Christians in Politics...Again

There is an article in today's New York Times that speaks about the release of a bi-partisan Senate report on Thursday. This report says that some $5.3 million dollars was paid to Ralph Reed, the ex-leader of the Christian Coalition and one of Mr. Bush's main strategists, by the corrupt lobyist Jack Abramoff on behalf of his clients the Indian Casinos. This money was paid to Mr. Reed for organising Christian opposition to allowing new casinos to open, or existing casinos to expand and therefore compete with Mr. Abramoff's clients.




It seems that this so-called Christian leader, and Republican party guru, is not above a little avarice and hypocracy in order to line his own pockets. But is this really news? Is anyone really surprised? The Christian Coalition is not a religious group at all, it is a political movement that hides its' theocratic agenda behind a false and rather dubious morality and preys on the fears and prejudices of its' blinkered and desperate constituancy. Hypocracy and manipulation, coupled with a lust for power and a love of money, is what this insidous organisation is all about.

This organisation, along with other extremist Christian groups, have captured the Republican party, which was already the party of Big Business, and has the Democrats tembling in fear of their reactionary tactics. The Christian Coalition has now reached the epitome of their power with the (stolen) elections of George W. Bush. Anyone who opposes them is likely to be labled Godless or worse...Liberal.

I found this little video quite amusing. It is nice to know that there are still voices crying in the wilderness that is politics in America.