One of my long held contentions about politics is being played out this year. It is not about winning & losing elections. It is not about policy. It is about culture, theology, & the causes/ effects of who supports whom. Evangelical support for McCain-Palin may well help them to defeat the “uber-Boggie Man” Obama, but the impact on our culture & the triumph of feminism/ anti-family views in the Church will be established for decades if not centuries. . . .
Doug Phillips recently posted this devastating peice by Geoff Botkin on the what the Palin candidacy means for the relationship between the GOP & their unwavering Evangelical base .
http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/2008/09/4390.aspx
The Miraculous Sanctification of the Republican Party
By Geoffrey Botkin
The Sarah Palin “Miracle” poster is not typical campaign propaganda. For the swing voters needed by the McCain campaign, it is inspirational dynamite.
Until the Palin selection, McCain did not have the hearts of Evangelical voters. He probably had their votes, however, because he is a Republican. But the campaign wasn’t taking any chances that the “fright factor” would work in November as it has before.
Fear can go a long way to secure the loyalty of the demographic known in Washington as “the Stupid Demographic”: The other candidate is a Democrat. He is therefore scary. Be very afraid. Vote Republican.
This year McCain operatives found a new way to play on the superstitions of Evangelical men and women. The move was brilliant, and it will make political and cultural history.
Just a few months ago, the Republican Party was in danger of being seen for what it was — even by unobservant Evangelicals. A few Evangelical leaders were grumbling about McCain’s hard-left socialist record. A few others pointed out facts about Republican pragmatics, and the unconstitutional and anti-Christian policies they embrace. Instead of denying this to Evangelicals, the Republican Party found a way to portray its present policies and personnel as Christian, pro-family, and spiritual.
In the personality of Sarah Palin, the Party has contrived to occupy a new position. This is not the sentimental, God-and-Country “high ground” the Party has claimed to monopolize since 1980. The new position is a position of spiritual authority. Republican political consultants and operatives are presuming to define religion for Evangelical churches, families, and women. . . .
PLEASE READ THE REST HERE :
http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/2008/09/4390.aspx
Put up Baucham’s piece on cultural hegemony too.
By: emmawoodhouse on October 4, 2008
at 10:06 am
Sarah Palin,
That outfit makes you look fat. But seriously, good article.
Jake
By: flinding on October 9, 2008
at 8:36 pm
Here’s a little push-back from an evangelical family that is voting McCain/Palin. Thanks for humoring us.
We disagree that Obama is scary because he is a Democrat. Obama is scary because he is the most pro-abortion candidate this country has ever seen. The link below explains why. We don’t agree with everything in the article, but we do agree with the article’s central point: the lives of millions of children are at stake in this election.
http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/viewarticle.php?selectedarticle=2008.10.14_George_Robert_Obama’s%20Abortion%20Extremism_.xml
By: babusmama on October 15, 2008
at 12:57 pm
Conservative Republicans are proposing a 10-point checklist gauging proper adherence to core principles of the party. This approach reminds me of Moody’s Fundamentals of Christianity, which began the fundamentalist movement. For more, I recommend http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-fundamentals-of-the-gop/
By: euandus2 on November 24, 2009
at 2:53 pm