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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:18 AM Original message |
seriously, how can Evangelical bush lovers be reached? |
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Dufaeth (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. They've probably never read the Sermon on the Mount, |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
85. They can read???!!! |
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Shoeempress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. They can't so give up on them. Go after the non Fundies who voted due to |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. yep, it's like trying to teach a pig to sing |
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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Probably nothing. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
97. maybe a cattle prod... or a taser on a ten foot pole? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. They can't be reached. Ever. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. I believe there is hope... |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Though not a Bush lover by a LOOOONG shot |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. then i'm not talking about you |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Oh how I try |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Separate the real evangelicals |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. May I have your definition then |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. An evangelical spreads |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
63. Those are your definitions |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Do you think it might be more a cultural difference than religious? |
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greyfox (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Perhaps so |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Call Dreamworks: We can fool 'em with Special Effects. Seriously. |
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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. Say nothing... |
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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. We won't get their vote. |
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Killarney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's marketing. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Very well said... |
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HootieMcBoob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Here's a bunch of folks who are gonna give it a shot |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. it might also help if... |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. how has bush kept the moonie connection invisible for so long? |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Not to mention Joe Sixpack's GOP christian church is probably funded by |
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HootieMcBoob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
59. because nobody on TV has said anything about it |
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SEpatriot (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. If trends continue... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. i'm afraid they cannot. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. How about ex-Catholic priests and nuns? |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
78. I was going to say give up on the evangelicals and get to the Catholics. |
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GoBlue (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. what are the words...? |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. First, you have to realize it has never been about Christ or even |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. I don't get the point... |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. it's a losing battle so far |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's close to impossible. |
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Mike Niendorff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Very well put. |
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Avis (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Thanks |
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drbtg1 (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Great post. Thanks |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. They won't. |
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drbtg1 (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. I apologize in advance... |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. No apology necessary!!! |
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fknobbit (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. It is impossible because |
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chispa (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
69. Reaching evangelicals.... |
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Trahurn (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. You Have It Back wards |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. I agree with cali above: you can't. Ever. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. There are millions of people in this country |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. you can't, so don't even try |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. I was thinking maybe free tickets to the Colosseum |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. LOL. Human brains ARE reachable but it takes hitting the right buttons |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. Can't be done |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. You have it all wrong - They don't want to be reached |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
34. To paraphrase Golda Meir . . . |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. They cannot |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. And today's announcement of "The Third Way"... |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. definitions change |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. OK..here's the guy... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. The "New Dems" smell awfully like... |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
95. The Democratic leadership saddens me |
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Frogtutor (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
39. I've been asking that same question... |
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fknobbit (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
40. They will be reached |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
41. They can be reached quite easily |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
80. If those are their issues... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. By guilt and fear -- just like their preachers do.... |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. They cannot. Only when the moment of clarity, no job, no money... |
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phasev (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. guilt and fear... |
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wickywom (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. By standing your ground... and questioning them right back |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. hey it is you again, seriously asking. |
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bo44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. words won't do it |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. Most all human being are spiritual by curiosity or by a blind |
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The Flaming Red Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
53. When they loose children in war and jobs and freedoms and SS |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. My Fundie brother turned with a barrage of artilces. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
83. I sent some to my fundy mother last night. |
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fnottr (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
57. Although we won't be able to get the hardcore Fundies |
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Frogtutor (739 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
90. Amen! |
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Zero Gravitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
58. They can't be reached |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
61. There is only one way they can be "reached" |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
62. They're hopeless, and not worth reaching out to. |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. Ever read "Anti-Intellectulism in America" by Richard Hofstader? |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
68. They have eaten from the 'tree of knowledge' so to speak. |
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puttothesword (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
71. I've thought a lot about this.... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
73. According to everyone here, they can't be reached. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
75. They can't, so don't bother |
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chiburb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. Sorry, you're casting pearls before swine. Jesus said don't n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
79. They can't be reached |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
81. 95% of them can't be reached. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I think the Christian left would have a chance of reaching them... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
84. A 20 foot pole |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. LOL...I was thinking the same thing |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Great minds! |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
86. Republicans = Pharisees |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
88. Stone the harlots right out of the radical right-- |
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Alpharetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
89. They're so glad their hand is on the toilet handle |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
92. The only thing that will reach them is taking away the Buhsit tax cuts! |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
93. Evangelical BUSH lovers can't be reached.... |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
94. Evangelicals I knew were "Jekyll & Hyde" types. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
96. AN IDEA I'VE BEEN MULLING OVER FOR A WHILE: |
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