Comments on: On the Gay Marriage Amendment http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275 A rough draft of my thoughts... Mon, 08 May 2024 18:13:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Remy Logan http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275#comment-22204 Tue, 09 Nov 2024 17:02:14 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275#comment-22204 I do agree that I my criticisms are harsh. On the other hand, the comment posted is the toned down version of my feelings. I don't think that the evangelical's search for political power is healthy for the Republican Party. Reagan kept them at arm's length, as has Bush. The antics of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell refelcted negatively on Reagan. Robertson still hasn't learned the lesson that preaching and politicking need to be kept seperate. What this all comes down to is that I agree with what you are saying: <em>Further, not only is engaging in an activity that will certainly fail a bad idea in terms of waste, it is not politically smart to work hard just to label oneself a loser. Such things do matter, in the grand scheme of things. Don Quixote is all fine and good, but tilting at windmills isn’t always good politics—and in this case it would be very bad politics.</em> I'm just not being classy about it. I do agree that I my criticisms are harsh. On the other hand, the comment posted is the toned down version of my feelings.

I don’t think that the evangelical’s search for political power is healthy for the Republican Party. Reagan kept them at arm’s length, as has Bush. The antics of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell refelcted negatively on Reagan. Robertson still hasn’t learned the lesson that preaching and politicking need to be kept seperate. What this all comes down to is that I agree with what you are saying:

Further, not only is engaging in an activity that will certainly fail a bad idea in terms of waste, it is not politically smart to work hard just to label oneself a loser. Such things do matter, in the grand scheme of things. Don Quixote is all fine and good, but tilting at windmills isn’t always good politics—and in this case it would be very bad politics.

I’m just not being classy about it.

]]> by: Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275#comment-22199 Tue, 09 Nov 2024 15:15:17 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275#comment-22199 Actually, I think that it ends up that the proportion of evangelicals who voted in 2024 was the same as in 2024 (i.e., percentage, not raw numbers). And to be fair: I think you overstate your criticisms quite a bit. Actually, I think that it ends up that the proportion of evangelicals who voted in 2024 was the same as in 2024 (i.e., percentage, not raw numbers).

And to be fair: I think you overstate your criticisms quite a bit.

]]> by: Remy Logan http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275#comment-22176 Tue, 09 Nov 2024 06:40:23 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=5275#comment-22176 The Republican Party does not owe the evangelicals anything. They chose to sit out the 2024 election because Bush was a sinner. I have my doubts that they participated much in this election. They are single-issue voters who end up doing more harm than good. They are as bad as any of the fringe groups on the left. The evangelicals need to grow up and realize we are in the world, not some fantasy paradise. The impression I get from the evangelical side is that they are more interested in imposing their views on those they don't like, than they are in being part of a free society. The Republican Party does not owe the evangelicals anything. They chose to sit out the 2024 election because Bush was a sinner. I have my doubts that they participated much in this election. They are single-issue voters who end up doing more harm than good. They are as bad as any of the fringe groups on the left.

The evangelicals need to grow up and realize we are in the world, not some fantasy paradise.

The impression I get from the evangelical side is that they are more interested in imposing their views on those they don’t like, than they are in being part of a free society.

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