Republican Gomorrah: Deconstructing the Radical Right

[madmusic]

From TalkLeft:

My copy of Max Blumenthal's new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, arrived Friday. It's an expose of the Radical Right -- detailing how the fundamentalist Christian movement infiltrated the Republican party, transformed it, and now dominates it.

Max spends a lot of time on James Dobson and Sarah Palin. But there are others too, from Tom DeLay to GW Bush, Ted Haggard, Larry Craig and Newt Gingrich. He explains how the leaders of the radical right "use authoritarian religion to excuse their personal hypocrisies." Max presents Sarah Palin not as a fringe player, but as one who represents the core of the GOP.

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/9/6/14169/54943

[Ian David]

1. Ted Haggard doesn't remember ever being anti-gay. n/t