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Full Title: The Wild Hypocrisy of America's Conservative ChristiansHere's a newspaper headline that might induce a disbelieving double take: "Christians 'More Likely to Be Leftwing' And Have Liberal Views on Immigration and Equality." Sounds too hard to believe, right? Well, it's true -- only not here in America, but in the United Kingdom. ... Here in the United States, those who self-identify as religious tend to be exactly the opposite of their British counterparts when it comes to politics. As the Pew Research Center recently discovered, "Most people who agree with the religious right also support the Tea Party" and its ultra-conservative economic agenda. Summing up the situation, scholar Gregory Paul wrote in the Washington Post that many religious Christians in America simply ignore the Word and "proudly proclaim that the creator of the universe favors free wheeling, deregulated union busting, minimal taxes, especially for wealthy investors, and plutocrat-boosting capitalism as the ideal earthly scheme for his human creations."
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"As the Pew Research Center recently discovered,"
I think the poll might be biased by whether they are using the people in the front pews instead of the back ones.
Take the nacilbupeR pledge: I solemnly swear that I will help back out all Republicans at the next election.
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"As the Pew Research Center recently discovered,"
I think the poll might be biased by whether they are using the people in the front pews instead of the back ones. That one stinks!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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I think it's funny! 
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
Save your breath-You may need it to blow up your date.
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Get with the program, SG... pew = stinks? 
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Get with the program, SG... pew = stinks? Oops! 
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
Save your breath-You may need it to blow up your date.
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Pooh-Bah
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I guess "Ah, Serbia" blew by you, too? Ah, Serbia = acerbia = acerbic = caustic wit? I thought Mr. Remington would have toyed with that one. 
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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I guess "Ah, Serbia" blew by you, too? Ah, Serbia = acerbia = acerbic = caustic wit? I thought Mr. Remington would have toyed with that one.
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
Save your breath-You may need it to blow up your date.
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This is precisely why Republican Jesus cartoons are funny.
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This is precisely why Republican Jesus cartoons are funny. Yep, irony is hilarious!
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
Save your breath-You may need it to blow up your date.
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