Sen. Danforth writes in todays NYTimes: "The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with a party that has gone so far in adopting a sectarian agenda that it has become the political extension of a religious movement."
If the "religious agenda" were the only problem America faced there might still be some hope.
But the so-called religious agenda is merely being used by Washington and Wall Street as a "cover story" for much much deeper problems.Issues like debt and deficits, health care and retirement, Social Security and Medicare, the uninsured, the the looting of American corporations by the Cult of the CEO....are the REAL PROBLEMS.
Not, Terri Schiavo's feeding tube!
The Republican use of DIVERSIONARY ISSUES to distract the less informed public is not easy, but the Religious Right has managed to pull it off.
For the most part Conservative Christians have been voting AGAINST their personal economic agenda by siding with Wall Street Republicans politically.For the most part, the Republican rich offer the religious right only "red meat" socio-religious issues and promises of Constitutional Amendments that never materialize....
Even while "red state" jobs go to China and health care and wages deteriorate...... Over 60% of the public think the economy is deteriorating. So, in truth, the "religious agenda" is just a red herring to distract Bubba Voters from what's really happening....
But here's the real problem:
Sooner or later Bubba will wake up.....and then the Republicans will have nothing to offer except Fascism. Fascism being the ultimate wedge issue for a failed elite.
