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Post number 18213

nofundy — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 08:37:09 -0800

Managing Fundie Eruptions. A short course on how Karl Rove manages the fundamentalists who so often disrupt the regime's plans. He gives them what they want, but secretly, kinda like fundie sex.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 08:47:31 -0800

this is a little off-topic, and I would have e-mailed you had you an e-mail listed, but I have to say that I really like the quote in your profile.

By: boltman

boltman — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 08:56:39 -0800

You know, it's actually kind of sad to me how much Christian fundamentalists are being duped by the people in control of the republican party. The GOP does best when these people are angry, so their stragety on many of these issues seems to be to talk a lot about how they wish they could change things, but those pesky liberals in the Supreme Court or congress or wherever won't let them. religious conservatives blame liberals and turn out in huge numbers to vote more conservatives into power. think about it. if the GOP was ever actually successful in banning abortion or even just overturning Roe v. Wade, many fundamentalists would see no reason to vote anymore, let alone to grassroots organizing and fundraising (at least on the federal level). The GOP actually does much better if the leadership just talks the talk and don't walk the walk. The same analysis applies to all sort of other social issues that the fundamentalists care about but the rich, business-executive-types that run the GOP could care less about.

By: luser

luser — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:03:47 -0800

Fundy victories would not only de-energize the right, but would re-energize the left. But it's not just a phenomenon of the right, although they seem to be playing it smart. Ascendancy politics is about striving; once you get what you want, stagnation sets in and decline is inevitable. It's part of why politics follows cycles.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:09:38 -0800

I love the visual provided by this part of the article: "...when you shine a light on their back-room dealings with the Leviticus-obsessed, the Bushies drop everything and scamper like roaches." Texas has some big-ass roaches, too. I think I actually saw Karl Rove run under my fridge when I lived in Irving.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:12:56 -0800

if the GOP was ever actually successful in banning abortion or even just overturning Roe v. Wade, many fundamentalists would see no reason to vote anymore, let alone to grassroots organizing and fundraising (at least on the federal level). Issues are like Doritos to the politically-inclined. They'll make more.

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:41:46 -0800

They'll make more. Sequels are rarely as good as the original.

By: skallas

skallas — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:44:16 -0800

Obviously you've never tried the Cool Ranch chips.

By: tolkhan

tolkhan — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 10:04:34 -0800

They'll make more there's always that pesky homosexual problem.

By: TuffAustin

TuffAustin — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 11:44:07 -0800

there's always that pesky homosexual problem There's our cue to enter stage-left, Wolfdaddy! I really do hope Paul Weyrich & his cronies do go pout in the corner this fall instead of going to the voting booth.

By: holycola

holycola — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:06:35 -0800

Ditto mcsweetie. Glad you pointed it out.