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Originally Posted by joeshoe
Just wondering, how come evangelical Christians played such a huge role in this election and not the election four years ago? Was the "influx of evangelicals" only during the past four years?
I gotta agree with Coppertop about war being very un-Christian. Bush seems to just be choosing what aspects of Christianity to uphold.
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Actually its not just the last 4 years. The evangelical Christians came out big for Bush in 2000 and Bush Sr 1988. Ironically, it was George W. that courted them then too and in Senior's reelection bid in 1992 Dubya was busy with his own campaign/administration in Texas as governor and the evangelical turnout for the republicans went to crap. It really all began though with Reagan in the early 80s when the big time Fawell and Baker shows were airing and the evangelicals have been very good to the republicans ever since, just particularly with Dubya who is himself an evangelical born-again Christian.