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SouthernDemLinda

(182 posts)
23. "OMG what have we done"!
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 10:45 PM
Jun 2016

If you are talking to people who would like to see the United States become a theocracy then you make religion an issue - when it is not an issue! Trump is pandering to the religious right, and using the same old "circle the wagons" Christians are losing their religious freedoms, persecution strategy.

The evangelicals are always accusing the left of starting a war on something like "the war on Christmas" and now I guess it's just an all out war on "Christians"; but if you consider the fact that they reject climate change and evolution in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, maybe it's time for a "war on stupid".

What they want is to see the United States
remade into a theocracy, even though they point their finger at the Middle East and rail out against their religious excesses, I mean most of them do, not the Jesus Camp group though.

Trump is not about the issues, he would much rather engage his opponent in a holier-than-thou debate. But frankly, I don't think he could win, remember "two Corinthians" instead of "Second Corinthians" during a speech at Liberty University.

Republican Party has been moving in the religious extremist and anti-intellectualism direction for many years. Instead of trying to rid themselves of this blight, John McCain chose the most unqualified Vice presidential candidate he could have picked, Sarah Palin and catapulted her to national prominence.

If you ask me, I think the republicans have a look on their face that says, "OMG what have we done"!

Well, that's all from me.

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we do and even if we did not drray23 Jun 2016 #1
She's a lifelong Methodist.... Little Star Jun 2016 #2
and that's the way it should be, asshole Skittles Jun 2016 #3
Love that picture, he is one ugly MFer isn't he? n/t doc03 Jun 2016 #4
Fugly MoFo indeed. 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #20
He'a got small hands, too. demosincebirth Jun 2016 #24
And this from 'Number Two Corinthians'....EOM physioex Jun 2016 #5
She's a boring Methodist. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #6
....and it's well known. trump is unhinged. spanone Jun 2016 #10
I don't think Trump knows much of anything about his Ilsa Jun 2016 #7
Yet another refutation of the old teacher's bane... JHB Jun 2016 #8
He never seems to know anything or what's going on. The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #9
Oh please! bravenak Jun 2016 #11
Donald Trump and 2 Corinthians walk into a bar... underpants Jun 2016 #12
The Constitution forbids religious tests for office--though unfortunately we have had tblue37 Jun 2016 #13
Clinton rarely talks about her faith ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #14
Is this the "ULTIMATE" in hypocrisy? world wide wally Jun 2016 #15
what the fuck does this even MEAN: Gabi Hayes Jun 2016 #16
I found this video just below the end of the above vanity fair article. Gabi Hayes Jun 2016 #17
And, um, that should not matter in a secular government! Initech Jun 2016 #18
Article VI, Clause 3. DavidDvorkin Jun 2016 #19
Is this the "New and Improved Trump" they have been touting? Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #21
Someone as spiritually ignorant and bereft... 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #22
"OMG what have we done"! SouthernDemLinda Jun 2016 #23
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