Is the Christian Right Leaving the GOP?

Given the way we're treated, I could certainly see why, but there are no strong signs of an exodus yet, chiefly because there is nowhere else to go:

One of the most annoying ploys on the left is the suggestion that the dreaded "Christian Right" is abandoning the GOP in droves and will stay home on Election Day. Much like their former bedfellows, the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, just who makes up this huge, all-powerful group is unclear. Is it denominational or political, or both?

If all those who identify themselves as Christian are counted in its membership, the CR is vast indeed, but we know that to be untrue by virtue of election results. So, according to those on the left, it must consist of only those who actually embrace and live their lives according to the tenets of Christianity; in other words, those who are polluting the voting pool by adhering to their outdated values. In the words of my particular co-religionists, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Are there sincere religious practitioners who embrace some policies of the left? Of course, and many of them question the right's stance on issues like the death penalty and illegal immigration. On the other hand, it's hard to find practicing Christians or other devout believers who can staunchly support key liberal positions on abortion, euthanasia and the homosexual agenda. Most who continue to vote Democratic simply ignore this and pull the lever out of habit. But there are many, many who cannot and will not, and it's not hard to see why.

On the question of legalized abortion, there is simply nowhere else to go but the GOP. Very few Democrats will speak out in favor of the sanctity of life let alone admit that a woman's so-called reproductive rights end once conception occurs. This belief -- that innocent life is sacred from the moment of conception until natural death -- is a non- negotiable truth for those on the CR.

Likewise, liberals never understand the CR's objection to the homosexual agenda with which the left is so enamored. That is because they are largely ignorant of the Christian attitude toward sin. Practicing Christians try hard not to sin, yet believe that all men are sinners. To say that the CR is hypocritical when they support a party that contains sinners (Mark Foley, et al) is like saying they are hypocritical for loving each other.

The inclusion of institutionalized sin in American society is what they object to. The fact that their tax dollars are used to promote "alternative lifestyles" in public schools is and ought to be just as repulsive to them as is keeping the Ten Commandments out of them to liberals. The true hypocrisy consists in the belief that the teaching of a moral code held by most Americans must not be imposed on our children, while another one that is immoral to all but a small minority, must be.

I will never pull a lever for a Democrat, but I may well stay home this time around.

This kind of sentiment from Beltway GOP jersey-wavers displays the deft political skills we've come to expect from these clowns:

This current conservative petulance -- if it actually occurs on Nov. 7 -- will increase the chances of electing Hillary or worse (if such a thing is possible) in 2008.

There is no rational policy or political basis for conservatives not voting. I'm not sure the country can take the current Democratic mob in power for long.

A realist once observed that the history of mankind is little more than the triumph of the heartless over the mindless.

The Democrats are obviously heartless. Conservatives must guard against falling into the category of the mindless. Ignore your heartfelt peevements, use your brains and vote.

Yes, you read that right. Tony Blankley thinks he can motivate the Republican Party's conservative base to come out and vote by calling us stupid.

I'll cut the party a deal:

Stop listening to the Blankleys, start listening to the conservatives and I'll pull the lever for you each and every time.

I'm sick of being promised true conservative policies if only we elect still more Republicans only to see RINO after RINO get to move the party ever leftward as a result.

Blankley, Hewitt and the other jersey-wavers ought to dig up Bob Michel and run him if they're so bloody enamored of this lot of cowering simps. Their "realism" is what's gotten the party run off the rails in the first place.

The GOP doesn't own my vote. I do. And they'll earn it or lose it.