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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 07:18 PM
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Who are the 29% to 36%? Where I live it is the religious nut cases.
and I'm apparently not the only one:

When you get down to the last twenty percent, it's not political support; it's religious. We have the first truly sectarian, religious administration, appealing for support on theological grounds, and relying on churches to sustain it. I find this deeply troubling both for government and for religion. If support for a president rests on his religious faith rather than a judgment of his policies, then civil, secular politics - whether on the right or left - is finished. Faith cannot be debated; it can merely be asserted. If it is the core basis for politics, as we see in Iraq or the Balkans or Northern Ireland, a multi-faith society ceases to function as a democracy. Conservatives, while respecting religious faith, should nonetheless strongly resist this temptation to turn politics into religion. It is a tiger you cannot ride for long.
http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 07:35 PM
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1. Most are not worshipping God...
they are worshipping bush and there party. Some of that group just hate gays,poor and are racist.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 07:36 PM
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2. Agree that we have an administration that seeks to replace democracy with
totalitarian theocracy. Also agree that most Bushbots come from religious roots, but also they come from the upper 'ownership' class.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 08:09 PM
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3. Here it's the bigots, the religious wackos, and a cadre of
swaggering bonehead males who think one of their own is in the White House (and may be right). Even the wealthy are deserting, a flat stock market and piss poor consumer economy are demonstrating that Stupid is bad for business.

The religious wackos are actually the most reachable group, even though they're being encouraged to keep to themselves, away from the "contamination" the larger world represents. Some of them aren't buying it. The rest are truly delusional and need psychiatric help.

I have no idea how low his approval rating will eventually go. If there's another bad hurricane season this year, I expect it to be completely in the toilet as more people suffer and die because of an uncaring and disconnected government by and for the rich.
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