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• Tuesday, October 17, 2006 08:12 PM

  Ignore the inconvient truth!

  I find it interesting that Dobson had nothing to say about the remarks that specifically refered to him. All he could do is get mad at the messenger. For a man intellegent enough to start a nation wide ministry, he should have been able to figure out that he and his fellow theocrats were being used. The only logical explaination is that he does know, but is so desperate for power that he is willing to get knowingly laughed at behind his back. I don't think the revelations in this book come as a surprise to any of the evangelical leaders, I think they know they are not respected and don't care, largely because they think they have control of the party vote wise, and maybe they do. The culture war is the biggest weapon the republicans have, it's only a matter of time before the people who are it's targets start holding their votes hostage in exchange for actual results.

  If these men are truly as intellegent as they seem, then they must also realize that faith through government enforcement isn't going to convince anyone that God exists, so why demand it? Because conversion isn't the real goal, control is. They don't care if you come to Christ, just so long as you obey them. Jesus is only the means to an end. I don't know if Kuo wrote this out of revenge or not, a last "gotcha" before he dies, but I do know that the republicans may have been caught in their own bear trap by courting people who ask for so much. Too much from a party dedicated to "less government".

  —fight the theocracy!
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