As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.
Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.
I’m bathing in holy water as I type.
To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn’t soon cometh.
Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth — as long as we’re setting ourselves free — is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that.
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Suffice it to say, the Republican Party is largely comprised of white, married Christians. Anyone watching the two conventions last summer can’t have missed the stark differences: One party was brimming with energy, youth and diversity; the other felt like an annual Depends sales meeting.
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But, like it or not, we are a diverse nation, no longer predominantly white and Christian. The change Barack Obama promised has already occurred, which is why he won.
When you espouse single-religion-based political positions (anti-stem cell research, anti-contraceptives, etc, etc) that the rest of the country doesn’t support, why would anyone except true believers vote for you? Times and the public have changed but the GOP hasn’t.
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#8 you are an idiot. Just like all liberals, you never use facts!
34% of Americans are conservative and only 22% are liberal. Obama was elected because he spoke of Tax Cuts which is a Conservative principal.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811100013
Thermo, you’re an idiot.
You’re right us liberals we hate science, freedom, democracy, sound fiscal policy and rational thought.
Perhaps that’s why George Bush is so popular.
Perhaps that’s why Congress is now so vastly titled towards democrats.
Center Right? My ass.
actually, the only thing that Republicans have to do s get back to their fundamental conservative values instead of trying to ‘rdie the fence” as they have been doing for the past 10 years.
Dallas is right. The Republican party, under the Bushs lead, is no longer conservative and now has many problems. Becoming Democrat light is not how they will solve them. Shifting with the wind is trying to win simply to win instead of trying to uphold specific values. In the days of the Founding, calling someone a “party” man was a huge insult.
What a lot of people miss, is that even with all the problems, McCain didn’t lose by very much. The reason he lost is that he didn’t try. He refused to criticize Obama and basically just phoned it in. A candidate who really wanted to win would have pounded Obama like a tent stake. McCain was running for second all along. We can only wonder why.
This is the wackiest gross opinion piece I have seen on the blog for a long while. The reason why the Republicans had no energy and enthusiasm is because the party leaders didn’t put up any candidate worth getting excited over. Since the inner workings of the party killed the Mormon and the Baptist, and stuck the party with a candidate that even the Republicans had a hard time voting for, sure the other guys won. The Dems could have put up Charles Manson and still have won against the likes of McCain.
This election says nothing about the Republican party as a whole except that it has idiots putting up the candidates. They need to go back to the grass roots and push people that are decent and have a moral ethic to push. McCain is suspicious as far as even really being a conversative. How could he have won?
“But, like it or not, we are a diverse nation, no longer predominantly white and Christian. The change Barack Obama promised has already occurred, which is why he won.”
You know a whole lot of people with very different values are all thinking that. I think somebody is going to be wrong.
Give it some time to shake out.
Seems to me that the Republican party under Bush is as corrupt as all hell, basically shoveling public money and war profits into the pockets of their cooperate buddies while putting to the sword fiscal responsibility and moral leadership. Bush’s crusade (his words) against the Arab world kept the god botherers on side.
The Republicans need to rid themselves of these self serving criminals, get back to core values and start showing some integrity. As a left leaning libertarian I will never agree with their political stance, but I do respect leadership that displays goodwill, intelligence and integrity regardless of political affiliations.
# 34 Thermo said “Obama was elected because he spoke of Tax Cuts which is a Conservative principal.”
Remember, the principal is your pal.
It is a myth that there is a real distinction between religious Republicans and secular Republicans. The “American exceptionalism” that the latter believe in — which believes it is not wrong to kill tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis, simply because they’re not American — is based on the same magical thinking that governs the religious right.
Both “wings” of the Republican party are rooted in metaphysical thinking, not rationalism or realism.
“What The GOP Needs To Do”
Well…to begin with, they can kiss my ass.
The GOP lost because they drifted too far from their conservative values. Religion has nothing to do with it, regardless of how much you enjoy poking fun at Christians.
Listening to liberals explain what’s wrong with the GOP is folly. Kill off the RINOs and the GOP will start winning again. America is a religious conservastive country – you’re denying history if you think otherwise.
BTW, I love all the open-minded, deep thoughts being posted here. Great job guys.
jsmith said: “Kill off the RINOs and the GOP will start winning again”
Like Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul?