Posted by
John Finnigan on Monday, October 08, 2007 11:27:10 AM
There are various constituencies in the Republican party: The Country Club Republicans with their pragmatic approach to ethics and wealth; the fiscal conservatives; the Military proponents; the neo conservatives; the sort of neo conservatives; and the Social Christian conservatives to name a few.
Social Christian Conservatives are perhaps the most stubborn of the bunch. They don’t believe in moral relativity, don’t believe in ethical pragmatism, don’t believe Mormons are Christians and by and large feel betrayed by the Republican Party.
Non Social Christian Conservatives keep hoping that those pesky little Christian believers will feel so horrified at the prospect of Hillary Clinton being the 44th President of the United States that those Fundamentalists will hold their noses and vote for a Republican candidate they find repugnant. This I believe is a terrible mistake.
While Socially Conservative Christians will curl their toenails at Hillary’s potential Presidency, they remember how they’ve been lied to in the past by people evoking the name of Ronald Regan, God and country. Largely, most of the Republicans evoking such worthy icons of faith and patriotism have turned out to be liars: Karl Rove comes foremost to mind.
So, while Fred, Mitt, Rudy and John may be the eventual nominee, the party should pay attention to Socially Conservative Christian leaders who are talking third party. Social Conservative Christians survived President Clinton number one, and know they can survive President Clinton number two.
Take heed Republican Party.
John