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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:49 AM Original message |
I see a lot of people arguing that having Warren in the Inauguration helps win over Evangelicals... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe not... |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama received more evangelical votes than Kerry. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Almost a third of Evangelicals are Democrats, and don't place social issues... |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. What a fucked up view. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The ones he pulled away were all the ones he could pull away... |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Like I said, your view is wack. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. It really depends on them, not him, that's the point... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. You may be right "dog" gone it. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Warren is kinda like the Joe Lieberman of fundies |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So, in other words, he alienates everybody... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Honestly - I have no clue |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Frankly, I had to research who this guy was, I forgot he hosted the presidential forum... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I think the thing is we tend to forget there is a world outside of the internets |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Like I said, I haven't heard from him their either... |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Warren is not highly thought of by many mainline denomination leaders either. The laity seem to |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Exactly |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. And when they can't avoid knowing what he thinks of choice, or of gay people... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I don't know if these people are completely lost - I just think they don't know |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That's actually my point, they support him out of ignorance... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. And I hate to say it - those poeple of ignorance are the ones we need on our side |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And how do you think she's react when she hears that Warren thinks that marriage she praised... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Honestly - my mother avoids the news anymore like the plague outside of the local |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Wait, she doesn't even know who the hell wrote the book? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Not one of the priorities in my mothers life to remember the name of book authors |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. So, in your opinion, what affect will Warren being involved in Obama's Inauguration have? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. No she'll watch the inauguration. She likes watching the parades and stuff |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Yes, he seems to appeal to the "un-churched" and the "wind-up the deity on Sunday" types. They |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Rick Warren is the Thomas Kinkade of the literary world |
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crappyjazz (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I believe those campaign pledges went out the window |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Like I said, do you respond with anything but snark? n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. ... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I agree. If Obama is rejecting change, he will NOT get my vote, money or help in 2012 |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think Warren wins over evangelicals |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Why would they be less enthusiastic? Obama is still... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. One would think so |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Warren isn't going to make their issues with Obama go away... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. THANK YOU. I'll gladly recommend your post. |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Not when, Terrya.... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. It will not help Obama get the favor of evangelicals, but it will lose me in the next election..... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. Who cares? As long as he gets 2 years |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
28. They are willing to compromise on social issues |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ah....so throw the gays under the bus.... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. That seems to be a rather unrealistically optimistic viewpoint... |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's starting to go away already |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes, but again, Warren has little to do with it... |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You really can't see the signifigance? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well, I know for some of them, Warren is a traitor, so that's a sizable percentage of his... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
42. Why in the hell do we want to or need to win over those assholes? |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. I don't think it will win over many evangelicals |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. but he will piss off these people, regardless of what he does... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
46. Warren can't "win over" evangelicals.. they are dogmatic. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
49. If anyone knows any Evangelicals |
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FloridaGrl (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
51. Warren isn't winning over evangelicals |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. But many of these people aren't interested in "Love and Equality".... |
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FloridaGrl (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I am a christian like Obama |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Obama can show all the love he wants, I've seen little evidence he can reach them... |
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FloridaGrl (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. We all need to get over the hate |
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