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Originally Posted by emptypepsi
In my eyes, Hillary aligned herself with Republicans after that statement the other day. If that didn't prove her "I'll get my spot or take you all down" attitude, I don't know what will. The fact that anyone reasonable follows her after something like that seriously astounds me.
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It was certainly a more conservative kind of statement, but for some very odd reason beyond me it didn't come as a shock to me.
I was quite literally watching it and thinking to myself, why isn't this shocking to me?
Anyway, I'm assuming that you're talking about her counter to Obama's "
bitter" statements. She certainly took a more conservative stance, but I think that it's going a bit far to say that she aligned herself with Republicans. She seemed to align herself with the general public, as Obama's statements that were FAR to the left, if you take them wholly seriously and believe he actually meant them (which he has, more or less, said he chose the "wrong words").
Just for some general references on religion, here are some links. 34% of Americans believe that the Bible is the word of God to be taken literally, and another 48% believe that it is the inspired word of God, but not everything should be taken literally. Do the math, and you'll see that even the majority of non-Republicans believe that it is the word of God, and I'm sure many would take offense to the idea that their attending church and are growing in their faith because they are bitter.
Religion News: Poll: Americans Go to Church More Regularly Than Canadians
Provocative Church: Do Americans Go to Church?
The numbers on guns aren't as strong, but paint a similar picture that the majority of Americans might take offense to his comments. Over 50% of Americans have guns, and guns are kept in some 70 million American households. I'm citing wikipedia, but I'm assuming your ok with that.
To put it simply, Hillary wasn't
really aligning herself with Republicans, she was aligning herself with the majority of the American public. If she gets the nomination on the offchance then this will probably be great for the Democratic party. The Republicans are clearly
perceived as the party of faith, family values and guns (a little contradiction
), but the majority of Americans side with Republicans on those issues. If the Democrats can nullify their differences on such issues, then they should be able to take the election since they are aligned with the public on many other issues.
Gun politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia