[lit-ideas] Re: Religious Fascism
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
Regular conservatives don't like him either. He's against everything they
stand for. Richard Viguerie is very down on him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901770.html
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>From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Apr 1, 2007 7:18 PM
>To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Religious Fascism
>
>Simon Ward wrote:
>
>"... political leadership using such fundamentalists."
>
>
>I agree with Simon that Christian fundamentalists have been manipulated for
>the purposes of advancing political agendas that do not belong to them.
>This is an extremely important point as 2008 approaches. The Bush election
>team was able to convince these Christians to vote for Bush when many would
>have been inclined to not vote at all, since Bush is hardly a
>fundamentalist. The Rove strategy of focusing on the base has failed with
>these Christians because they are not naturally inclined to vote, and
>certainly not for someone who is as religiously vague as Bush. These
>fundamentalists justifiably feel manipulated and are insisting that if the
>Republicans want their vote, it will have to be for someone who is
>explicitly committed to their concerns. See here the recent comments by
>Dobson on whether Fred Thompson has been explicit enough in his faith to
>satisfy fundamentalists. Christian fundamentalists do not want another
>version of Bush.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Phil Enns
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