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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Yorick, I've been lamenting that for ages. You're not going to like my answer -- the richo party used religion and a little "shucks, y'all" talk to get that hoodwink to happen. They adopted christianity and rural-ness as their own -- TH3Y PWN3D 7T!!
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I don't buy the religion thing. You've got people like Reverend Jesse Jackson in the Democrats, and pro-Abortionists like Giuliani in the Republicans.
But then maybe you're correct.
However, I don't see either party as representing Christian beliefs. On one side you've got pro-war, pro-death penalty, and lack of care for the have-not's - all anathaemas to the Christian faith and Jesus' teaching. On the other side, you've got increased abortion, and less conviction about what marriage is.
I wrote this article on my website about "the religious right":
http://www.hughwilson.org/images/Left_wing_Jesus.doc
In any case, Black Christians don't necessarily vote Republican.
Further to the bewilderment at the perception that the Democrats are eleitist, let's look at where the strongholds are. Cities. Urban areas right. These urban areas are perceived as... rich? Have Americans heard of the ghetto? Have they heard of the poorer minority groups in these cities? The majority of New Yorkers struggle to get by. Yes it has more billionaires than any other city in the world, but it also seems to have more beggars.
Another hoodwink.