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United States: It's getting harder for the fundies in power to cover their slips in godliness as they do whatever if takes for personal gain.
From shamelessly manipulating their gullible followers, to supporting murderous dictators and death squads, to repeatedly lying to cover their sins...the Christian Right has sold its soul in a bid to gain personal fortune for its leaders, and in an attempt to take control of the Republican Party...
Weyrich [NET's CEO and president of the Free Congress Foundation] found Christian Right leaders like Falwell and Robertson all too willing to abandon the Christian principles of compassion, love and tolerance to join in his power-building propaganda emphasizing fear, anger, hate and intolerance. This Unholy Union has consciously used lies and distortion to target gays, liberals, African-Americans, feminists, and any other group they could demonize. By demonizing a group, such as gays, by using lies and distortion, the Politico-Christian Right agitates their trusting followers by instilling fear, anger, hate and resentment. This, in turn, accomplishes the Politico-Christian leaders' primary goals: to get their followers to send them money, and to unite their followers into an easily-manipulated, fear-based voting bloc.
It does not take a history major to realize that these tactics used by the Politico-Christian Right to manipulate its followers are the same tactics used by Hitler in Nazi Germany. It should come to no surprise, then, to learn that Paul Weyrich has worked closely over the years with a convicted Nazi war criminal...
...If you discount the likes of Pat Robertson as a buffoonish yahoo, you are playing right into their strategy. Make no mistake about it: these are not bible-thumping rubes. These Christian Right leaders, such as Robertson and Ralph Reed, are shrewd businessmen and politicians, who will stop at nothing to advance their grab for power and money. Pat Robertson supported the Central American death squads and Zairean murderous dictator, Mobhutu. I think this is an indication of the lengths to which these men will go, and the degree to which they will violate traditional Christian beliefs, to accomplish their goals...
...The Christian right voting bloc, by their own estimates, represents about 15% of American voters. If you think that this makes them a negligible threat, remember this: in the German elections of 1930 the Nazi Party drew only about 15% of the vote. Yet Hitler took power in less than three years, even in the face of two strong, well-organized parties, the communists and the socialists.
The only way to turn the tide and stop the Politico-Christian Right from taking control of America is to know about them, and then to speak out--loudly and frequently. Please take the Politico-Christian Right's goals and plans very seriously: believe me, they do.
The Political - Christian Right - Political Amazon, 28th July 2003.
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