No question where the righties want to take America

[WOXOF]

i find your post on the subject and the statue to be in poor taste...stick your bbq up your ass while you stare at the statue......barry has every right to speak on a topic....

the statue is disgusting and i'd want nothing to do with anyone connected to the church...or anyone that approves of it....

I agree the statue is in poor taste, my post however is not. Fortunately I no longer live in that area so I don't have to look at it on a daily basis. Barry does have every right to speak on the topic, as do I. I actually agree with a lot of his political viewpoints. He's wrong on this one. To make such an assumption that the statue has anything to do with republicans is ridiculous. We all know where he stands politically and in my opinion this was just to stir up shit. I don't even mind the shit stirring if you know what you are talking about and can back it up. My original post wasn't to defend the church and their statue, it was to dispute the relationship between republicans and this church which DVM was implying.

As to the BBQ up my ass comment... no thanks I'll pass, I like my ribs dry.

I think he is just trying to attack DVM's original point that this church and republicans are one in the same. I don't think he is necessarily endorsing either.

Right on. I didn't even read past the first page because it's the same ol' shit.

Here's the equation as simply as it can be put;

right wing religious whackos + right wing neocon republican whackos = the present admin and congressional controlling party.

And it's becoming more and more frequent that the churches are actively supporting republicans, even in classicly Democratic areas. And, republican politicians willingly associate themselves with the worst of the religious whackos. Untill that stops, and it won't unless it starts costing them elections, the repug party is the religious whackjob party.

I agree, but I can assure you the voting district that this church is in has a democratic majority(and I'm not talking simple majority).

Um, isn't that just replacing one stereotype with another?

Yeah probably, but I've lived here all my life and know that this is a heavily democratic district. I know without a doubt that it's not the work of the republicans or the religious right.

[SmokinDVM]

One of this churches main goals is the passing of a Constitutional Amendment banning same sex marriages. It's stated on their website.

I wonder where we keep hearing that shit from?

[SuperChuck]

While we're off on this uber-mega-tangent, I thought I'd throw in a little political weirdness...

I live in Rhode Island, a very liberal state. One of our senators, Lincoln Chaffee (R) is up for reelection. This is where the republican party is being weird. As I mentioned, we are quite liberal up here and our senators tend to be the same. Chaffee has been very outspoken against the war in Iraq and many other right-of-center initiatives. Frankly, he's a Democrat in Republican clothing.

Of course, he's going to have to defend his seat against a candidate from the Democratic party. However, some nutjob republican is also trying to get his seat. And what is he attacking? He's claiming Sen. Chaffee isn't republican enough.

This perplexes me.

There's little to no chance of a conservative republican taking that seat. I would think, then, that the republican party would have a vested interest in keeping ole' Linc in office.

I mean, sure, he's not the most conservative guy on the senate floor, but isn't it better to have one of your guys on the floor than one of theirs? It's not like politics at that level pays much attention to party lines, anyway.