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Kevin Drum smacks Pantload around.
INSTAPUTZ — Ouch. There will always be plenty of votes for a culturally conservative party. That's not the problem. The problem is the venomous, spittle-flecked, hardcore cultural conservatism that's become the public face of the evangelical wing of the GOP. It's the wing that doesn't just support more stringent immigration laws, but that turns the issue into a hate fest against La Raza, losing 3 million Latino votes in the process. It's the wing that isn't just a little skittish about gay marriage, but that turns homophobia into a virtual litmus test, losing ...

The Psychology of Oogedy-Boogedyism
Obsidian Wings — ... thinks not much; Kevin Drum disagrees). It’s true that many liberals and secularish conservatives are a bit freaked out by that particular wing of the party – but why exactly? ...

They’re Coming To Get Ya!
Balloon Juice — ... And before we forget, this gets back to the Kathleen Parker piece from yesterday- the AFA is the face of the GOP base, at least to those of us on the outside looking in. This is the real problem for the GOP. I can understand how people might not want things to change, especially core issues like marriage. But it isn’t just marriage- it is everything, and Kevin Drum neatly summed up the problem for the GOP: ...

OOGEDY-BOOGEDY AND BIBBIDI, BOBBIDI, BOO
Right Wing Nut House — ... the excellent observation that there all sorts of legitimate points to be made both in favor and against those positions. Indeed, I have found some secular arguments against gay marriage to be if not compelling, certainly reasonable and based on both the law and common sense. Hence, “oogedy boogedism” actually expresses a nebulous kind of fear of the religious right more than it identifies any specific proposals that smack of “armband religion” as so cleverly construed by Parker. Kevin Drum disagrees: There will always be plenty of votes for a culturally conservative party. ...