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BOHICA Obama
Did Reagan or either Bush get elected without evangelicals?
The religious right played a role in getting them elected. That is why they courted them. The vast majority of Americans are somewhere in the middle. Can a politician get elected with just hid half of the middle? Possibly. It is the courting of folks on each end of the spectrum that helps assure a victory. My point was that they got used. They were courted for their votes and then ignored on the back side. The religious right had their litmus test for candidates with things such as abortion, gay marriage, etc. The candidates paid lip service to those issues to get elected. How many of the social issues that the religious right pushed ever get acted upon by the folks they helped put in office? Zero. I think you'll see the same thing now. Many "conservatives/Republicans" jumped on the Tea Party banfwagon and said "me too" to get elected. It remains to be seen if they will actually reform themselves once they were reelected. We already see stories of Congressmen who signed onto the "no pork" committment who are getting busted with earmarks they threw into legislation. Their excuse.......that was in 2010 before I signed the pledge for 2011.
Do I hope all of these folks who used the Tea Party to get elected live up to the rhetoric? Hell yes! But I've been around long enough to know that the proof is in the pudding. We'll see.
What happens if the Republicans don't live up to the Tea Party rhetoric they "subscribed" to during the election season? Just like the religious right, the Tea Party only has enough clout to assist in getting someone elected along with all of those middle of the road Americans. They are not large enough to elect third party candidates on their own.
Will they get screwed without even being kissed like the religious right was over and over? Time will tell.