Bending the Third Rail
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Just Nuts
This is pretty interesting:
Kuo, who worked in the White House Office of Faith Based Initiatives, "says some of the nation’s most prominent evangelical leaders were known in the office of presidential political strategist Karl Rove as 'the nuts.' National Christian leaders received hugs and smiles in person and then were dismissed behind their backs and described as 'ridiculous,' 'out of control,' and just plain 'goofy.'"
Well .... Some of them are!

But that's not the point. The obvious story is that someone from the White House is quoted as saying such a thing about evangelicals. But I don't think that's the real story here.

I suspect the evangelicals know that a whole lot of politicians and conservative leaders in the Republican party think they are the fringe and "nuts". Evangelicals are not stupid. They're promised and promised but often not rewarded. They know that they can't count on most Republicans to be "true believers" to implement their policy initiatives, but rather that the evangelical community has to rally voters and money to force their agenda. And despite their best efforts (and contrary to the mainstream media's mantra), they've only been marginally successful garnering around 20% of the conservative vote in election after election.

That's why, other than the embarrassment factor, this is a non-story. The evangelicals simply have no other place to try and leverage their power. They'll put up with the taunts and the behind-their-backs snide remarks(and sex scandals and Republican gays)as long as they can continue to have some influence on the ultimate outcome of governmental action. They have no where else to go.
Written at 9:40 AM by Greyhair.
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