Krauthammer Is Full Of Shit

to the shitbag who said the bigoted christian redneck was a myth:

The elephant in the room: GOP schism

Many moderates say they no longer feel invited to the party

A win doesn't mean that all is well in the Republican Party.

Though their candidate came out ahead on Nov. 2, some moderate Republicans are as despondent as Democrats. While Christian conservatives have been credited with turning out like-minded voters in crucial swing states, many moderates say they have been marginalized.

"There is no future for moderate and progressive Republicans in the Republican Party," said Jim Scarantino, president of the centrist GOP group Mainstream 2004. "The far right wing and the fanatics have seized control."

Mr. Scarantino isn't sure where his brand of Republican politics fits into the GOP. Some Christian conservatives say it doesn't.

"If they can't agree and support the president and the platform, then they ought to go over to the Democrats," said Jan LaRue, chief counsel for the conservative group Concerned Women for America.

After President Bush's re-election, evangelicals were quickly branded the "it" political group. They have taken a two-week victory lap, appearing around the clock on cable news networks while touting a conservative social agenda.

Out of the spotlight and largely overlooked, some moderates said they feel like politicians without a party.

Issues such as gay marriage and abortion have exposed fissures in the majority party, as conservatives push for what they call "pro-family" policies and moderates urge renewed focus on fiscal conservatism.

Evangelicals have been quick to seize on their moment in the spotlight, launching efforts to expand their influence and criticizing Republicans who don't toe the conservative line on social issues.

The Rev. Jerry Falwell announced plans last week for an "evangelical revolution," forming the Faith and Values Coalition, which he described as a resurrection of the Moral Majority.

And conservatives accused Sen. Arlen Specter of disloyalty when the Pennsylvania Republican suggested that the Senate might reject anti-abortion judicial nominees. Evangelical groups urged Mr. Specter's colleagues to reject his bid to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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i actually said before that i thought the GOP's gay-bashing was a means to get the vote out in safe red states. translation: it was part of a strategy for winning the popular vote. ever since election night, the media has been furiously back-pedaling on the 'values vote' meme, but the bigoted christians i excoriated in the post that got your knickers in a twist are practically throwing a rapture party over their new-found power. despite your claim that they are a fantasized construction of liberal paranoia, they are clearly convinced that the GOP owes them something.

i'm sick of you whiny bitches showing up at lefty blogs to brandish your moderate credentials whenever one of us writes a rant about the bible-thumpers and their crusade against the homos.

"Waa waa waaa!!!! You forgot about MEEEEE!!!!!! I'm a moooooooderrraaaatteeeeeeeee!!!!! I'm not like that!!!! Waaa Waaa Waaa!!!!"

you don't like the idea of being forced to pay child support to the crotch-rotted sorority bimbo you picked up at last weekend's vomit-fest because the snake-handlers want to outlaw abortion? pull your damned head out of the ass of the farm animal that you're currently jerking off and let the republican party know you are not jiggy with the jesus-freaks and ass-sniffers taking over.

i never said all rednecks are bigoted and/or christian. i'm acutely aware that assholism is an equal opportunity affliction. i'm quite sure that a lot of hell-bound, sinning, bigoted fucknuts voted against the fags and dykes on november 3rd. they too are on my fuck-you radar, as emily2 put it.