[lbo-talk] Re: 1994 Progressive Statement speaks to 2004 Election

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Tue Nov 9 14:32:18 PST 2004



>Every time some Dem/lib beltway blowhard uses the phrase "religious
>political extremist" it pushes a White working class evagelical
>toward the Republican Party because they correctly sense the
>patronizing snear behind the phrase that disrespects their religious
>beliefs.
>
>-Chip

I don't know if phrases like "religious political extremists" push evangelical white workers to the Republican Party, but what's certain is that liberal Democrats will never stop using such phrases (NOW's favorite slogan is "Fight the Radical Right" <http://www.now.org/cgi-bin/store/SI-FRR.html?id=8f9y2K2v>) because they need the phrases to scare people in or close to their camp with the specter of "religious political extremists" and the like and deter them from breaking ranks and bolting from the Democratic Party. -- Yoshie

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