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2016 Postmortem

grantcart

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5. self identification

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 01:27 PM

Feb 2012

Having been raised in that community I believe that DU suffers from a very superficial view of Evangelicals from media presentations.

In the same way that Muslims are nothing like what is seen on TV most Evangelicals are nothing like the TV personalities that people see.

There are moderate and liberal Evangelicals, and moderate Evangelical Universities like Wheaton, Whitworth and Westmont that no one knows about but produces graduates that are concerned about service, the environment and the poor. Even the conservative Evangelical is more three dimensional than the media portrayal.

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PPP National Poll: Romney collapsing, Santorum surging with + 15 point lead. [View all] grantcart Feb 2012 OP

alhamdulillah Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #1

Watching these assholes sharp_stick Feb 2012 #2

How are "very conservative," "Tea Party" and "Evangelical" three distinct voting blocs? LonePirate Feb 2012 #3

self identification grantcart Feb 2012 #5

this is all very true arely staircase Feb 2012 #8

Damn it! You mean I have to update my dance card again? I was so sure.... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #4

I am so loving this. Kahuna Feb 2012 #6

Reports of Romney's demise are greatly exaggerated oberliner Feb 2012 #7

If its all about the money then you need to start buying Romney on Intrade grantcart Feb 2012 #10

Romney is at 70 percent on Intrade oberliner Feb 2012 #12

Presidential numbers grantcart Feb 2012 #14

Where is your Intrade money? oberliner Feb 2012 #16

lol no grantcart Feb 2012 #17

Romney's at 69% on intrade Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #13

Presidential numbers grantcart Feb 2012 #15

Well Romney's apparently won the Maine caucus and gone up 10 points while I was taking a long nap Hippo_Tron Feb 2012 #29

I wonder if Romney will even beat Ron Paul tonight? nt aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #9

GOP decided to stop counting once Romney was in the lead Ian62 Feb 2012 #30

all three segments of the republicon elecorate: corkhead Feb 2012 #11

Encourage Dem's to participate then, in the GOP vote Ian62 Feb 2012 #20

We want u to vote in the GOP election Ian62 Feb 2012 #21

So ... after spending time in the rear, Santorum explodes from behind? zbdent Feb 2012 #18

Do u know how funny your header is? LOL nm Ian62 Feb 2012 #22

um ... yes ... zbdent Feb 2012 #23

Nope I was wondering if it was deliberate Ian62 Feb 2012 #25

I'm hit or miss ... zbdent Feb 2012 #27

wingnuts Ian62 Feb 2012 #19

Spanish Inquisition Ian62 Feb 2012 #24

I didn't expect that grantcart Feb 2012 #26

GOP - gRipping Off Python (the g is silent) zbdent Feb 2012 #28

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