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Sat Aug-16-08 06:13 PM
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I am SO glad we're finally just minutes away from the National Night Of Religious Pandering |
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When will they do the National Clown Forum?
Or the League of Left Handed Aleutian Islanders?
How about the Coalition to Bring Back Tie Dyed Tee Shirts?
Presidential Candidates in a fucking CHURCH.
Blech.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:18 PM
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1. Though the media is portraying it as such, I don't think it will be that bad. |
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The pastor guy hasn't said he'll focus on faith, per se.
The proof is in the pudding of course, but this *could* be a good rambling discussion.
I don't dismiss it out of hand. We'll see.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:21 PM
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when political debates are not managed by corporate media or national religion.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:21 PM
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3. The whining on this board tonight is going to be deafening |
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I feel the need to remind people that while the Constitution bars a religious test for office, voters are free to vote for or against someone for whatever reason they want. Like it or not, religion does play a role in the decisions that many voters make.
To get elected, a candidate has to live in the world as it is, not as we hope it to be.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:28 PM
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11. The US World, not the world. We're a laughing stock |
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We are the laughing stock of the world for the pandering that goes on--as well as the power of pop-psychologists/pseudo-intellectuals like Warren, Graham and their ilk.
Yes, there's a long history of such pandering. But there was a long history of slavery, belief in the four humors, bloodletting, and belief in witches.
It is time for things to change in this country.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:33 PM
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19. I agree, but the haters disguised as christians in this country |
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would kill us all if it meant they could stay in power.
The last two killings haven't occurred in a vacuum.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:40 PM
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27. Too true. It is time to stop laughing at the ridiculousness of the GOP |
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and their ilk (to me, laughing at them is not effective anymore).
It is time to publicly shame and then shun. It is time to condemn irrational thought for what it is
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:50 PM
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37. As long as hate radio - and a lot of "christian" radio qualifies, |
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they are going to have a majority of believers.
I met a group of heavily armed christian nuts a couple years ago. They're ready to be left behind....
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Sat Aug-16-08 07:32 PM
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I'm tired of using ridicule as a weapon. I want to see real firepower. Who am I kidding?
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Sat Aug-16-08 07:18 PM
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48. "Like it or not, religion does play a role in the decisions that many voters make" |
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And that, in my eyes, is an enormous problem we face as a nation.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:22 PM
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4. Sad fact #259: No one gets elected president in the US without . . . |
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Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 06:24 PM by MrModerate
Professing avid Christian faith. Obama and (even) McCain are realists, regardless of what their personal beliefs may be. So they're doin' the god thing.
Yeah, it turns my stomach, but I'm in the minority that doesn't believe in supernatural explanations for natural phenomena.
However, the upside is that Obama can speak articulately about issues like faith and suchlike and McCain can't speak articulately about anything. This might be a pretaste of the debates.
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Sat Aug-16-08 08:06 PM
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51. Correction: No one gets elected president 'TODAY' without |
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Professing avid Christian faith.
It wasn't always this way.
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Sat Aug-16-08 09:30 PM
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54. There was a time about 10-15 years ago when I thought . . . |
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America was following the European path: religion becoming increasingly irrelevant in public life, ultimately resulting in essentially secular states. Especially in politics, a situation where religion was a personal thing, but of no particular interest to voters.
Boy.Was.I.Wrong.
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:31 PM
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It may take a while but I hope that as the religious right's hypocrisy gets exposed their influence will shrink.
Hey - a guy can dream right?
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:22 PM
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I wonder if it's really going to make a fucking bit of difference -
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:23 PM
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6. I'm glad you posted this: |
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we now have Universal pandering to the "Crowd" who met on the Mall today.
We are descending into a Circle of Hell from which we not be able to emerge. The MSM has ensured that the same crap is going to be recycled over and over, from quadrennial event to event...and I ain't talking about the O'lympics. I'm Jewish and I'm pissed and certainly wouldn't want this in a synagogue...this IS NOT the place for this stuff. I'll thank you to keep your filthy politics out of my religion.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:30 PM
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14. I'm confused - I read your post as actually saying |
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"Keep your filthy religion out of my politics"
Which I completely agree with -
Reading as it is confuses me. I do want to know what you meant.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:35 PM
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I said, don't sully my religion with lies, with pandering, with BS promises, with phony piousness.
Clear?
