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Compassion, religion, and politics.
AS FILM director Mel Brooks once said, "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." Of course, he was talking about the darker side of the comedian's art. But to listen to the American news media and many of our most prominent opinion leaders, you would think he was describing political conservatives' outlook on life. The Right, so the thinking goes, is baldly uncompassionate. One would almost get the impression that they reveled in their schadenfreude. For example, after 20 years, the most frequent criticism of Ronald Reagan's presidency appears to be its lack of compassion: for AIDS victims, the homeless, racial minorities, and ...
- POLITICS NOT THE RIGHT PATH FOR RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) March 31, 1999 700+ words
...Christian Coalition. But in the 1998 election, only 54 percent of religious conservatives voted Republican, while 31 percent voted for Democrats. Since most religious conservatives are perceived as being Republicans, those numbers indicate...
- This time, religious conservatives have major influence.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gallman, Vanessa March 11, 1996 700+ words
...a lot on the extent religious conservatives support Buchanan...beat Clinton.'' Religious conservatives are a diverse constituency...in Georgia _ where religious conservatives accounted for 38 percent of the voters _ these...
- How to target religious conservatives: this unpredictable demo likes Oxygen's...
- Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable Mandese, Joe December 20, 2004 700+ words
...it has a loyal audience base in religious conservatives: the same group political analysts...analysis of the media habits of religious conservatives. This group isn't cookie...Advertisers looking to target religious conservatives are often stunned by their viewing...
- Many religious conservatives feel taken for granted by GOP.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gallman, Vanessa August 13, 1996 700+ words
...big house.'' Religious conservatives have every right...granted.'' Some religious conservatives were upset earlier...vote at least 86 percent of the time for...Price, who feels religious conservatives were unfairly...
- Must religious conservatives give up on U.S. politics?
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service London, Herbert May 3, 1999 700+ words
...unresolved questions is the role religious conservatives will play. The New York Times...politicians, a hasty retreat by religious conservatives from politics could be devastating...Some believe it is time for religious conservatives to rededicate themselves to the...
- The moral environment.(EDITORIAL)(environmentalists and religious...
- Magazine article from: World Watch Prugh, Thomas January 1, 2005 700+ words
...ally, including the religious conservatives that the early post...representation of religious conservatives' views is almost...good news: first, religious conservatives, long thought to...
- Religious conservatives work for GOP Congress: See survival at stake as they...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Hallow, Ralph Z. October 29, 1996 700+ words
...victory has become so horrifying to religious conservatives that they will go to the polls...Congress on the issues that matter to religious conservatives," Mr. Reed said. "I've...sometimes they are about survival for religious conservatives," said Mr. Reed. "And this...
- Religious conservatives facing crucial choices
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel CAL THOMAS October 24, 1996 700+ words
...Republican nomination for president, religious conservatives have had virtually no impact on...issues of paramount importance to religious conservatives such as imminent court rulings...Bill Clinton wins re-election, religious conservatives will be forced to make a fundamental...
