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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (438063)7/30/2011 3:01:25 PM
From: miraje10 Recommendations  Read Replies (4) of 793964
 
If the campaign is about the Texas economy, Perry can do well. If it’s about Perry’s evangelicalism — in April, Perry issued an official state proclamation calling for three days of prayer for rain to end a Texas drought — he could turn off New Hampshire’s largely secular electorate.

That's been an ongoing problem with too many fiscally conservative politicians. They're easy for the left to paint as religious wackos, which scares off many independent voters.

For just one example, the main reason that Harry Reid got re-elected was that Sharron Angle was portrayed as a holy roller screwball. Her limited government message got lost and we got saddled with Dingy Harry as a result.

If Perry gets the GOP nomination and the MSM succeeds in tarring him as a religious fanatic nutcase, then Obama skates in for another 4 years and we'll be living with the consequences. Under no circumstances can this country afford that..

As a secular libertarian, I wish that fiscally conservative politicians, especially, would concentrate on public policy issues and keep their prayers and religion as private matters. All the prayers in the world won't matter if the country descends into bankruptcy and social chaos.

The socialist/fascist/statist left must be defeated if this country is to have any kind of prosperous future..
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