has anyone watched the documentary
about the evangelical influence on politics
and most particularly GW Bush?
It's a fascinating documentary.
It shows the rise of the Christian right wing
and later on the moral majority
in politics
Richard Nixon was the first prize for right wingers
but then he turned into a big embarrassment
They didn't back Bush senior
until the born again Bush junya
took on his daddy’s cause
Bush junya
was seen as the real deal
a true blue born again boy
with Jesus leading the way
some folks think this was what tipped the scale on getting senior elected
some folks think the baby bush not helping the cause is why senior was not re-elected
sighting the 30 plus million votes
the evangelicals thru into the mix
the documentary suggested it was the evangelicals that made junior governor
how else
at 40 he was a loser
a rich boy with nothing to show for it but his daddy’s money
he'd failed at just about everything
he was a drunk on top of it
then he found jesus
he didn't talk to well (and dummed himself down a few notches to appeal to the folksy crowd)
he didn't have a track record of anything but being born again
and the son of a president to brag about
so he rode the evangelical wave to governorship
then he rode the evangelical wave to presidency
and used it again
despite a terrible record
to get himself re-elected
he used words
like The Evil Doers
being the first president anyone could recall
to speak in terms of good and evil
he's done everything in his power
to stop funding for abortion
stop gay marriage
bring the church into the state
and the evangelicals are thrilled..
course they are
they've got something close to a preacher in the white house
so here's the question to you all
regardless of whether you are christian
or not
regardless of whether you are religious or not
is it right for the president of the united states
to rule this country with christian fundamentalist values?
isn't the president of the united states supposed to worship as he(one day she)
chooses
but to keep his (oh her) religious beliefs out of the white house..?
isnt' that how this country is supposed to operate?
am i missing something
i don't eat pork, owing to being raised kosher as a kid
but if we elected a jewish president
i would fight to my last breath to keep pork legal
for all those who enjoy it..
if we elected a jewish president
i would fight to my last breath
to keep working on saturday legal
to keep not having to wear a hat legal
to keep the hebrew language out of the constitution
i want a separation of church and state
and that separation seems to be getting very blurry these days
