Religious Right: GOP Candidates 'All Flawed'

AP   |  LIZ SIDOTI   |   October 19, 2007 01:38 PM


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Leading Republican presidential candidates, all flawed in the eyes of influential social conservatives, sought Friday to convince the restive group they will carry the torch for the right flank -- and Rudy Giuliani won't.

"This is not the time to turn our back on the progress we've made on the issues that matter most," Arizona Sen. John McCain told a gathering of "values voters." Added Mitt Romney, in prepared remarks: "We're not going to beat Hillary Clinton by acting like Hillary Clinton."

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- PollM See Profile I'm a Fan of PollM permalink

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It's very unlikely the Religious Right will jump ship and joint the Democrats, they're going to make do with what they have in the Republican party. They will play the hand they were dealt.

What Republican candidate do you believe suites the Religious Right needs?
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:33 AM on 10/20/2007
- VictorLudorum See Profile I'm a Fan of VictorLudorum permalink

Everyone around Washington was noisey .....Especially feeling that Muslims were very wrong and we were very right .Until it turned out that Democrats were making out with Socialists Military Dictators and Anti-US Anti-Capitalist element...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:26 AM on 10/20/2007
- watchingthings See Profile I'm a Fan of watchingthings permalink

Religeous fundamentalism...no matter what religion is totally destructive to the people who practice it and to the country these fundamentalists live in. Religeon has no more place in government then government has right to peer into the bedrooms of the people.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:17 AM on 10/20/2007
- BetterDeadthanRedState See Profile I'm a Fan of BetterDeadthanRedState permalink

Really? And after the religious right set the standard for "flawed" so low!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:23 AM on 10/20/2007
- researcher See Profile I'm a Fan of researcher permalink

amen to that. this is what happens when a country allows the evangels to select political leaders.

we get a george bush and cheney.

but then we also have a nancy and a reid who do we blame for those two "winners".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:01 AM on 10/20/2007
- Roafer See Profile I'm a Fan of Roafer permalink

Are any of the Crystal METHodist assholes that Ted Haggart was hanging out with think the GOP is full of non-believers? These nutty theocrats need to have their tax exempt status reversed. It should be obvious to anyone thats what they want, a fascist theocracy. It seems like most vocal theonuts are indeed pedophiles and perverts.

The GOP (group of pedophiles) is a busy bunch, just ask Larry "SuperTuber" Craig. It is such a hard job for some of these perverts, flying around on the taxpayers dime from airport to airport trying to get another blow job, they make Clinton look celibate. Those restroom republicans and many of these nutty theocrats have a lot in common, they do their business with perverts and pedophiles.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:59 AM on 10/20/2007
- ManipulatedByMedia See Profile I'm a Fan of ManipulatedByMedia permalink

It's unbelievable that you can make a statement like that in America and be absolutely correct. Reality is stranger than fiction...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:42 AM on 10/20/2007
- StillAmused See Profile I'm a Fan of StillAmused permalink



Geez, spiritual perfection is such a heavy burden for them to bear, especially while enabling war criminals and profiteers. Maybe they just got distracted, craning their necks to see the Rapture approaching just over the horizon.

Tell ya' what, christofascists and neocons... consider it a religious holiday. Take Election Day off and go see a war flick or participate in a neighborhood infidel stoning.

We'll let you know how it turns out.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:31 AM on 10/20/2007
- PollM See Profile I'm a Fan of PollM permalink

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It's very unlikely the Religious Right will jump ship and joint the Democrats, they're going to make do with what they have in the Republican party. They will play the hand they were dealt.

What Republican candidate do you believe suites the Religious Right needs?
-------> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=751
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:49 PM on 10/19/2007
- lyingtruth See Profile I'm a Fan of lyingtruth permalink

The Religious Right is right. The flawed know flawed when they see it!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:09 PM on 10/19/2007
- coyote4 See Profile I'm a Fan of coyote4 permalink

Coyote2
REPUBLICAN FAKE MORALITY = SEXUAL FASCINATION

You have to sell your soul to be a Republican.

Morality and Republican are mutually exclusive; that"s why Republicans take such effort to create a FAKE morality by focusing exclusively below the waistline: adultery, homosexuality, abortion, etc.

REPUBLICAN FAKE MORALITY = SEXUAL FASCINATION

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:39 PM on 10/19/2007
- GOPiousness See Profile I'm a Fan of GOPiousness permalink

I think we should form or back a third party. A candidate that can compete on a national level.

I think that we could start by tapping into Lindsay Roberts' cell phone list. She seems to have a lot of contacts and is willing to work late nights in our quest to evangelize this great nation.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:24 PM on 10/19/2007
- lyingtruth See Profile I'm a Fan of lyingtruth permalink

GOPiousness,

Did you mean Lindsay Lohan?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:19 PM on 10/19/2007
- GrouchoMarxist See Profile I'm a Fan of GrouchoMarxist permalink

I don't think any of the gentlemen on her phone list are old enough to run for office.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 10/19/2007
- GOPiousness See Profile I'm a Fan of GOPiousness permalink

The GOP has had difficulty in recent years attracting younger voters. That is what I had in mind.

