“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater also thought that the 1964 civil rights bill was a bad idea. Do you think that the 1964 civil rights bill was a bad idea, because BARRY said so?
Agree with the prescience of his quote, disagree with his stance on the Civil Rights bill.
So, he's not an Authority we should defer to, just some guy that happened to agree with you on one thing.
So, why you sharing this with us?
It was an apropos quote based on the OP. You don’t agree with it. :shrug:
Some guy agrees with hte op. So? I disagree with the op. I am also some guy. We are at an impasse.
oh no, what to do.
What is this thread about, other than your anti-Christian bigotry?
Actually, the thread is about how the Republicans are now tied to a shrinking base, that will continue to shrink, and cost them elections. There is no scenario, in which Republicans win with only white Christians.
Who are the largest bloc of bigots in the country.
Reagan used Nixons southern strategy, with the help of Liberty University's Jerry Falwell, who was still angry about losing the school segregation war, and created a new boogeyman for the white bigot base.
Abortion.
Which ironically enough, Reagan supported up to that point, until coached otherwise, so he escalated Nixons drug war, and now the bigot base had their new agenda.
So now that has blown up in their face, and they moved on to their new agenda of hate against Muslims, then immigrants crossing the border, to BLM and Antifa, to their latest enemy, Asians.