Don (@18), sorry, should have looked her up. I only know that she shows up on pundit shows, but I don’t actually watch much TV (except in video clips on the Web).

Anyhow, I’ll rephrase my question (@16): do you believe the “Democratic Party” either consists of or is represented at a significant level by: one Democratic superdelegate, one Democratic Representive, an actress, and some people on the internet?

“Brazile has worked on several presidential campaigns for Democratic candidates, including Jimmy Carter–Walter Mondale in 1976 and 1980, Jesse Jackson in 1984, Walter Mondale–Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, and for Richard Gephardt in the 1988 Democratic primary.

After Gephardt lost the primary in 1988, Brazile served as deputy field director of the Michael Dukakis general election campaign. On October 20, 1988, she made headlines by telling a group of reporters that George H.W. Bush needed to “‘fess up” about unsubstantiated rumors of an extramarital affair. Said Brazile, “The American people have every right to know if Barbara Bush will share that bed with him in the White House.”[2] The Dukakis campaign immediately disavowed her remarks and, at the suggestion of campaign manager Susan Estrich, Brazile resigned the same day. Four years later, the same issue, the relationship of George H.W. Bush and Jennifer Fitzgerald would be briefly rehashed during the 1992 campaign against Bill Clinton, who had his own extramarital affair rumors.

In the 1990s, Brazile served as Chief of Staff and Press Secretary to Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, where she helped guide the District’s budget and local legislation on Capitol Hill. She advised Bill Clinton’s campaign for the presidency in 1992 and for re-election in 1996.

In 1999, Brazile was appointed deputy campaign manager and was later promoted to campaign manager of the 2000 presidential campaign of Vice-President Al Gore, becoming the first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign.

[edit] Democratic National Committee Service
After the post-election fight over votes in the 2000 United States presidential election in Florida, Brazile was appointed Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute. She currently serves as a superdelegate for her work for Bill Clinton.”

Quite a Democratic Party resume, wouldn’t you say?

Don (@13), so if I am to understand, you believe the “Democratic Party” either consists of or is represented at a significant level by: a TV reporter, one Democratic Representive, an actress, and some people on the internet? I mean, as you concede, obviously not “every Democrat” agrees with or promotes that statement, but just as obviously, this is not attributable in any meaningful way to the “Democratic Party”. It wasn’t clear if your claim to the contrary (@8) was still in effect.

Don, what basis do you have for referring (@9) to “the Democratic Party’s recent usage of the phrase”? All I can find is a reference to Rep. Steve Cohen saying it. Do you have evidence of it being a party-wide thing, or are you trying to implicate more people than you should?

Sam (@8), as you have already read, this blog isn’t the fringe of the LCMS — at least not as far as political opinions go. And I’d agree with Truth Seeker (@10) that the preponderance of pro-Republican commenters stems from the partisan devide on abortion.

What I’ve never understood is how it came to be the presumed default Christian mindset that nearly ALL Republican politicians and/or stances (other than abortion) are good, and vice versa. As in, “I’m a Christian, so I think global warming is a hoax, and I will always complain about taxes since there shouldn’t be any, and any war that Bush starts is a good one, and any tactic (domestic or otherwise) that can in any way be justified by labeling it as “anti-terror” is A Good Thing, etc.” A caricature? Of course. But I (obviously) really don’t think it follows that Christians should side with Republicans on most/all issues.

That said, Sam, those of us who are theologically conservative but do not toe the Republican party line* are out here. Most of us tend to be quieter on this blog than are FW and I. But we’re here. Make some noise.

*Oh, I know, someone will want to say that he doesn’t toe the Republican party line either, though he’s no liberal. Fine, then I’m not talking about that person!