Nothing else.

I swear.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:26 PM on 10/19/2007
- lornejl See Profile I'm a Fan of lornejl permalink

Would fundies vote for the real Jesus ? If he shaved his beard, and took off his crown of thorns, I don't think so.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:21 PM on 10/19/2007
- JohnJames See Profile I'm a Fan of JohnJames permalink

Coulter would call him a faggot and they'd all laugh.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:41 PM on 10/19/2007
- lornejl See Profile I'm a Fan of lornejl permalink

I agree with all of you, really sad, really really sad.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:18 PM on 10/19/2007
- ChiGuy See Profile I'm a Fan of ChiGuy permalink

Jesus was all about tolerance and peace.

So in response to your question, no chance.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:26 PM on 10/19/2007
- SupremeIdiot See Profile I'm a Fan of SupremeIdiot permalink

They'd call him a "touchie-feelie nanny stater"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 10/19/2007
- GOPiousness See Profile I'm a Fan of GOPiousness permalink

I intend to post this prayer every night on the appropriate thread:

Dear Baby Jesus of the GOP, as you lay in your baby saviour manger, with your frankensense filled, little miraculous Baby Jesus rattle, please watch over our Dear Holy George as he travels the dangerous and muslim filled part of the world. Help him to bring all of that wonderful Jesus inspired regime change to a welcomed conclusion so he can be the Hero of the Holy Codpiece again and move on to the next group of the Browner than We Are People of the world and help them come to you, in your little Baby Jesus Manger, and convert them from their devil worship and embrace the Church of the Freemarket Christians.

That way, we can all get really cheap area rugs for the foyers of our homes and our prayer meeting facilities can be carpeted in a fashion that would make you, Jesus, comfortable to join in fellowship and voter registration.

Amen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 10/19/2007
- GrouchoMarxist See Profile I'm a Fan of GrouchoMarxist permalink

ROFL!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:16 PM on 10/19/2007
- GrouchoMarxist See Profile I'm a Fan of GrouchoMarxist permalink

Do values voters get a 2-for-1 deal at the polls?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 10/19/2007
- BWonka See Profile I'm a Fan of BWonka permalink


In Chicago, maybe....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:38 PM on 10/19/2007
- GrouchoMarxist See Profile I'm a Fan of GrouchoMarxist permalink

Better ask ChiGuy LOL

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:40 PM on 10/19/2007
- MajorKong See Profile I'm a Fan of MajorKong permalink

What's a right-wing evangelical theocrat supposed to do nowadays?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 10/19/2007
- coyote4 See Profile I'm a Fan of coyote4 permalink

"What's a right-wing evangelical theocrat supposed to do nowadays?"

Repent.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:35 PM on 10/19/2007
- whomung See Profile I'm a Fan of whomung permalink

then give back all the money, and "fall on his sword" as proof of their sincerity.....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:15 AM on 10/20/2007
- lornejl See Profile I'm a Fan of lornejl permalink

You don't want to know. I don't want to know.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 PM on 10/19/2007
- GOPiousness See Profile I'm a Fan of GOPiousness permalink

Avoid military service at all costs. We need warriors in the Holy War of American Culture.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:17 PM on 10/19/2007
- coyote4 See Profile I'm a Fan of coyote4 permalink

coyote4 posted
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FREEDOM FROM RELIGION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
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only1Demvoter posted
Freedom from religion is also the initial building block of America.
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The basic building block of America
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FREEDOM FROM RELIGION IS A HUMAN RIGHT
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The most basic argument of the American mythology:
FREEDOM FROM RELIGIOUS COERCION.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:02 PM on 10/19/2007
- GrouchoMarxist See Profile I'm a Fan of GrouchoMarxist permalink

Do values voters order from the $1 menu at McDonald's?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:01 PM on 10/19/2007
- ChiGuy See Profile I'm a Fan of ChiGuy permalink

The males go to Wendy's.

They're inexplicably attracted to the pigtails.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:30 PM on 10/19/2007
- BWonka See Profile I'm a Fan of BWonka permalink


Not when you find them ON the burger!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:39 PM on 10/19/2007
- GrouchoMarxist See Profile I'm a Fan of GrouchoMarxist permalink

ROFL!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:33 PM on 10/19/2007
- lornejl See Profile I'm a Fan of lornejl permalink

I'm not paying 3.50 for a big mac, no freakin way. Double cheeseburger for a buck, and you don't have to eat for a week, I'm in.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 PM on 10/19/2007
- ManipulatedByMedia See Profile I'm a Fan of ManipulatedByMedia permalink

No Super-sized?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:20 PM on 10/19/2007