Here's a quote:
CARLSON: It goes deeper than that though. The deep truth is that the elites in the Republican Party have pure contempt for the evangelicals who put their party in power. Everybody in . . .
MATTHEWS: How do you know that? How do you know that?
CARLSON: Because I know them. Because I grew up with them. Because I live with them. They live on my street. Because I live in Washington, and I know that everybody in our world has contempt for the evangelicals. And the evangelicals know that, and they're beginning to learn that their own leaders sort of look askance at them and don't share their values.
MATTHEWS: So this gay marriage issue and other issues related to the gay lifestyle are simply tools to get elected?
CARLSON: That's exactly right. It's pandering to the base in the most cynical way, and the base is beginning to figure it out.
3 comments:
"beginning to figure it out"? If its taken them this long to come to the realization that the Republicans simply used them for political ends, they really are quite dense.
Dr. Prescott,
I could not agree more with Carlson's analysis though my view, evidently as is Carlson's, is anechedotal in nature.
But, there is an interesting chapter in a recent book--"The Truth About Conservative Christians"--by two socialogists, Andrew Greeley (U of Chicago) and Michael Hout (UC Berkeley) entitled "Conservative Christians in American Politics"
(for them, they define "conservative" as equivalent to "evangelical").
They conclude: "Clearly, claims that Conservative Prostestants have hijacked the nation's politics [including the Republican Party]are greatly exaggerated. They are only modestly different from Americans of other large religious groups" (p.42). An interesting read...
Have a great evening. With that, I am...
Peter
A person that relinquishes their critical thinking ability to another is not duped. They area either too lazy to think for themselves or too stupid to think for themselves. The sheep being fleeced politically and financially by the Moral Mafia, or Madison Avenue's selling of candidates, have only themselves to blame. Unfortunately they're making the whole world suffer from their laziness and stupidity.
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