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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Axxel who wrote (8837)11/7/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: dfloydr  Read Replies (1) of 13994
 
Right on!

Here in AZ the religious right was ignored by Gov. Jane Hull and as a result she picked up almost all republicans and 30% of the democratic vote and swept into office. 30% of the democrats must be about ten times as many voters as the religious right can deliver to the voting booths on a good day. By placing herself where the majority lives, she coralled them votes in in droves. The religious right probably voted for her anyway as they had no where else to go.

Oddly, I note the papers are full of articles citing members of the religious right claiming that the reason Republicans lost was because they did not hammer home the anti-gay, anti-abortion agenda hard enough. Hogwash. I count 21 Republicans amongst my contacts who refuse to vote for anyone espousing those issues. Here in AZ two candidates for the AG job flirted with those issues and both got shot down in flames, one in the primaries and the other on election day, and a democratic walked away with the job.

The sooner Republicans leave the fundamentalist Christian agenda to the fundamentalist Christians and get back to issues relevant to the majority, the sooner they will get back to winning office. Just imagine what would happen to the Republican vote if they took up some Bhuddist beliefs or Moslem beliefs or Voodoo beliefs and made them the center piece of their candidacy ... preposterous you say?. It is just as crazy to get in bed with the Christian right issues. The result is an exclusionary policy and that don't win elections.
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