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The virulent influence of The Fundies has warped the Republican Party muted Democratic voices and become a ominous threat to America's future Democracy. No leading world power in modern memory has become a captive of the sort of biblical terrorism that dismisses modern knowledge and science. The last time was in the early 17th century when the papacy allied with inquisitional Spain tortured the astronomer Galileo for saying that the sun was the center of our solar system.

Full Story. Must read

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/01/AR2006040100004.html

By fundies I assume you mean fundimentalists.

So you're doubtless a fan of Sam Brownback, then? ;)

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9178374/gods_senator

I've brought that guy up before.
As well, i imagine you're fond of Katherine Harris?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pcreclaim18mar18,0,4026833.story?coll=sfla-news-palm

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This problem is INDEED far too deep and stinky.

No one expects the American Inquisition!

By fundies I assume you mean fundimentalists.
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So you're doubtless a fan of Sam Brownback, then? ;)

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9178374/gods_senator

I've brought that guy up before.
As well, i imagine you're fond of Katherine Harris?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pcreclaim18mar18,0,4026833.story?coll=sfla-news-palm

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This problem is INDEED far too deep and stinky.
theyre all toast in Nov and hatchet faced Harris is gonna be indicated cause of her association with Abramoff

No one expects the American Inquisition!
expect the unexpected sister

*BBL im being nagged:mad:

No one expects the American Inquisition!
:rolleyes:

An interesting read. It feels a little like fear mongering, though. I'm not sure the problem is as serious as this writer makes it out to be. That does not mean that there is not a problem, however. Question is: what do we do about it? Sheesh, I wish people would quit being so idiotic about scientific TRUTHS and using religious bullshit instead. Ugh. As a sensible rightie, it pisses me off.

The virulent influence of The Fundies has warped the Republican Party muted Democratic voices and become a ominous threat to America's future Democracy. No leading world power in modern memory has become a captive of the sort of biblical terrorism that dismisses modern knowledge and science. The last time was in the early 17th century when the papacy allied with inquisitional Spain tortured the astronomer Galileo for saying that the sun was the center of our solar system.

Full Story. Must read

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/01/AR2006040100004.html

Ramen to that. The GOP would be much, much more palatable if people like Rick Santorum and Sam Brownback weren't in control, and others like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson weren't trusted right-hand advisors and non-politician wings of the party.

Seriously, the religious right stunted any favor I might have had for the Republicans. They taught me as a kid to automatically associate Republicans with irrationality, stupidity, religious fundamentalism, xenophobic discrimination, and anti-reason, meaning that I know have a knee-jerk reflex to assume that any conservative viewpoint is probably dumb and illogical. For a party that older people still think of as representing themselves as clear, logical thinkers, the fact that a young new voter like myself has an image of the GOP as the Party Of Unreason should be worrying - yet it obviously isn't.

Combined with their dirty, underhanded, and antidemocratic political tactics in government and elections, their disrespect for individual rights, and the foreign-policy ascendancy of the neocons, it's all driven me completely away from that party and pretty firmly into the Democratic Party - I just can't vote for a candidate who supports irrationality and Bible-thumps as a decision-making tool.

It's actually sad for me as well, since I remained a strong economic liberal for years because of being driven to the Democrats by the Religious Reich, and am only in the last year or two separating economic and social planks and starting to shift rightwards economically.

No one expects the American Inquisition!

Our main weapon is God. God and the Bible.
Our wo weapons are God and the Bible. And. . . .

and. . . .

uh. . .

pass?

Our main weapon is God. God and the Bible.
Our wo weapons are God and the Bible. And. . . .

and. . . .

uh. . .

pass?
*whispers, "...the administration ..."*

The virulent influence of The Fundies has warped the Republican Party muted Democratic voices and become a ominous threat to America's future Democracy. No leading world power in modern memory has become a captive of the sort of biblical terrorism that dismisses modern knowledge and science. The last time was in the early 17th century when the papacy allied with inquisitional Spain tortured the astronomer Galileo for saying that the sun was the center of our solar system.

Full Story. Must read

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/01/AR2006040100004.html
The Title of your thread is misleading. Kevin Phillips is not a top republican. He was a top republican, but left the party for the reasons he identifies in the article.

the religious hysteria is only part of the picture too--theres also the PNAC agenda of global domination by Evil multi-nation Corporate conglomerations

No shit sherlock

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42583 :)

I couldnt get it to play

A good read, all and all. I don't think this guy qualifies as a prominent Righty any more, but many moderate Republicans do identify with this guy's ideas, and I think it would be good to see the fiscally responsible, socialy reasonable, branch of the Republican party return.

*whispers, "...the administration ..."*

yes, yes, of course!

and our arm---peacekeeping forces!

A good read, all and all. I don't think this guy qualifies as a prominent Righty any more, but many moderate Republicans do identify with this guy's ideas, and I think it would be good to see the fiscally responsible, socialy reasonable, branch of the Republican party return.
The Fundies actively purged them and have more influence with the Leadership then the voices of sanity and moderation