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[Minnesota_Lib]

Wing and a Prayer: Religious Right Got Bush Elected - Now They Are Righting Each Other
Campaigners who fail to keep the hardline faith face threats and intimidation by Stephen Bates

In his consulting room in a suburb of Montgomery, Alabama, gastrologist Randy Brinson is a worried man. A staunch Republican and devout Baptist, Dr Brinson can claim substantial credit for getting George Bush re-elected in 2004. It was his Redeem the Vote initiative that may have persuaded up to 25 million people to turn out for President Bush. Yet his wife is receiving threats from anonymous conservative activists warning her husband to stay away from politics.

"They've been calling my house, threatening my wife," said Dr Brinson. "The first time was on a day when I was going up to Washington to speak to Republicans in Congress. Only they knew I'd be away from home. The Republicans were advised not to turn up to listen to me, so only three did so.

The reason he has fallen foul of men whose candidate he helped re-elect is that he has dared to question the partisan tactics of the religious right. "Conservatives speak in tones that they have got power and they can do what they want. Only 23% of the population embraces those positions but if someone questions their mandate or wants to articulate a different case, for the moderate right, they are totally ridiculed."

In his office in Washington DC, Rich Cizik, vice-president of the National Association of Evangelicals, the largest such umbrella group in the US, is also feeling battered. His mistake has been to become interested in the environment, and he has been told that is not on the religious right's agenda.

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The complete article is at http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0531-02.htm

Love to see these cretins eating their own.

[redqueen]

1. I don't know how this is news to anyone...

haven't they been doing this for a while now? Attacking anyone and everyone, no matter who it is, if they don't march in lock step?

[987654321]

2. Looks like the "holy" shit has hit the fan

I have always thought that in order to be a good Christian, before making decisions one would have to ask, "What would Jesus do?"
Hmm, I think that maybe, just maybe, Jesus wouldn't be calling people and making threats or abdicating the placing of guns in children's rooms. I don't ever remember reading in the Bible about Jesus using intimidation to get people to follow Him. I think I remember him healing the sick, feeding the poor, and associating with those who were outcasts of society. I don't remember Him making people sick if they didn't follow Him, making people hungry or pushing people away. I believe he converted people with love and kindness, not intimidation and ruthlessness.

Anyway, I am truly enjoying watching these "fake" Christian groups implode. One can only wear the sheep's clothing for so long until the wolf finds it's way out. There are plenty of these wolves out there and they are starting to feed on their own.

[hatrack]

3. Gee, Dr. Brinson, NOW you get it?

What the hell took so long?
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