These "Christian nation" people make my head hurt worse than it already does:
"Appearing before the Republican Women of Bossier with Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) cast the November elections as a choice between godlessness and Christianity. He also called bipartisanship impossible.
"We have two competing world views here and there is no way that we can reach across the aisle -- one is going to have to win," Fleming said.
"We are either going to go down the socialist road and become like western Europe and create, I guess really a godless society, an atheist society. Or we're going to continue down the other pathway where we believe in freedom of speech, individual liberties and that we remain a Christian nation. So we're going to have to win that battle, we're going to have to solve that argument before we can once again reach across and work together on things.
Fleming contended that the Republicans might take 60 seats in November, and argued that the road to economic recovery is to rescind new banking regulations and make the Bush tax cuts permanent across the board. "We've got to change the way we do things," he said. "We need to restore the Bush tax cuts, or actually make them permanent. We need to cut the capital gains tax, we need to take regulations off the backs of business and allow banks to once again lend. And I got a strong feeling that our economy will snap back very quickly."
So much stupidity, so little time. First of all, David Vitter speaking before a women's group other than those employed by the D.C. Madam is ridiculous in itself, but on to Rep. Fleming.
The word is secular, not "godless" or "atheistic." Secular, the way the Founders wanted it. Yes, James Madison and the rest of those godless atheists at the Constitutional Convention didn't intend for the United States to be a "Christian nation." Heresy I know, but here's something for Mr. Fleming and the theocracy proponents to consider. We can't "remain a Christian nation" because we never have been one, intentionally so.
When the Convention assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 they had a brand new country and a blank sheet of paper. Now, these were fairly bright guys, and it seems to me that if they wanted to create a "Christian nation" they had the perfect opportunity to do it. They didn't. In fact they went out of their way not to with the "no religious test for public office" clause in Article VI. That was re-inforced 2 years later with the "freedom of religion" provision in the First Amendment. Looks like they made it a point not to have a "Christian nation."
About Mr. Fleming's "road to economic recovery," isn't that the same road we took to near economic collapse? De-regulate, cut taxes for the top 2%, and let Wall Street run wild. I've seen that movie before, I don't like the ending.
Oy vey (oops, can I say that in a Christian nation) I need a drink, and it's five o'clock somewhere. I better get it before the theocracy takes over and brings back Prohibition.
It is so obvious that many of these people - especially the ones who continually blather on about America being a "Christian nation" - would really really like us to be a theocracy.
In fact, most of them probably already think we ARE.....
Yeah, let's get our OWN Jews vs. Palestinians-type religious differences-thing going here. That's a great use of lives, time and money.
Wankers.
Shortstuff, One can claim to be Christian and still be demon possessed. I'm sure that's somewhere in the new testament.
They want to see terrorists? They want to see religious extremists?
They need to looking in their effin' mirrors.
If these idiots represent Christianity,then count me the hell OUT.
David Vitter, the man every madame in New Orleans knows on sight. Incredibly ironic and hypocritical.
Hearing so much stupidity makes me think that freedom of speech is very much alive.
And how are those Bush's Tax cuts been working for the economy lately? BTW, you can't be fiscally conservative AND pro Bush' Tax cuts. Make up your mind!
CORRECTION: In that last sentence, the "US" should probably be "THEM.
Once again, it is amazing how un-Christian many of these right wing Christians are. They don't USE the word "infidel". But they easily could.
How exactly do they make that jump from political differences to religious differences? Liberal = atheist. Do they believe that or are they just using the usual "scare" tactics?
One has to admit that these people are unbelievably "like-minded" however. All want the tax cuts extended. All want no banking regulations. All want NO national healthcare. And anybody who disagrees with us is un-American, anti-God, and either a socialist or a Fascist.
He claims to believe in freedom of speech and liberty, but not, you notice, freedom of religion.
What an ass. A very DUMBass.