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I've ben trying to get a larger context of where Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is coming from and why the "Religious Right" who weren't previously impressed with John McCain are so very enthused about her. (Yeah, yeah, some women identify with her and some men are fantasizing... I mean, besides that.) Her religious affiliation is the key, and the larger, underlying theme is "dominionism."
One of the declared aims of the Dominionists is the overthrow of the division between Church and State: Biblical law would be the law of the land.
A group called Theocracy Watch has been tracking the political influence of the Dominionists - you can find more about this at
http://www.theocracywatch.org/
An extract from Theocracy Watch:
“...The theocratic right seeks to establish dominion, or control over society in the name of God...
“Twenty-five years ago, dominionists targeted the Republican Party as the vehicle through which they could advance their agenda. At the same time, a small group of Republican strategists targeted fundamentalist, Pentecostal and charismatic churches to expand the base of the Republican Party. This web site is not about traditional Republicans or conservative Christians. It is about the manipulation of people of a certain faith for political power. It is about the rise of dominionists in the U.S. federal government...
"...The American people need to maintain vigilance and understand the history of how dominionists came to political power. And we need to embrace democracy with a passion -- for it was voter apathy that allowed leaders like Pat Robertson to get so many dominionists elected to Congress in the first place...
"...Today's hard right seeks total dominion. It's packing the courts and rigging the rules. The target is not the Democrats but democracy itself..."
One heartbeat from the president? No thanks.
