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Person of Interest

(367 posts) Tue Jan 25, 2022, 10:59 AM Jan 2022

The backlash against rightwing evangelicals is reshaping American politics and faith

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/25/the-backlash-against-rightwing-evangelicals-is-reshaping-american-politics-and-faith

Senator Barry Goldwater's warning about Evangelical Christianity was very prescient!

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The backlash against rightwing evangelicals is reshaping American politics and faith (Original Post) Person of Interest Jan 2022 OP

We would have had nothing but disdain for Goldwater in his time, but looking back NOW hlthe2b Jan 2022 #1

That was my exact same thought... Person of Interest Jan 2022 #2

hlthe2b

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1. We would have had nothing but disdain for Goldwater in his time, but looking back NOW

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Tue Jan 25, 2022, 11:05 AM

Jan 2022

my Gawd, what I wouldn't do for many many more just like him in the R party.

Person of Interest

(367 posts)

2. That was my exact same thought...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 11:34 AM

Jan 2022

Republicans like Goldwater and Howard Baker marched from the Capitol to the White House to tell Nixon that the jig was up: either he resign or Congress would remove him from office. A by-gone era!

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