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Dash87

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119. The extreme can't do a thing right now.

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #87)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 11:27 AM

Jun 2012

What I fear, though, is a charismatic leader to unite them towards one common goal. They're already taking (or have taken over) the Republican party. Mitt is a hated dork (by both sides), and is not one of them.

What I'm afraid of is one of the fake "Super-Christian" men with bright, fake teeth, the slicked-back hair, and the energizing personality (think, like those preachers at the mega-churches) screaming about how the extreme right needs to take over and make America "Christian" again (or, when removing the coded words, make America a theocracy and give him all the power).

With that man coming to power, and a religious revival in the country (brought about by a combination of his speaking power /energy, and changes in our culture), things would get very bad.

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K & R! lonestarnot Jun 2012 #127

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