Values Voter Summit Appeals to Baser Instincts of Christian Right Base
Here are some Tweets from the "VVS12 Featured Tweeters" posted on the official conference website:
The rhetoric from the stage was equally awful. Rather than repeat it here, just go to Twitter and search the following tweet streams: #VVS12 | #VVS2012 | #VVSrx Then step one degree away and check out some of the tweet streams at #ForAmerica | #ReligiousLiberty | #HHSmandate | #Freedom. This is in addition to really crass and ugly rhetoric that can be found on streams such as #IStandWithBachmann | #Teaparty | #p2 | #tcot | #mob | #sgp | #cspj #hhrs | #twisters | #ocra | #lnyhbt | #cspj | #haction. It is on these tweet streams and other social networking and blogging sites that there is a submerged propaganda campaign vilifying liberals and demonizing Obama. These types of informal sources of information carry vivid right-wing conspiracy theories that make Glenn Beck look sane.
At this year's Values Voter Summit the rhetorical flames flicked at the feet of attendees who will now march back to their home states and get out the vote. That's important because voter turnout is key to the outcome of the election pitting two Christians against each other.
Ralph Reed and other Republican strategists are aware of this. Reed explained their strategy in this article: Ralph Reed: 17 Million Evangelical Votes Can Lead to Obama's Defeat (NewsMax) Last year, VVS attendees clearly were troubled by the fact of Mitt Romney's faith. Was he really a Christian? Mormons--the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints--have long been viewed with suspicion and some hostility by evangelical Christians. This year, all is forgiven. Romney may be a Mormon, but at least he is not a socialist Muslim posing as a real Christian.
Meanwhile, Democrats fail to support union members who go on strike, public school teachers who beg for more resources for their classrooms, and those of us who call for an end to needless wars. Too many Democrats who support President Obama mock people of faith in a nasty way that will further diminish voter turnout for the Democratic Party. We will reap what the Democrats sow in the next few weeks.
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