John Greene
John Greene
create label problem saints
Many evangelicals label the Latter-Day Saints as a cult, This could create a problem for him.
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It would seem that this is the best place to test the 'culture of corruption' argument, which Democrats are trotting out around the country. It may not work everywhere, but if it's going to work anywhere, it's going to be Ohio, with the problems the Republicans have had.
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Restaurants come to an area after all the homes are already there. It's the new office space that is leading the construction industry right now. That is what is attracting the investment money.
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Many evangelicals have very positive views toward Jews, and evangelicals support Israel. And it's interesting that in the protests of these cartoons, the language quickly turned anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. That sends up a red flag for evangelical Christians.
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I think overall there is some disenchantment with the president's tax cuts -- not themselves, but because it doesn't seem to be doing what he claims it's doing, which is to overcome the job loss and create new jobs.
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Traditionally religious people in the United States tend to have a traditional view of marriage and that comes very directly from the Old and New Testament. You simply can't have a debate about these topics without religion becoming part of the debate.
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We'll see Bush charging up his base, but in ways that won't alienate other folks. It's hard to do both things. But there are not enough base voters in either camp to win, so they need to reach out to the middle and poach the other guy's turf.
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What he can hope for is to just play even with the president, minimizing Bush's strengths in some of those areas, but if he does play to tie that opens up the possibility that he can win on the economy.
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For most of the 20th century, the secular perspective moved forward and was in the ascendancy. Recently however, conservative Christians have been on the offensive, recovering some of that lost ground.
timely
If we had had the timely hit, we were right there. We just didn't get it.
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He's a demon. He said he needed money for Christmas gifts. It's the lamest excuse I could hear.
serve
He wanted to serve his country, ... If that's what he had to do, that's what he had to do.
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He's conservative by temperament; many of his policy positions, such as cutting taxes, are on the right side of the political spectrum. But he doesn't have a consistent set of conservative principles. That's what a lot of the complaint has been about, especially after the State of the Union.
committed competing moderate tax
What Petro is competing for are the more moderate Republicans and conservatives who are not as committed on the tax issue.