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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/19/2008
The GOP's "Oogedy-Boogedy" Problem
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Contra Parker, Larison doesn't like how the Evangelicals are scapegoated: Certainly there is an argument to be made that dead-end partisans qua dead-end partisans who cannot speak to anyone outside their party are a problem, and you can make the case that the holdouts who still think Bush has ...
amconmag.com - 11/19/2008
Oogedy-Boogedy-Boo
— amconmag.com — Kathleen Parker is melting down: And shifting demographics suggest that the Republican Party -- and conservatism with it -- eventually will die out unless religion is returned to the privacy of one's heart where it belongs. This is wrong, but the ... (more) Oogedy-Boogedy-Boo

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motherjones.com - 11/20/2008
Oogedy-Boogedy
— motherjones.com — OOGEDY-BOOGEDY.... Kathleen Parker blames the demise of the Republican Party on its "evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch," and Jonah Goldberg is annoyed: What aspects of the Christian Right amount to oogedy-boogedyism? I take ... (more) Oogedy-Boogedy

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/20/2008
Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — Is there evidence that suburban independents chose not to vote Republican primarily or even pluralily* because they worried about what Kathleen Parker calls the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? (i.e., Andrew's Christianists , Ross's conservative ... (more) Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians

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Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? (i.e., Andrew's Christianists, Ross's conservative evangelicals.)? Lots of people assume that there is. This assumption is common more to liberals and centrists than it is to conservatives, of course. It'd be good to see some hard numbers from either side of this debate. ...

Did “Oogedy Boogedy” Christians Scare Swing Voters Away From The GOP?
Say Anything — ... the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? (i.e., Andrew’s Christianists, Ross’s conservative evangelicals.)? Lots of people assume that there is. This assumption is common more to liberals and centrists than it is to conservatives, of course. ...

Kathleen Parker has some advice for Republicans
Newshoggers.com — ... will take to get these voters to turn out for their candidates, and what that amount of lip service is each cycle they try to reduce it. Certainly there is an argument to be made that dead-end partisans qua dead-end partisans who cannot speak to anyone outside their party are a problem, and you can make the case that the holdouts who still think Bush has done a good job are complicit to some degree in all of his errors and crimes To which Sullivan responded: And why were they so trusting of Bush and unable to see his flaws, ...

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