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Originally Posted by politicophile
I understand your dismay with McCain's efforts to cozy up to the religious right. However, it is widely believed that a Republican candidate cannot win the primary without doing so. If this is true, isn't it preferable for McCain to court the religious right and win the election, rather than losing in the primary?
If McCain wants the opportunity to enact any of his presidential agenda, he has to get the keys to the oval office first. In many respects, those are held by folks on the religious right.
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I'm not sure that that scenario is still required. The loss of support suffered by both Falwell and Robertson has been stunning. If anything, I would think given Robertson's moonbat uttering in particular, this would be the year that a Republican could win the primaries by rejecting televangelists and embracing the real tenets of judeo-christian values.
Isn't that scary to think about, that televangelists in the guise of the religious right have such a powerful grasp on one of our two parties that legislation is written with them in mind? Another argument has always been for a republican to win the early primaries in the south, they have to embrace the stars and bars as "southern heritage". As a southerner, I call bullshit on that. If you have to embrace something that offers only sickness for our country, then your party must generally be ineffectual at making rational decisions.