PST by EveningStar

As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.

Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.

I'm bathing in holy water as I type.

To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.

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To: Fee

What’s your Fee for making such accurate predictions?


61 posted on 11/19/2008 8:53:13 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Everytime they open their mouth they shoot themselves in the foot.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
IMO, if there is any 'ring of truth' to this drivel (it "sounds" or "feels" right that people of faith, guided by morals are h8ers and bashers) is due to the politically correct, government school-educated, MSM propaganda regarding the supposed "victimization" of the GLBT community.

They don't seem too victimized to me. Who else can gather as an angry public mob and scream, yell and act out real hate without any consequence?! Thomas Sowell has a great article on this here.

From the article: "Blacks and Mormons have been the main targets of the gay activists’ anger." Just exactly who is hating and bashing who?

This Republic was founded by God-fearing people and the only way it will survive as created is to be guided by that same religiosity and belief in our Creator. "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible" ... George Washington

62 posted on 11/19/2008 8:53:30 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: EveningStar

I don’t understand why this bitter crone of a liberal remains on TownHall. From her hate of Sarah Palin to bashing everything right winged, she belongs on DailyKOS.


63 posted on 11/19/2008 8:53:52 AM PST by DakotaRed (Don't you wish you had supported a conservative when you had the chance?)
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To: Neverforget01

Exactly.


64 posted on 11/19/2008 8:54:31 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: EveningStar

She has a problem also, it is called H-E-L-L. That is her first and only stop.


65 posted on 11/19/2008 8:54:34 AM PST by RetiredArmy (NOTE TO REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS: PLAY THE CONSERVATIVE CARD!!!)
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To: Fee

the economy won’t matter anymore once the country goes bankrupt and the dollar is worthless. Even gold won’t help because nobody will want to give up their precious gold to buy anything.


66 posted on 11/19/2008 8:54:58 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: EveningStar
I'm off TownHall until they stop running articles from traitors like Kathleen Parker. She was a nobody before. Now she's a somebody because she's a backstabber.

No thanks, TownHall.
67 posted on 11/19/2008 8:55:44 AM PST by Antoninus (America didn't turn away from conservatism, they turned away from many who faked it. - Mark Sanford)
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To: xzins

Excellent point!


68 posted on 11/19/2008 8:56:59 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: muawiyah

LOL. Now that was funny.


69 posted on 11/19/2008 8:56:59 AM PST by khnyny ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: Fee

(backed up by a firearm)

firearms won’t help either because people will just gang up on you, shoot you in the back and steal your ammo and gold.


70 posted on 11/19/2008 8:57:16 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Very good post. I agree that it's usually not even the actual social positions that are the issue (I think a majority of Americans agree with most of those anyway), but rather the tone the party has adopted that appeals primarily to evangelicals or stereotypical "red state" voters.

Perhaps Bush's irresponsible fiscal policies first destroyed the GOP's credibility on fiscal policy, and the party adopted the current tone out of necessity since social policy remained the only area it had a strong message. Or perhaps the shift is tone came first, and led to complacency on fiscal policy even as Republicans controlled DC, since their energy was focused elsewhere. Either way I think the problems are clearly tied together, and until they are fixed the Republican Party will never successfully appeal to a great deal of the country.

71 posted on 11/19/2008 9:03:10 AM PST by Arguendo
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To: EveningStar

Shes an idiot,, the crux of the problem is this. We cannot “out democrat” the democrat party. If you are a leftist.. why would you vote for a watered down republican copy when you could vote dem and get the real deal.

No, our answer is to be stronger in our core principles and clean out this party.


72 posted on 11/19/2008 9:04:06 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: angkor

Life, judges, guns, marriage were all part of Pres. Bush’s campaign. They were virtually excised from McCain’s.


73 posted on 11/19/2008 9:04:16 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain, Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: EveningStar
I have no respect for the opinions of this pompous broad fraud. Parker is laboring under the delusion she is not a dim.

Nam Vet

74 posted on 11/19/2008 9:04:43 AM PST by Nam Vet (This space for rent............Hard currency only)
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To: ReneeLynn

>>>>I’ve been reading your posts and I don’t get your point. What’s your point?<<<<<

Hmmm.... lemme spell it out for you:

1) Parker thinks the “gorilla in the pulpit” for the GOP (a play on “elephant in the living room”) is the grossly disproportionate influence of the religious right.

2) Parker thinks that this influence creates a political ideology which is increasingly out of touch with the beliefs and desires of otherwise-conservative voters.

3) I personally believe it creates a GOP that is increasingly out of touch with its longstanding principles, and perverts the meaning of the word “conservatism”.

4) So here’s the point: I largely agree with Parker. Not every word, but the general thrust of her comments.


75 posted on 11/19/2008 9:05:00 AM PST by angkor (Conservatism is not a religious movement.)
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To: Mojave

>>>>DU talking point.<<<<<<

Sorry, I’m not from DU.

But yours is the quality of commentary found there.


76 posted on 11/19/2008 9:07:34 AM PST by angkor (Conservatism is not a religious movement.)
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To: DesertRhino

we need an “all of the above” approach: social, fiscal, sovereignty (how we deal with immigration and global treaties) and national security conservatives


77 posted on 11/19/2008 9:08:06 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: angkor
Sorry, I’m not from DU.

But you parrot their hate filled rhetoric, such as "Religionist agenda."

Why is that?

78 posted on 11/19/2008 9:10:25 AM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Question -

IIRC, Art 2, Sect 7 of the US Constitution says that Sunday doesn’t count when counting work days.

What underlies the US Constitution making that statement?


79 posted on 11/19/2008 9:12:45 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain, Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: EveningStar
To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP...

Do I detect a the taint of bigotry in Ms. Parker's twisted thinking...???

My guess: This is all about abortion...

80 posted on 11/19/2008 9:12:51 AM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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