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To: angkor

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


54 posted on 11/19/2008 8:43:47 AM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism, it's the new black.)
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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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