Reply #129: The Bush win (?) in 2004 made them think they MUST cave in to the religious right [View All]

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Bush was the WORST president ever, there was massive evidence that he was destroying the United States. He was so AWFUL that even Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn asked voters to vote for Kerry - something that was absolutely unprecedented.

Yet despite all that, Bush got the votes. The votes came from what I call "The Electoral Shock Troops of the Religious Reich".

Democrats were horrified, and began immediately to co-opt religious language and cater to the so-called "People of Faith".

It's a sad development, with very little upside, as far as I can tell.