Comments on: The Republican’s Holy Primary http://www.peoplefirstpolitics.com/the-republicans-holy-primary/ Politics that put people first Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aileen http://www.peoplefirstpolitics.com/the-republicans-holy-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Aileen Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.peoplefirstpolitics.com/the-republicans-holy-primary/#comment-145 Hi, Caitlin. There are evangelicals in my extended family, including clergy. Since 9-11, even the orthodox religious members of the family have seemed strangely susceptible to religious propaganda disguised as political policy. I haven't figured out why, other than to strongly suspect they're afraid, which means they've bowed to the politics of fear more than to the politics of religious hypocrisy. I am happy to say that even the staunchest evangelicals have over the last year-plus have become reluctantly aware of the hypocrisy it seems so easy to me to see. As a cover for environmental rape, forever-wars fought by the poor (and well-paid mercenaries), gutting of public education, further re-distribution of wealth and corporatocracy, religion's cape is pretty transparent after awhile. We vote for administrators and legislators, not popes and cardinals. Keeping that in mind won't hurt Republicans or Democrats. Of course, I think the best thing Americans should try to remember as we face the uncertain future is the "Home of the Brave" portion of our once-great national identity. If you aren't afraid, how can you be manipulated by fear? Hi, Caitlin. There are evangelicals in my extended family, including clergy. Since 9-11, even the orthodox religious members of the family have seemed strangely susceptible to religious propaganda disguised as political policy. I haven’t figured out why, other than to strongly suspect they’re afraid, which means they’ve bowed to the politics of fear more than to the politics of religious hypocrisy.

I am happy to say that even the staunchest evangelicals have over the last year-plus have become reluctantly aware of the hypocrisy it seems so easy to me to see. As a cover for environmental rape, forever-wars fought by the poor (and well-paid mercenaries), gutting of public education, further re-distribution of wealth and corporatocracy, religion’s cape is pretty transparent after awhile. We vote for administrators and legislators, not popes and cardinals. Keeping that in mind won’t hurt Republicans or Democrats.

Of course, I think the best thing Americans should try to remember as we face the uncertain future is the “Home of the Brave” portion of our once-great national identity. If you aren’t afraid, how can you be manipulated by fear?

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.peoplefirstpolitics.com/the-republicans-holy-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Caitlin Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:05:13 +0000 http://www.peoplefirstpolitics.com/the-republicans-holy-primary/#comment-144 W was able to use the evangelicals to get him into office twice and as a result, every Republican candidate from now on will have to answer to them. It's the normal Republican voters that have to live with the consequences, unfotunately. I think that Mitt has done a decent job of fighting fire with fire to keep up his momentum, but Huckabee is a plain old nutjob. As a Republican, I am disgusted with the candidate feild. They all suck. Huckabee is only popular because he's a bible-thumping Baptist, but it will also lead to his downfall. Live by the sword, die by the sword. W was able to use the evangelicals to get him into office twice and as a result, every Republican candidate from now on will have to answer to them. It’s the normal Republican voters that have to live with the consequences, unfotunately. I think that Mitt has done a decent job of fighting fire with fire to keep up his momentum, but Huckabee is a plain old nutjob. As a Republican, I am disgusted with the candidate feild. They all suck.
Huckabee is only popular because he’s a bible-thumping Baptist, but it will also lead to his downfall. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

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