Sin and Republican finger pointing

The personae of Republicans can be so frightening. On the one hand many of them seem so nice. But there is an evil lurking. The Evangelicals, who make up the bulk of Bush's remaining supporters for the war, seem to view God as a mean to become gods themselves. In their minds it seems heaven is not a place where one can commune spiritually with other kind loving souls, but rather a spot where they can never experience a moment of discomfort because their ideas are called into question. In a sense they are not Christians at all. Heaven is safety and another extension of their ego.I know this seems unrelated to the post, but Warner displays a rare degree of humility in demanding the withdrawal from Iraq. He does something that core Neocons can never do. The psychosis prone behavior that allows an individual to believe that God is there to fulfil one's personal goals allows Neocon Evangelicals the ability to believe the war had a morally sound basis. They can then fling insults about "hating the troops" with a clear conscience.The reason Democrats object to the war relates to their moral views. The war was started on lies or half truths. Iraq never posed a real threat. Deaths, lives ruined, etc... Morality is the basis for our objection to the war.Republicans even love to imply we have poor morals. Perhaps they should view the post in their own eye before searching for the mote in ours. If Republicans were ever forced to understand the moral decrpitude that surrounds the war in Iraq, how the corruption of the war's genesis and indeed how each consequent action there make victory impossible, they would either grow spirtually in a way they never thought they could, or be left profoundly confused. I wonder if judgement day will be like that, when one is forced to see the evil of one's ways in a light never imagined before. I wonder what my profound lack of sight might be. I wonder if I will grow in that moment or be left profoundly confused.

Curious leadership and Christian Values

I find it strange that many of the media voices of Republican dogma have such questionable values. Lets take a look at a few of them.

Rush Limbaugh -- The guy who started this mess
It's well known that Limbaugh has been divorced twice and most Republicans surely know he had a severe drug problem and purchased drugs illegally. Another fact they may not know is that Rush managed to avoid service in Vietnam based upon a specious medical condition. Not surprising that he would avoid actual service in our armed forces. Perhaps it explains his brotherhood with other leaders who avoided serving their nation, like George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. What is more difficult to explain is why so many Republicans continue to take this man at his word when he is clearly not a man of good Christian morality...did I mention his affection for hookers or the fact that he never actually finished college? Limbaugh launched the hateful dialogue that has destroyed any hope for cooperation between the parties. Nixon and LBJ got the distrust started, but Rush made it okay to say the most nasty hateful things one could think of and Republicans have run with the ball.

Sean Hannity -- another college dropout. Hannity is the master of the insulting diatribe. He admits he feels most liberals are good people who love their children. When he speaks however he continually hurls insults at progressive thinkers. Liberals are unAmerican, Liberals lack a moral compass, Liberals have no backbone. All of these statements are ridiculous of course. It isn't unAmerican to have serious questions about a war that has to this point rendered an estimated 7.5 million Iraqi families homeless. It isn't unAmerican to wonder why Bush ignored a direct warning from his own Deputy Secretary of State before the war started (Bush was told in no uncertain terms Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11 and his response...he fired the guy) Hannity just loves to spread dissension with his holier than thou diatribes. The fact that Republicans feel such insulting discourse has a positive effect on our badly separated society makes one wonder how they synch such behavior with a Christian lifestyle.

Bill O'Reilly -- The screaming jerk
Most Republicans have diligently ignored O'Reilly's nasty sexual harrassment lawsuit. They gladly accept sexual impropriety from their own while vilifying it greatly from... well Bill Clinton. One wonders at the lesson this teaches their children. It's okay to sin, as long as you're one of us.
O'Reilly calls himself "fair and balanced" but upon watching his show for nearly a month straight, I found he consistently yells and hurls insults, like "loony lefty" and "loony liberal" in the face of any Democrat that appears on his show. He only has liberal guests on the show occasionally, though I will give him credit, unlike Limbaugh, who never has anyone on, except the occasional Republican, he does sometimes provide an opposing commentary. One odd thing though...the entire month I never saw O'Reilly yell at one of his Republican guests. If "Fair and Balanced" a term Republicans honestly believe. Do they really think O'Reilly presents things in a "Fair and balanced" way?

Oliver North -- Liar to Congress
It's strange how some criminals from the past have become heroes to Republicans. North is the man responsible for the arms deal that essentially cemented Saddam Hussein's power in Iraq. What a grand irony that North is now a hero to so many, and Hussein, North's compatriot during the Reagan years, is now so vilified by Republicans.

I could go on...I could mention the many Republicans involved with the Abramoff scandal...the head of the Evangelists Conference Ted Haggard... or the incredibly mean spirited Ann Coulter who spews hatred with every statement she makes. All of these individuals regularly and unfairly characterize Liberal and Progressive thought in ways that too many individuals seem willing to swallow whole. Even when it seems the individuals spewing the misinformation barely believe it themselves. What happened to the old notion that people can politely agree to disagree?

I question the Christianity of any individual who pays any credence to any of the individuals I've listed above. To support my arguemnt I cite one of the Ten Commandments

"Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour."

I do not hate America, I love my country.
I have strong moral convictions.
I love my fellow man.
And I'm strong.
I'm also a liberal.
I'm tired of having false witness born against me in these ways.