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Superbelt · 03-22-2005, 12:29 PM

Ok on this issue alone, only considering Republicans (Because, yes I know the Dems are beholden to certain groups themselves)

Is it clear to everyone just how beholden to an extremist fringe of christian fundamentalists the Republican party is?
If you believe the polling, and as heavily weighted towards one answer as it is (I do), then even a majority of conservatives, and even evangelicals think the plug should be pulled and that the Republicans are way overstepping their bounds here.

Virtually all the outrage is coming from the Dems, almost no resistance among Republican Legislators.

Never has it been more clear just how much that party is grasped by the balls.
Democrats were this bad back in the 80's. It took wholesale losses to at least get them within spitting distance now of truly being representative of their full party membership.

I don't think most Republicans are like this, and the polling backs that up. What's it going to take to get that party back on track? Are Republicans willing to walk away and let them lose for several decades to force them back into the middle?

03-22-2005, 12:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	Ok on this issue alone, only considering Republicans (Because, yes I know the Dems are beholden to certain groups themselves) Is it clear to everyone just how beholden to an extremist fringe of christian fundamentalists the Republican party is? If you believe the polling, and as heavily weighted towards one answer as it is (I do), then even a majority of conservatives, and even evangelicals think the plug should be pulled and that the Republicans are way overstepping their bounds here. Virtually all the outrage is coming from the Dems, almost no resistance among Republican Legislators. Never has it been more clear just how much that party is grasped by the balls. Democrats were this bad back in the 80's. It took wholesale losses to at least get them within spitting distance now of truly being representative of their full party membership. I don't think most Republicans are like this, and the polling backs that up. What's it going to take to get that party back on track? Are Republicans willing to walk away and let them lose for several decades to force them back into the middle?