Posted by
EFuller on Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:02:12 PM
The values voters were key to the 2004 election. An analysis of events reveals the Democrat and liberal strategy on values voters in this election.
Win Them Over
After 2004, leaders in the party realized [viewing Christians as political opponents] had to
change. David Wilhelm, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, started a
Web site called FaithfulDemocrats.com. It's designed explicitly for Democratic Christians.
Source
Candidates have also talked of their faith and quoted the Bible during this campaign. Is it sincere? David Limbaugh doesn't think so:
On social issues, Democrats and the mainstream media are engaged in an elaborate scam. I've been saying for years that they have undisguised contempt for traditional values voters. They are proving it daily through their concerted drive to suppress the values voter turnout.
Their inconsistent pretense to represent this very block of voters was revealed as the fraud it is by recent comments of Newsweek's liberal Jonathan Alter, who said, "I hope this election is going to mark the demise of values voters ... that they don't determine the election the way they were seen to have the last time around."
Discourage Their Allegiance
The second strategy is to weaken support by values voters. The entire Mark Foley scandal was trumpeted by the media and Democrats. It left fractures in the Republicans, with calls for Dennis Hastert to resign. But it was also effective in undermining the support of the values voters for Republicans.
A similar scandal has also erupted with mysterious timing -- the allegations against Ted Haggard, newly-resigned head of the National Association of Evangelicals. Is the strategy to make Christian voters hang their head in shame and stay away from the polls?
Attack
Finally, left-leaning organizations are involved in attacking Christian groups by filing complaints with the IRS. One liberal group alone has filed over 50 complaints of illegal electioneering. The threats to the non-profit designation of churches and other groups appears designed to reduce the mobilization of values voters.