A bad Cocktail!
Posted by: stuartdelony in Blogroll, Conservative, Falwell, Uncategorized, bad mix, choice, dobson, general, life, politics, religion, republican, right, robertson
Alright religious right… start your opinions!
It appears that if you’re Republican and a Christian you’re being represented by one of the three Stooges.
The Republicans’ first primary contest is next week, and it’s not in New Hampshire. It is in Orlando, at the annual meeting of the National Religious Broadcasters. GOP presidential candidates will be there to try to generate buzz that will translate into evangelical airtime — and support in the “base” in 2008.
Because there is no obvious and overpowering standard-bearer for the cause of the religious right, age-old fault lines and feuds are re-emerging among the titans who control the Sacred Satellite Dishes. Each of them thinks that he can anoint the One.
The Three Kingmakers have familiar names and big, traditional audiences on radio, television and now, the Internet: the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Dr. Pat Robertson and Dr. James Dobson. [MSNBC]
So how any opinions about having Falwell, Robertson or Dobson being a mouth piece for you to the political world?
For me, that idea is scary. Falwell (blowhard windbag), Robertson (wait, the Lord is giving me a word…. kook!) and Dobson (stick to the psychology buddy) don’t speak for me. When you mix politics and religion it’s a bad cocktail. Both sides are trying to take a piece of each other. Is it a godly pursuit? No. In the end to be a follower of Christ and mixed in with politics, you end up very Machiavellian (”the end justifies the mean’). And the last time I checked we’re supposed to be in Christ’s image not one of a scheming Italian.
So I abdicate being religious or being right (either conservative or correct). So do I go left? No, any Hilary prospect scares me. Nader? Ha ha NO.
So where am I to go?
Any advice?
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Where are you to go? I don’t know. Maybe Canada?
~Debi
PS: I share you sentiments, Stuart, and have often wondered the same things.
~Debi (again)
My suggestion: wait. We can only hope that there is still someone out there we don’t know about yet who might be the quality person we are looking for. Though I like possible candidates in both parties, I’ve given up on strict allegiance to either the Dems or the Repubs. And I hope the religious right has now figured out that they were bascially screwed over by Republicans who “talked their talk” but never intended to “walk their walk.”
Totally agree that Dobson should stick to the psychology. I LOVE his child-rearing philosophies, but I just about threw my radio across the room when he did a show about Terri Schiavo. Ugh.