Since the religious right has tried to take over the country they are trying to make everyone believe their nonsense. Calling Obama an antichrist is total nonsense. (The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, is a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner.) The truth is, from all anthropological research, Obama, if he were to grow his hair, probably looks and acts more like Christ than any of his Teaparty opponents. It is unlikely that Christ was a blond, fair-skinned, blue eyed guy.
The NY Times wrote on article why about why the concept matters in politics. To read it, click here (Just how dirty can our treasonous elected Republicans get?) It was my impression that they were elected to do good for the country. Since they have resisted most opportunities to do so, rather hurting the country in full knowledge of the price the jobless and middle class people have to pay, I will continue to repeat that I believe them to truly qualify under all definitions of treason I have read.
The questions as to why we, a secular country, must put up with all the lies and hypocrisy from the unchristian 'Christian' right is yet to be answered.. And this is the group that claims they were going to make sure the Constitution of the United States is followed???
The NY Times wrote on article why about why the concept matters in politics. To read it, click here (Just how dirty can our treasonous elected Republicans get?) It was my impression that they were elected to do good for the country. Since they have resisted most opportunities to do so, rather hurting the country in full knowledge of the price the jobless and middle class people have to pay, I will continue to repeat that I believe them to truly qualify under all definitions of treason I have read.
The questions as to why we, a secular country, must put up with all the lies and hypocrisy from the unchristian 'Christian' right is yet to be answered.. And this is the group that claims they were going to make sure the Constitution of the United States is followed???
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First of all, the New York Time piece referenced here is an opinion piece, not a news article. Op-Ed pieces generally are not fact-checked the way news articles are.
The current crop of elected Republicans certainly have their faults, but do any of them actually accuse Obama of being the antichrist? I know of no such elected official, and Matthew Sutton did not name anyone who believes that Obama is the antichrist in his op-ed. And if there is a citizen who espoused such a daft belief, his or her speech would be protected by the first amendment. This kind of criticism of the president is not treason, it is merely quite foolish.
Sutton characterized the John McCain commercial "The One" as an appeal to fundamentalists. The real point of that ad was to satirize the Obama campaign's unrealistic expectations. McCain was not the only person to bring up this point; see
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-02-25/news/17892262_1_nafta-barack-obama-wallboard-factory
Finally, Matthew's fear that the religious right would form a pact with Libertarians are completely unfounded. Libertarians are strongly opposed to major elements of the religious right agenda. Fundamentalists such as James Dodson and Charles Colson have excoriated the Libertarians as being even worse than the liberals. The rise of libertarianism has come mostly at the expense of the religious right.
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