It’s not that the average Republican is necessarily a bible thumper, but that the bible thumpers have been courted so heavily by the GOP. The statistics bear this out.
“In 2004, white evangelical or born-again Christians made up a quarter of the electorate, and 78 percent of them voted Republican, according to exit polls.”
A little napkin math makes it clear that nearly 40% of Republican voters in 2004 were white evangelicals. So it’s not so crazy to make this association.
The way to dispel this myth is for the GOP to stop pandering to the evangelical voter. So long as the GOP is actively seeking the support of drooling imbeciles (and nominating them for office), this vision of the GOP will be hard to shake.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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