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To: tejek who wrote (289644)	5/31/2006 1:30:07 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575887

Wing and a prayer: religious right got Bush elected - now they are fighting each other Campaigners who fail to keep the hardline faith face threats and intimidation Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent Wednesday May 31, 2006 The Guardian In his consulting room in a suburb of Montgomery, Alabama, gastrologist Randy Brinson is a worried man. A staunch Republican and devout Baptist, Dr Brinson can claim substantial credit for getting George Bush re-elected in 2004. It was his Redeem the Vote initiative that may have persuaded up to 25 million people to turn out for President Bush. Yet his wife is receiving threats from anonymous conservative activists warning her husband to stay away from politics. "They've been calling my house, threatening my wife," said Dr Brinson. "The first time was on a day when I was going up to Washington to speak to Republicans in Congress. Only they knew I'd be away from home. The Republicans were advised not to turn up to listen to me, so only three did so." The reason he has fallen foul of men whose candidate he helped re-elect is that he has dared to question the partisan tactics of the religious right. "Conservatives speak in tones that they have got power and they can do what they want. Only 23% of the population embraces those positions but if someone questions their mandate or wants to articulate a different case, for the moderate right, they are totally ridiculed." In his office in Washington DC, Rich Cizik, vice-president of the National Association of Evangelicals, the largest such umbrella group in the US, is also feeling battered. His mistake has been to become interested in the environment, and he has been told that is not on the religious right's agenda continued.............. guardian.co.uk

To: tejek who wrote (289644)	6/1/2006 8:36:12 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575887

Tim, the war is going very badly in Iraq. I can hardly say things are good but war is always bad, and any form of nation building is complex and difficult esp. when you do it during a war. You need to call/email your politicians and any other connections you have with the RNC and tell them America must withdraw asap. My calls or e-mails would have no special impact. More importantly I think immediate withdrawal would be a major error. Demonstrations against the war are breaking out almost daily. It won't be long before there is fighting in the streets. you greatly exaggerate the situation. Its over. I know you are not a quick study Of course, as evidence by the fact that I disagree with you. Anyone who disagrees with Ted must be slow... Tim