Posted on 11/18/2008 7:24:10 PM PST by Wegotsarah.com
As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.
Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.
I'm bathing in holy water as I type.
To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.
Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth -- as long as we're setting ourselves free -- is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that.
The choir has become absurdly off-key, and many Republicans know it.
But they need those votes!
So it has been for the Grand Old Party since the 1980s or so, as it has become increasingly beholden to an element that used to be relegated to wooden crates on street corners.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
No, it's not; and no, I'm not. But a sincere "thank you" for sticking up for me, regardless. ;)
What, not even a pity laugh for item No. 2? You farging bastage!
I'm being unfairly distracted by South Park on the television while I'm posting. My Bad, dude. ;)
That's OK, I don't need the attention.
Hmm - does “arm band religion” mean “arm bands” as in Nazi arm bands?
Bookmark.
As soon as she wrote this she might as well have been wearing a Klan hood, or a Black Panther getup.
She used to project an image that was merely unwise, but know she has gleefully, publically joined the ranks of the bigots.
Kathleen sweetie, the lesson of 2008 is that a RINO couldn’t even beat a Communist.
This woman has become worse than Keith Olbergerbil, she has found her ticket to fame, bashing conservatives. She’s getting “progressively” worse and ridiculously transparent at this point.
Don’t click on her articles and giver her any more fame, just bash her like me without reading anything but the excerpt ; ) The excerpt was bad enough, I could accurately vomit the rest of her article, so cliche’.
Clearly, however, she and her soulmates Buckley, Noonan, and Brooks are the new face of the Republican party that is officially sanctioned by the Democrat media. These are lap dogs, tools, goose-stepping lockstep media yappers unworthy of the 10 seconds it takes to crumple their crap and toss it unless one is disposed to give it its finest opportunity to benefit the American public, at the bottom of a parrot cage.
Other than that I have no particularly strong opinion on the matter.
I think she believes she’s the new Maureen Dowd.
Fine. So how does the presence of overtly religious folks in the GOP harm you?
Not cool enough?
Imagine my utter shock. ;)
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Agree- I came away with that- Parker became the darling of the media circus by bashing Gov. Palin- and now it appears that she really doesn't care what she says- as long as she trashs Sarah and/or religious right in her articles, she can hit the talk shows.
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When did Parker ever write for NR? And if you think NR is RINO Central, you haven’t been reading the Corner lately.
Seems right- might try to be a little bit more forceful in your view next time, though.—:)
Can you name one part of a McCain stump speech (or a Bush speech, for that matter) that told atheists and, say, Buddhists they aren't welcome in the GOP?
I don’t need to be a southern Baptist to believe in limited government.
Then why do you hear "only Southern Baptists welcome" when the GOP talks about limited government?
I don’t need a bible to tell me abortion is wrong.
Then why do you hear "thus saith the Lord, so screw off, agnostics" when the GOP stands by an abortion plank that does not mention the Bible or even God?
I don’t need Sunday school to know that a strong military is what we need to fight Islamic fascism.
So why do you hear a Sunday school lesson when the GOP talks about a strong military?
And I don’t need prayer groups to see that socialism is state sponsored slavery.
So why do you see the party that stands for all those concepts as a religious party? When did we ever say you weren't welcome? And why would giving the finger to the evangelicals (as Parker proposes) be any wiser than giving the finger to non-Christians?
Seems to me you're projecting.
Your post has made my day. Thanks. LOL
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