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And it's humourous that you would say it's ridiculous to associate Robertson's views with all of Christianity, but have no problem associating those views with all Rebublicans/conservatives. It seems you must see conservatives everywhere, flying in black helicopters, shadowing people down dark alleys, sending thought-stealing rays at peoples' heads, etc. Not everything is some grand, conservative scheme for world-domination, nor are liberals somehow exempt from doing wrong.
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perhaps you shoudl reread the post--i didn't say what you react to--i simply pointed out that the robertson squad is part of the right coalition.
this is not the same as associating him with all conservatives.
in fact, i would assume that many conservative are embarrassed by robertson (see above, your post included)--but this changes nothing about the fact that the right--which is now an extreme right coalition--courted the fundamentalist protestant fringe and relies on that fringe to get out votes---as you say.
you cant have it both ways--either robertson is of this grouping or he is not--you yourself concede that he is----so far as i am concerned, then, conservative attempts to distance themselves are laughable---the right has made its own bed and so should lie in it, whether individual conservatives like it or not. look at it as an exrcize in assuming responsibility. the right likes to talk about responsibility when it applies to other people. you rarely see them exercizing it themselves.