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Edited on Wed Aug-23-06 06:28 AM by welshTerrier2
i'm part of a documentary / discussion group and we showed "With God on Our Side" as our film of the month last night ...
i thought the film was very worth seeing but it also left many people with the misimpression that evangelicals had successfully taken over the republican party and that they were now able to dictate policy with bush in the WH ...
the film did a good job showing the world from a fundie perspective but failed to make it clear that the fundies were still subordinate to the corporatists in the republican party and that they still had not achieved their objectives like school prayer, overturning Roe or a gay marriage amendment ...
in my view, the right way to view the fundie movement is that they are dupes of the corporatists in the republican party ... in their quest to ban abortions and return prayer to the schools, they have failed to see that the "horse they're backing" has condoned torture, talked about using nuclear weapons and totally turned its back on the poor and homeless in New Orleans and the middle class everywhere ... the hypocrisy of those in control of the republican party knows no limits ... as the saying goes: "who would Jesus bomb?"
the fundies and the corporatists have formed a not-all-that-comfortable coalition but their ultimate objectives really are very different ... bush may believe himself to be a born-again but he is first and foremost an OIL MAN ... whether he genuinely believes in "the message" is not the point; the point is that, in his deeds, he is hardly following the teachings of any religion ... his mission is not dictated by the Bible but rather it's controlled by the BIG OIL agenda, the neocons and by PNAC ... the movie really didn't explore any of that ...
while it's unclear where the fundies will turn to house themselves under a new political umbrella, it's becoming increasingly clear that the old umbrella in the republican party has not served them well ... the old coalition is wearing very, very thin ... the ground is shaking violently under both political parties and an as yet unseen realignment is in the wind ... we would be wise to recognize it and to plan for it ...
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