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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
In fairness, Bill Clinton is to blame for the rise of the evangelicals.
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What?!?!?!?!
Ever hear of Jerry Falwell and an organization called The Moral Majority? The evangelicals were kind of significant in the 1980 election. Not just in bouncing Jimmy Carter, but also in bouncing a bunch of longstanding Democratic senators, and making Howard Baker majority leader for a few years.
One could even argue that they helped Barry Goldwater seize control (temporarily) of the GOP in 1964.
(uh, am I whiffing?)
