Evangelicals Disappointed, but Faith Not Shaken in GOP

[RamboLiberal]

"If we don't get our act together, we could lose our voice," he said. "Some of the more moderate evangelicals could be swayed."

Beam noted that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had hired a full-time consultant to help her speak to evangelical audiences and that Democrats are looking for ways to pick up votes in the community.

Most of them expressed alarm about Rudy Giuliani, who is an abortion-rights advocate and a moderate on social issues. They predicted that if he won the nomination, many evangelicals would sit out the election.

"If they take the abortion issue off the table , then other issues get oxygen like economic justice and the environment," said Land. "They will have given the Democratic candidate a license to go after evangelicals on those issues."

"If Giuliani wins the nomination, we're moving away," said Beam, who supports former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. "It's a sign that the party is no longer lining itself up in any way for the evangelical community."

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3546521

Reinforces that I believe those who follow these "Evangelical" leaders and listen to them tout the GOP are SUCKERS!

[KansDem]

1. Chumps...

Or more precisely, the Chimp's Chumps...

[AlCzervik]

2. will they ever figure how punked they get? Hows is feel ti be totally used

and then discarded?

[Nederland]

9. They weren't punked

They got two fairly young Supreme Court Justices, and dozens of federal court appointments that will control the direction of the courts for decades. Most I know (my family, for example) are fairly happy about what Bush delivered to them.

[AlCzervik]

10. thats very true and we don't win the wh in 08 we are truly f*cked for the next

30 years.

[Labors of Hercules]

13. And they will reap what they have sewn. nt

[zonmoy]

15. they get that from their god constantly

do you really think theophiles will ever figure it out if they cant figure out their so called good god treats them just as badly.

[Vickers]

3. They played 'em like a fiddle.

What a bunch of rubes.

[moggie]

4. Gee

...then other issues get oxygen like economic justice and the environment

And that would be bad.

[NMMNG]

8. Perish the thought

:hi:

[YOY]

5. "If Giuliani wins the nomination, we're moving away"

Where you going to go to chump? Seriously, where is he going to (or where is he leaving from?)

It can't be leaving the country? They shit themselves silly before leaving the (God Bless the) USA. Leaving the state. YES! THEY ALL GO TO TEXAS. Wait...poor non-fundie texans.

On edit: and why is Rudy so disgusting to them? The divorces? The Cross dressing PR stunt? The (GASP!) Catholicism???


It almost makes me want for Rudy to get the nomination.

[TwilightGardener]

12. I would like to see Rudy get the nom just to force the GOPers to

have to abandon their family-values evangelical bullshit. The country would be better off.

[More Than A Feeling]

6. How tragic for them: to get into heaven, they made a deal with the devil.

It's exactly as self-defeating as it sounds.

[mainegreen]

7. The great thing about faith is it doesn't require facts or reason.

Just acceptance.

[AtomicKitten]

11. "disappointed" ????

a·bom·i·na·tion (ə-bŏm'ə-nā'shən) n.

1. Abhorrence; disgust.
2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.

[Supersedeas]

14. the hypocrisy continues