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Is It All Identity Politics Now?

Posted By John Schroeder On January 22, 2008 @ 7:03 am In Uncategorized | 5 Comments

I weary of demographic groups and identity politics.

If you are Evangelical . . .

. . . your hatred is showing [1]. Says Catherina J.:

I myself am a Roman Catholic and I cannot tell you the amount of times I have heard that I belong to a “cult” and am not a “christian”.

. . . not to mention an apparent lack of mental acuity [2]. Says Jonathon Adler:

What does surprise me, however, is that more evangelicals fail to see through Huck’s increasingly transparent and disingenuous appeals.

So . . .

. . . Doug Wead thinks Huck and Romney are a “great team [3].”

The most interesting statistic to come out of the Nevada primary tonight is the dismal 8 percent showing for Gov. Mike Huckabee.

This shows what we all should have suspected that the Evangelical-Mormon estrangement cuts both ways. And it sends a very clear message to both the Romney and Huckabee camps. There is no way either one will win in a general election without having the other one on the ticket.

If you are Romney do you really want to team up with the characteristics I have just described? That has been my concern all along. Anti-Mormon thinking and voting just do not do us proud. We end up looking foolish and close-minded and any other number of things.

Now, the fact of the matter is, things are not nearly as bad as these links paint them. There are plenty of smart Evangelical voters out there, but I am beginning to think that like the reasonable moderate Muslims need to kick the AQ types out of the club, we Evangelicals need to start showing a few of our own the door.

K-Lo says it best…

Identity politics is bad news. Today seems like a perfect day to reflect on that [4].

Best MLK Day line I have ever read.

Lowell: Weariness is the order of the day, it seems. I had a telephone conversation with a newspaper reporter today who is interested in this blog’s subject. As I addressed topic after topic in response to her questions, using our past posts and links, I realized how long this discussion has been going on, how fascinating (and exhausting) it has been, and how ready I am to see some signs of progress, or milestones, or — dare I say it? — improvement in the public’s general enlightenment.

I’m still waiting. Maybe the situation will look a little clearer after February 5. It may not look better, but it should be clearer.

Some Interesting General Reading Added At The Last Minute…

John Mark Reynolds uses religion as the basis for some fascinating analogizing [5]. Ah, reason!

The discussion of our politics in Great Britain is fascinating, and heating up [6]. Well done.

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[1] your hatred is showing: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977235979

[2] not to mention an apparent lack of mental acuity: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDI3MDM4ZGJjNDE3YjA4YmJhMWQ1ZmEzYzBhYmRkZmM=

[3] Doug Wead thinks Huck and Romney are a “great team: http://www.newsmax.com/politics/huckabee_romney/2008/01/21/66146.html

[4] Identity politics is bad news. Today seems like a perfect day to reflect on that: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTIzNjgzNGZkNGJkNjdmMGI0NDY5NjVhYTY1YThmNWQ=

[5] John Mark Reynolds uses religion as the basis for some fascinating analogizing: http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/2008/01/22/does-mccain-worship-america-holding-john-mccain-to-the-same-standard-as-mike-huckabee/

[6] and heating up: http://expatyank.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/faith-is-not-knowledge-so-cant-be-countered/

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