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Friday, December 07, 2007

Mitt - it's all about the delusion

Mitt Romney is in a bind. You see, he embraces a different delusion than the rest of us. He embraces the delusion of Mormonism. Normally, this wouldn't pose a problem to his political ambitions. But in modern day America, we have a sizeable voting block, especially in the Republican party, who want to turn America into a Theocracy based on the Christian bible.
These theocrats will only vote based on their bibles, or proxies for their biblical beliefs, such as their pastors.
This is the problem that Mitt Romney faces - trying to pry these theocrats/Christian radicals from their bibles when they enter the voting booth.
There was a time in America, the era when John F. Kennedy ran, when people left their bibles at home when they went work or voted. Now it's different. The separation of church and state is blurred. Radical Christians seek to impose their agenda and beliefs in education, scientific inquiry, government, and the home.
There's no way Mitt will get through to these people. The best we can do is to shine a light of reason to show people of all faiths, but especially radical Christians and Muslims, that they are embracing a great delusion. There is no god. Period. The day that belief enters the mainstream of our society is the day we can have a real reality based dialogue about our country, our education system, our courts, our government policies, our economy, and our politics.
In the meantime, there's a bit of fun watching the wooing of the radical Christians while they end up proping up an unelectable candidate towards the Republican presidential candidacy. Good luck Mitt.

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