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Old 05-06-11, 03:59 PM   #17
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In the last 20 years? Maybe not. But I think the overt pandering to the religious right started right up around the time the Moral Majority came to prominence. They've been making hay with that crowd by openly promoting or at least pretending not to disagree with an anti-gay, anti-choice, quasi-Dominionist agenda ever since.
Agreed, and also unsurprising. They're just doing exactly what we designed them to do, which is to garner a majority of votes.

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And yes I say pandering, because IMO most of the Powers That Be in the GOP couldn't care less about the religious right's agenda beyond doing what it takes to get their votes on election day.
Preaching to the choir, my friend. It was a lovely sermon, though, and decidedly more tolerable and succinct than most.
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