Something the evangelical right and the progressive left have in common. Not so good.
From Ronald Reagan up to George W. Bush, and particularly George W. Bush. the evangelical right has thought their time had come. Finally they had a friend in Washington. They had sunk a lot into this string of miscreants and believed, with some good reason, that it was their votes that had put pious men in high Office. But it didn't work out so well for them. They got little for their support and have become disenchanted with Washington once again. Make no mistake about it, Republicans needed, and still need, the evangelical vote to get into office.
On the other side of that mirror sit the Democrats, and our counterpart to the right's prayer section are our liberal progressives. These folks are not to be confused with their lunatic cousins, the Libertarians. These are the good people who demand compasionate and equal social policy at the same time that they call or economic justice and a more patient foreign policy.
Since the abandoned Presidency of Lyndon Johnson the Democratic Presidents have treated the progressive wing of the Democratic Party even more poorly than the Republicans treated their choir. No Republican gets off stage without having at least once sung the praises of Jesus of Nazareth (sorry Mitt, Jesus of Salt Lake City comes up a little short) but nearly never do you hear a Democrat voicing a word of support for any Progressive policy.
And the Evangelicals have abandoned support of Republicans at the poll booths. 2016 is coming and the Democrats can not win seats in the House, Senate, and certainly not the Presidency without the support of Progressives.
As my old friend Dicky commented about it, 'snub my ass at 16 birthday parties in a row and see what kind of present I bring you on your 17th'.
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There's an excellent chance that person will be a progressive.
