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Old 11-11-2012, 01:34 PM
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What's next for religious conservatives?

After their recent shellacking, what's next for the Religious Right? It seems that their views on gays, abortion and other social issues are out of step with the majority of the country, and far out of step with youthful voters.

The red meat rhetoric that excites them is the very same rhetoric that has led many others (young folks, women, gays ...) to support the Democrats, even if they find themselves holding their noses at other Dem policies. Furthermore, in that such fundamentalist beliefs are strongest in the South (where nativism and racism still unfortunately exist), appealing to fundamentalists also risks alienating blacks, Hispanics and other minorities.

Will the Religious Right maintain its influence in the GOP, and if they do, will it perpetuate their demographic problems?
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Old 11-11-2012, 02:25 PM
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I just wish those in the religulous right would stop trying to trigger Armegeddon.
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Old 11-11-2012, 02:56 PM
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Like the man said they are neither - religious nor right.
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After their recent shellacking, what's next for the Religious Right?
Marginalization.
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Old 11-11-2012, 04:28 PM
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Marginalization.
If they marginalize the Religious Right and the Teabaggers (both groups contributed to the loss), they'll have nobody left but old whites and the wealthy.
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Old 11-11-2012, 04:34 PM
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If they marginalize the Religious Right and the Teabaggers (both groups contributed to the loss), they'll have nobody left but old whites and the wealthy.
Redundant.

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Redundant.

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Actually, I may have been triply redundant with Teabaggers, old whites and the Religious Right.
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Old 11-11-2012, 07:26 PM
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Them & the over zealous gun freaks should be ignored for the most part,They've got nowhere else to go.
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Be careful, I'm old, I'm white and I'm conservative and I would not give the GOP the sweat of my cojones.
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What's next for religious conservatives?

They will wither on the vine.
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