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:46 PM
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:24 PM
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7. Is this going to be live online? |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:25 PM
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8. Last night, the L. A. news channels were agog... |
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Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 06:28 PM by Kutjara
...with how today's little inquisition would finally pin the candidates down on "the issues of greatest importance to voters." These issues are not, of course, war, poverty, health care, education, or even the economy. Oh no. Apparently, what the average no-job-no-insurance-in-hock-up-to-their-ears voter wants to know is which candidate is the bestest kisser of the Sky Fairy's ass in the whole wide world.
People don't care about what Obama or McCain think about real stuff, apparently; they want to know how much the Presidential contenders believe in made up stuff, for only someone who really truly believes in comforting fantasies has the kind of clear-headed rationality needed to lead a modern superpower.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:27 PM
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9. I heard it from an Obama delegate that the preacher of this |
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Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 06:32 PM by trashcanistanista
evangelical Orange County Church is an Obama supporter (which is why that church was picked), so they will not be too hard on him. Yes, I don't like the churchiness mixing with politics either, but at least he was smart enough to select a supportive fundie church. I suspect they will go after McSame. Anyone know if this is televised?
I wanted to add that I heard this is not just a church, but a humongous mega-church. Since I'm not a churchgoer, I don't have a clue, that's just what I heard today. After his "church" appearance, Obama will head up to visit the twin sin cities of San Fran and Reno on Sunday!:-)
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:31 PM
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16. KTLA "News" said they'd be runnning it live on their website. |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:28 PM
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I'm a little sickened by how our political process has been corrupted to this point. I will be interested to see if Grandpa is hammered for his "sinful" behavior.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:37 PM
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the sin of adultery is thrown in his face.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:48 PM
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35. If tonight miraculously comes down to real religious beliefs... |
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Obama wins it hands down.
Hopefully. :)
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:30 PM
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13. If the forum were in a mosque, the complainers would be celebrating. |
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Don't even try to deny it.
:eyes:
I agree that church is no place for politics, but I also think that Obama will have a chance to shine tonight.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:43 PM
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taken care of that well in advance. It's stacked in his favor from the get go.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:45 PM
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30. Last time I checked... |
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...America wasn't a muslim nation, so holding the event in a mosque would have very different connotations from holding it in a Christian church. Like it or not, Christianity has become a fourth branch of government in this country, and events like this only serve to cement the idea in people's minds.
If the candidates had gone to a mosque, synagogue, temple, or wooded glade, it wouldn't have sent anything like the message of "State religion" this little "Evening with Torquemada" does. Instead, it would have communicated far more positive notions of inclusiveness and multiculturalism. But that was never going to happen. Not in Gahd's Country.
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Sat Aug-16-08 11:06 PM
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60. I'd be complaining either way |
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Can't speak for anyone else, though.
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Sun Aug-17-08 02:01 AM
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Religious purity contests have no place in a true democracy.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:30 PM
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15. Pretty good night to rent CALIGULA. |
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DUers coast to coast should flood their local video shops and demand a night's rental on CALIGULA.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:31 PM
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17. When does it start? I have some grass I need to watch growing... |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:32 PM
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18. Obama should point out that he's been married to the same woman, unlike McBush. |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:36 PM
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21. That would be a good opener! |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:49 PM
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36. Maybe something subtle like... |
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..."The other day, I was asking my wife - I can say 'my wife' without having to specify, because I only have one - anyway, I was asking my wife..." :evilgrin:
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:36 PM
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22. It's not religious pandering, it's Christian pandering. n/t |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:37 PM
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24. Dammit - need a football game to watch. |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:39 PM
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It makes me a little ill.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:40 PM
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26. I think Obama should go to Cook's Corner afterward and have a beer. n/t |
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:40 PM
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28. To paraphrase Tom Lehrer. "It's only for a nite so have no fear; |
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be grateful that it doesn't last all year."
Don't take it too 'serious'. Like baby-kissing, just another hoop these guys have to jump thru.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:45 PM
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Who would 900 foot Jesus pander to?
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Sat Aug-16-08 07:02 PM
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45. Probably these fundies in the OC. |
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They are in one of the wealthiest areas of the country and that's where the $$$$ is. I hope they sell out of shwag tonight.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:50 PM
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38. Is there anything more ridiculous |
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than the fear of religion on this board? What country do you think you are living in? How is it "pandering" to address a topic that is of importance in the lives of the vast majority of the population?
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:55 PM
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But you go ahead ..... say your piece.
Keep 'separation of church and state' in mind though.
