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THANKS TO ROCKETBOOM (AND, FOR THE HAT TIP, BRAVE NEW FILMS) for the following "must-watch" video showing just how hard-wired the Religiopolitical Right is electorally by way of typical rural Bible Belt mentalities epitomised by two women in Lynchburg, Tennessee (of all places) whose delivery seems to suggest deliberately-nuanced overacting pro Deo et patria (or so they seem to think):
As if that weren't enough, ponder the following recent item from People For the American Way's Right Wing Watch blog about just how helplessly pathetic the Religiopolitical Right's Indecision 2008 message is getting--and getting to jar on the nerves of "values voters" tending to the poor, undereducated or homeschooled and easily-influenced:
Just because Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the presidential race doesn't mean Janet Folger is done campaigning for him, penning an open letter to John McCain urging him to tap Huckabee as his VP:
I'm not telling you whom to pick, but if you want the vice presidential candidate who in addition to winning the "must win" states in the primary, who has the best cost/vote ratio, who has proven he can energize the base of the party, who defended (not attacked) you even before you won the nomination, who is honest, consistent and according to Rasmussen, has the least opposition among American voters, Mike Huckabee is your guy.
Ask him, I'm sure he would be honored to be your vice president, and I'm sure millions more would be honored to vote for you if you do.
While Folger has already made peace with her principles by deciding to throw her support behind McCain, her one-time comrade-in-arms Gordon Klingenschmitt is having none of it, taking to the pages of WorldNetDaily to chastise Folger for selling out:
In a recent WND column, Janet Folger begs social conservatives to vote for John McCain. She believes McCain will rescue "most everyone" from our political "burning building" – when in fact McCain has already locked arms with the Kennedys, Feingolds and liberal Democrats to keep social conservatives "out" of politics while they burn our constitutional republic to the ground.
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McCain not only refused to participate in Janet Folger's Values Voter Presidential Debate, he has repeatedly distanced himself from religious groups. He won the Republican nomination without faith-based voters. So, if he wins the White House, will he suddenly listen to our pleas? No chance! Only by treating ourselves with respect can we demand respect from others. Have we no dignity?
Klingenschmitt and Folger have a long history together, as she was one of his staunchestdefenders when he was fighting to keep his job as a Chaplain in the Navy, with Folger regularly citing Klingenschmitt's legal fight as evidence of the on-going "criminalization of Christianity."
After being discharged from the Navy, Klingenschmitt linked up with Vision America's Rick Scarborough and Alan Keyes for their "70 Weeks To Save America Crusade" and then quickly lined up to support Keyes' own vanity run for President (he's currently listed at the top of the "Honor Roll" on Keyes' website for his efforts to secure 104 pledges to support his campaign.)
But it looks as if now Klingenschmitt and Folger are on the outs. In fact, it looks like Klingenschmitt is on the outs with the Republican Party altogether, announcing that Keyes is reportedly leaving the GOP and that he intends to follow suit so that he may "continue to support Dr. Keyes wherever he leads our Exodus":
Abandon McCain's sinking ship! Man your lifeboats! I cannot violate my conscience in November. I'll make a statement with my vote, instead of wasting it on Clinton, Obama or McCain. Faith-minded people cannot tolerate evil, whatever its degree, since Christ taught us, "Be ye perfect even as your heavenly Father is perfect." Show some self-respect and have faith in God. America needs principled leaders who have borne the battle for liberty and are unashamed of the wounds received in doing so. I'll vote for Alan Keyes, writing in his name if necessary. Join us, and someday you'll stand before God with your head held high, blameless and unashamed of your vote.
(Personally, though, Your Correspondent has to wonder if those on the Religiopolitical Right are really closet admirers of the sadisto "law-and-order" types from the ranks of "privileged" Afrikanerdom as dominated apartheid South Africa, especially so Prime Minister Hendrik Verword and head of police John Vorster ... and resort to all manner of means to keep the whole secret from "meddling bloggers" generally.
(But then again: What exactly would preclude the Religiopolitical Right from calling for a voter boycott of Indecision 2008, let alone all manner of pathetic excesses for fasting, sackcloth and ashes?)
