Posted by
EFuller on Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:43:56 PM
An article in Time says the Democrats may be the new Moral Majority because of their efforts to appeal to religious voters:
'The Democrats are so fired up, you could call them the new Moral Majority. This time, however, the emphasis is as much on the majority as on the morality as they try to frame a message in terms of broadly shared values that don't alarm members of minority religions or secular voters. It has become an article of faith among party leaders that it was sheer strategic stupidity to cede the values debate to Republicans for so long; that most people want to reduce abortion but not criminalize it, protect the earth instead of the auto industry, raise up the least among us; and that a lot of voters care as much about the candidates' principles as about their policies. "What we're seeing," says strategist Mike McCurry, "is a Great Awakening in the Democratic Party." '
Ha! The Democrats will try to claim "majority" but their claims of "moral" will be mocked until the following happens -- at least!
-- They hold their politicians to high standards, like the values voters on the Republican side. Democrats decry sleazy ethics on the Republican side of the aisle and ignore it on theirs.
-- They adopt pro-life actions. Most Democrat politicians are stridently pro-abortion, or they talk a good game about "safe, legal and rare" and do nothing to reduce abortions.
-- They actually talk about their faith without consulting PR firms and other consultants to craft the message first.