Teabagging For Jesus: Religious Right To Team With Tea Party For 2012

[upstatecajun]

Shortly after Barack Obama took office in 2009 there were concerns that the corporate world had funded and promoted the Tea Party in an effort to stir up discontent over a Black man infiltrating the White House. It didn’t take very long before many on the left figured out that the Koch brothers were behind the Tea Party and warnings of oligarchy resounded throughout the blogosphere.

Within the teabag ranks there was a religious element that was making a play to gain influence and power in legislating a socially conservative agenda leading some to claim America was being driven towards theocratic rule. After the 2010 midterm elections it appeared there may be a power play that pitted oligarchs against theocrats for control of the nation, but a recent development ends that concern for the moment.

Although the greed that permeates the corporate mindset is contrary to Christ’s teachings, the religious right has begun making moves to partner with the Koch’s Tea Party movement for the 2012 campaign for the presidency. The unlikely partners are banking on millions of religious voters funded by millions of Koch brothers’ dollars to field a presidential candidate who will serve the oligarchs and theocrats. It is the nightmare scenario that should instill fear in reasonable Americans desperate to cling to democratic principles and a secular government.

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[jpak]

1. The Kookoobananasnutjobs on a String Party

Praise the Lawd!

:rofl:

[bluestate10]

2. The tea party is the religious right. Don't look like much upside for them in joining. nt

[anneboleyn]

3. Yes, they twist the anti-rich message into the "prosperity gospel"

nonsense. It makes me ill. Reading the New Testament (James, as well as what Christ says throughout) shows how very twisted their "prosperity" crap is -- I remember some creep arguing on television that Jesus gave him a bentley to lift the spirits of his congregation. I think this is the same guy who later got in trouble for using donations to pay a mansion. There are so many it's hard to keep them straight. Of course these creeps would support the teabaggers -- dumb, vocal, and happy to vote against their own best interests.

[Adsos Letter]

5. Sounds like Creflo Dollar...

When you look at the status of the Christians in the NT, most seem to be anything but wealthy, or gave up monetary security in order to spread the Gospel, or used their wealth and status to support the needy in their community.

Creflo Dollar types...pretty much condemned by my reading of the Gospels and the epistles. Even Revelation uses imagery to align wealth poorly used with evil.

[givemebackmycountry]

4. PERFECT!

"The TEA Party, NOW with 50% more craziness!"

(limited offer, expires soon)

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Does this mean they can/will run a 3rd party candidate ?

[Ship of Fools]

7. department of the redundancy department

Religious right/teabaggers... always were one in the same, no?