The Local Crank

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Just a simple Cherokee trial lawyer, Barkman has been forcing his opinions on others in print since, for reasons that passeth understanding, he was an unsuccessful candidate for state representative in 2002. His philosophy: "If people had wanted me to be nice, they should've voted for me."

Sunday, September 30, 2007

CCRRRRRRRACK!!!

Christian Conservatives threatening to form a Third Party if Giuliani gets the GOP nomination. How likely is this? Hard to tell, but the unholy union between Economic Royalists and Christian Reconstructionists was bound to fail sooner or later. If Giuliani is the Republican nominee, I'm not sure there's enough boot-licking in the universe to win over James Dobson and the tele-Pharisee wing.

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posted by The Local Crank | 7:47 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger Eric said...

They make the same threat almost like clockwork every four or eight years. I think for the overwhelming majority of them, it's nothing more than a bluff meant to intimidate the candidates. They know full well that the third-party route is tantamount to suicide in our deeply entrenched two-party system.

10/01/2007 9:47 PM  
Blogger The Local Crank said...

"They know full well that the third-party route is tantamount to suicide in our deeply entrenched two-party system."

I think that's kinda their point. A Christian Reconstructionist rump candidacy would have the same effect as Ralph Nader's prissy narcissistic run in 2000; punishing the party for not catering more to the extremes.

10/01/2007 10:10 PM  

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