[quote=ucodegen][quote briansd1]
A new poll shows that half of those who consider themselves part of the tea party movement also identify as part of the religious right, …
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Yawn.. Even odds on two choices is 50% or half. The other way to read the statement is;
“half of those who consider themselves part of the tea party movement don’t identify as part of the religious right”
You conveniently forgot about the other ‘half’.. You also forgot about other quotes.. ie:
Members of the tea party, including Christian conservatives, he said, would generally think George Bush’s use of government money to subsidize faith-based institutions “was the wrong direction.” They also might have a strong personal opposition to same-sex marriage, he said, but believe banning gay marriage “is not a role for the federal government.”
From same article.[/quote]
Ucodegen: You forget Brian’s visceral dislike of facts, or arguing issues based on merits.
If the facts prove inconvenient, Brian will simply ignore them, or shift the argument onto safer ground, claiming the facts aren’t really relevant, its the “policies” or the “intent” of the participants (meaning those that are in agreement with Brian are right, and those that are not are wrong).
