Dean's right, the Republican Party IS the party of white Christians

[dolstein]

That's why they've become the majority party in this country. Perhaps Dean should spend a little less time insulting white Christians (especially since there are still quite a few white Christian Democrats ought there, including Dean himself) and a little more time explaining why white Christians ought to be voting for Democrats in larger numbers.

[tex-wyo-dem]

1. Yes, he is right...

He could also call them corporate elitist plutocratic theocratic fascists and be even more right.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. RICH white xtians. Please do not let the class war go under the radar!

[brentspeak]

3. Thank you

Dean's stupidity made it seem as if "white Christians" are some kind of fringe, radical, minority group. If he had simply said "Christian Coalition", then there'd be no problem. But the NY/San Fran/Madison contingent, along with scattered far-left Deaniacs, seem to think it's "great" to have controversy, no matter how self-defeating it may be.

But nobody loves the Deaniacs more than the Republicans, who consider Dean to be a Godsend to their cause.

(And I'm someone who got sick and tired of the DNC's imcompetence and agreed that Dean be the new chair. But now I don't know what we're supposed to do...)

[acmejack]

8. I suggest you read this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3814848

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[acmejack]

4. Don't forget "and their stooges"

For all the poor misguided, brain dead souls who vote for them despite the fact that they are poor, powerless, everyman (and they don't even know the meaning of plutocratic, think it has something to do astronomy) theocratic fascists. Hey, two out of six ain't that bad...

[elehhhhna]

5. 82% per CNN just now! It's twoo, it's twoo!

[brentspeak]

6. Freepers are voting for Dean

According to their posts, just so you know. They WANT him to remain DNC chair.

[elehhhhna]

7. They gave the breakdown of Registered Reep Voters--82% white Xtian,

per that doofy polling guy , what'shis face.

[LoZoccolo]

18. And 21% of white evangelicals voted for Kerry.

Do you think we should start a program to tell them they're in the wrong place and they should get the fuck out of here?

[Orangepeel]

17. if DNC members were to choose a chair based on a CNN web poll

the party would have many more problems than Dean's media play.

[dsc]

9. There is a difference between saying

that a party is lacking in diversity and thus only white christians which is what he said and what you are saying he said.

[LittleClarkie]

10. Maybe

if he would have swapped out "fundamentalists."

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[invictus]

13. Did he really say that?

Could someone provide a link please?

[elperromagico]

14. Dean has good ideas. He says them the wrong way.

That's my take on him. I find that hard to say because I actually like the guy and want him to be a successful DNC chair. But his tongue seems to be in a race with his brain and the tongue's on steroids.

God, I can just feel the flames...

[Clarkie1]

19. Bingo.

For someone who wrote the Preface to Lakoff's "Don't Think of an Elephant!", his lack of tact and skill to date in framing this issue is baffling.

[Clarkie1]

15. Kick . n/t

[CTLawGuy]

16. and that is controversial...why?

Oh I forgot, it's the truth.

I am a white christian and I agree with Dean 100%. The Republican party doesn't care about the interests of minorities, and it actively pushes the Christian fundie agenda.

If 100% of a party comes from one group it doesn't imply that everyone in that group is in that party.

I realize we are used to the pure spinelessness of Tom Daschle, or the opportunistic vagueness of John Kerry, but we should try to understand what dean is doing here.

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