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Title: Tucker Carlson to Evangelicals: Duped
Source:
Crooks & Liars
URL Source: http://www.crooksandliars.com/
Published: Oct 10, 2006
Author: John Amato
Post Date: 2006-10-10 19:43:24 by Zipporah
Keywords: None
Views: 1642
Comments: 69
CARLSON: It goes deeper than that though. The deep truth is that the elites in the Republican Party have pure contempt for the evangelicals who put their party in power. Everybody in… MATTHEWS: How do you know that? How do you know that? CARLSON: Because I know them. Because I grew up with them. Because I live with them. They live on my street. Because I live in Washington, and I know that everybody in our world has contempt for the evangelicals. And the evangelicals know that, and they're beginning to learn that their own leaders sort of look askance at them and don't share their values. MATTHEWS: So this gay marriage issue and other issues related to the gay lifestyle are simply tools to get elected? CARLSON: That's exactly right. It's pandering to the base in the most cynical way, and the base is beginning to figure it out 
Tucker Carlson gets honest about what he says the Republican elites feel about the Extreme Christian Right.
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#1. To: Zipporah, christine, 4um gals (#0)
Does Tucker look a lot more macho without the bow tie, ladies?
#2. To: who knows what evil (#1)
Macho?? Uh.. no actually the opposite :P
Say what you will about the man, but he describes himself as a libertarian, and says he takes his sons hunting. He is okay in my book.
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