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Giving Up on God — 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 ...
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Giving Up on God
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/19/2008
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KATHLEEN PARKER TAKES ON THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.... In
September, Kathleen Parker, a conservative syndicated columnist, raised quite
a few eyebrows when she explained that Sarah Palin had no business running for national office. "If BS were currency, ...
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Kathleen Parker takes on the religious right
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Balloon Juice —
For those freaking out at the Kathleen Parker column, a couple quick thoughts:
1.) Justice (“Just Us”) Sunday
2.) Schiavo legislation
3.) Jesus is my philosopher.
4.) Michael J. Fox must be mocked for wanting stem cell research.
5.) The never-ending fake war on Christmas (Christmas keeps kicking ass, btw, and shows no sign of ending. Funny, that).
6.) Federal Marriage Amendment and the never ending gay-bashing as wedge issue.
7.) Evangelical support for torture.
I did that ...
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Sister Toldjah —
... that our party needs to attract more people - but by the same token it doesn’t have to do so at the expense of a large group of voters who for years have been attracted and who have stayed loyal to the party whose views most closely resemble their own. We don’t have to sacrifice our core values in order to win over new voters.
Read related thoughts via The Anchoress, who is far less charitable towards Parker than I am.
Via Memeorandum.
Kathleen Parker: Republican Party Must Get Rid Of God!
Flopping Aces —
... to dump the religious folks from our party to win again.
This part is a doozy:
???And the nonreligious won???t get religion through external conversion. It doesn???t work that way.???
Translation: You religious nuts stop spreading the word of God because it doesn’t work.
There you have it, it worked for centuries but not anymore. According to Kathleen that is.
Where in the world do these people come from?
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