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Originally Posted by AlienQ
That real Clear Politics site is pretty cool.
Whats truly scary though is just how much red there is on it.
Totally unfucking believable that the bible belt is so devout and loyal to the Republicans they are willing to continue fucking themselves.
Even lab rats change behavior after a few shocks of hitting the wrong box.
Them bible beaters are gonna bring on the end of the world some day.
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For a lot of bible thumpers they are willing to trade some things for others. For example, I know a girl that is hyper religious and ultra pro-life. She has said flat out that she will never vote for a pro-choice candidate no matter what. So that rules out her every voting for a democrat. She would rather vote republican than vote pro-choice. I even asked her if the republicans promised to raise her taxes by 20% would she still vote for them and she said if she knew they were pro-life and that they would be willing to work on overturning Roe V Wade she would.
Some people assume that the president is going to fuck them on taxes and money no matter who the vote for so instead the vote for someone that they agree with on second and third tier issues like abortion and gun control and gay marriage. The republicans figured that out and have used it to their advantage. However, recently many in the christian right have said they will stop voting for a party and more for candidates. That was very evident during the 06 house and senate elections and in the lackluster support that McCain got from the christian right which is why he brought in Palin. There was a good article I read yesterday that said she might be too conservative that many young evangelicals might think she is too extreme and may not support her and McCain.