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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 08:54 PM
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New Silican Valley Christian conservative poltical group - funded by rich people
Silicon Valley gives conservative Christians a boost
A group of venture capitalists is backing United in Purpose, an ambitious project that seeks to affect the 2012 election by registering 5 million new conservative Christians to vote.




But a group of its venture capitalists is backing an ambitious project that seeks to affect the 2012 election by registering 5 million new conservative Christians to vote.

The nonprofit organization United in Purpose is using sophisticated data-mining techniques to compile a database of every unregistered born-again and evangelical Christian and conservative Catholic in the country.

Through partnerships with Christian organizers and antiabortion groups, United in Purpose hopes to recruit 100,000 "champions" to identify unregistered Christians and get them to the polls as part of its Champion the Vote project. Profiles drawn from its database, which numbers more than 120 million people, will enable organizers to target potential voters with emails and Web videos tailored to their interests.

Most of its financial supporters remain anonymous, but one of its main backers is technology entrepreneur Ken Eldred, a generous Republican donor. Its board includes Reid Rutherford, a Silicon Valley solar-energy plant developer.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-evangelical-outreach-20110916,0,7594171.story
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 10:07 PM
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1. Isn't that Ralph Reed?
Should have thrown him into prison with Abramoff.
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 10:33 PM
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2. Why isn't he in jail!!!!?!!?!??!??!
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 10:35 PM
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4. Good question! Why aren't they in jail?
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 11:40 AM
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7. yep, that's him
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 10:34 PM
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3. Gag, the last thing we need is more of the self-righteous going to the polls.
And elect President Rick Perry? Fuck that! :puke:
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 10:37 PM
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5. I'm seeing conservative Christian encroachment into all areas these days
People, I am really very, very concerned.

I think we are headed for a serious conservative Christian theocratic bid for power and I do not like what I'm seeing right now.
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 11:37 PM
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6. Not as long as we have the 2nd amendment

haha....I can't stand these people and will remain armed since I have to live near them.
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