And imagine how many heads would explode nationally if this were in a mosque. Or wherever Wiccans worship.
Yasee, here's the thing ...... religion has NO FUCKING PLACE in politics.
Remember Kennedy? He had to give a speech saying the his religion would NOT influence his politics.
How far we have fallen .....
You were saying ............ ?
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:58 PM
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How about disgust? 'Cause that's what I feel. Fear, ha!
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Sat Aug-16-08 11:12 PM
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61. So if I think something sucks, |
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then I must secretly fear it? I guess that's why I've been having nightmares about John Stamos.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:54 PM
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39. Warren is just another snake oil salesman |
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That the idiot American people fall for. What is it about religious people being so easy to freakin cheat - glad so many are giving their hard earned bucks to another fraud "godly man"
This pandering is disgusting. It makes me sick.
I can't watch it - I might puke and I don't feel like cleaning up puke.
Or I might throw something at my TV and I can not afford a new one.
I hate that the frigging religious freaks control our freaking country.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:57 PM
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I don't recall it being such a big deal before.
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Sat Aug-16-08 06:58 PM
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43. Thing they would do a National Wicca Forum? |
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Sat Aug-16-08 07:16 PM
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You could get questions about the destruction of the environment for the sake of business, religious freedom issues, the rolling back of Roe v. Wade.
Good times.
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Sat Aug-16-08 07:01 PM
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44. Questions about values in a potential president to anyone who want to turn on the tv |
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Edited on Sat Aug-16-08 07:01 PM by dmordue
how terrible - just turn off the tv if you are not interested....
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Sat Aug-16-08 07:45 PM
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50. Will God be watching? Or, does he have more interesting things to do than watch politicians pose? |
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Sat Aug-16-08 08:08 PM
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52. He's busy with the Olympics. |
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LOTS of prayers to answer there. :)
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Sat Aug-16-08 08:42 PM
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53. Agreed. Completely inappropriate, IMHO. |
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:03 PM
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56. Back in 1960 Kennedy addressed a bunch of |
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mostly Baptist Texas preachers to assure them that he would not let his religion influence his Presidency. Today the candidates sit before some evangelical snake oil salesman in a megachurch operated on the theological principle of "he who greases the pastor's palm will be most favored" and have to answer a bunch of questions in such a way to convince one segment of the electorate that their Presidency will be guided by their religious beliefs. What the hell ever happened to separation of church and state? Obama should never have agreed to participate in this charade.
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Sat Aug-16-08 11:22 PM
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62. Now it's apparently de riguer for our candidates to |
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assure preachers that they WILL let religion influence their presidency.
I DON'T APPROVE.
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Sat Aug-16-08 09:36 PM
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I would have no problem voting for an atheist, just as I have no problem voting for a Catholic or a Protestant or whatever.
I would have a problem voting for a candidate that claimed, directly or by implication, that those who were not atheist were somehow lesser people or not just as deserving of a voice in government.
The latter, unfortunately, is what many of the concerned seem to suggest they want.
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:07 PM
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57. OUR candidate made it a religious election; without him, it wouldn't be |
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Get serious: had he not accepted or engineered such a forum, it WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
Perhaps people could say he ducked something, but that wouldn't have even been a blip on the national consciousness.
Either Mr. Obama thinks it's necessary to shove more religion into the election or he just sees it as a handy scam to scam the scammers, but the net result is the same: he walks into the lion's den and doesn't even have a pat answer for abortion. Didn't he see that coming?
People HATE complexity and uncertainty, that's why most people have religion: it's a shut-the-fuck-up answer and it's simple, tidy, and shut the fuck up. People like that. Apparently most of them seem to NEED it, so if you're playing on the cricket field, bring the proper bat, not a pool cue or a curling broom.
This is his doing, and he'd better be able to figure out how to turn it around or it'll blow up on all of us.
Then again, even if he DOES turn it around, it is now accepted that religion is NECESSARY in our politics. Win or lose, we lose.
The lesson should have been apparent in South Carolina with the McClurkin flap: religion has unintended consequences. It's DANGEROUS.
Sheesh.
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Get the religion out of politics and the politics out of religion. No good can come from this.
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Sat Aug-16-08 10:43 PM
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59. Ironic with such blurring of church & state we are now more violent than ever |
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as a country, with all the gulags, torturing and pre emptive strikes,incarceration and police brutality... and no Constitution to speak of.
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Sun Aug-17-08 03:18 AM
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65. what a crock of shit it was! n/t |
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