The Ted Haggard scandal had no impact on the election. Reporters have to write about something and the Haggard scandal had all the makings of good
news stories, but evangelicals weren't swayed by one evangelist's sins and the irreligious had already made up their minds.
People in the bible belt are often stereotyped as being monolithic - just blindly following their leaders. But I think the stereotype is wrong.
They voted Democratic in several presidential elections - helping both Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter to become President.
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The bible belt stereotype is dead wrong, because there is nothing monolithic about Christians when it comes to politics.
Christians come in all races and ethnicities and from all economic conditions. They work blue collar jobs, white collar jobs, no collar jobs, some
are retired, some are on welfare, some are on disability and some are too rich to work.
In fact, the religious right is largely a figment of the leftists' collective imagination and the election pretty much proves that, so it is only
natural that one preacher that most Christians never heard of having an illicit affair a week before the election is as good a fall guy as anyone
could hope for.
Except for that, Haggard doesn't even belong in the article.
