[lbo-talk] Al From Beats Tambourine

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Wed Nov 17 14:17:23 PST 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dawson" <MDawson at pdx.edu>


> So what's wrong with getting sympathetic clergy and laypeople to
highlight
> these principles and engage religious voters on these principles?
>
> Nathan Newman

-Because those principles clash with your party's policies! People aren't as -stupid as you probably think they are. Republicans really do oppose gay -rights, which gives them evange-cred.

The GOP also opposes aid to the poor and most civil rights laws, which puts them in opposition to many evangelical beliefs.

72% of the Florida population supported an increase in the minimum wage, including no doubt large numbers of evangelical voters. The GOP is dead set against the minimum wage, so there are obvious areas to appeal to evangelicals on economic justice issues.

If you only build coalitions with people who agree with you 100%, you'll never win on any issue. It's better to appeal to folks on the issues where they agree with you, then write them off completely if they disagree on anything.

Nathan Newman



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