GOP Debate Summed Up In Three Words: Terror, Fear, God

[berni_mccoy]

The Republican candidates proved one thing tonight: The GOP is still FOS (full-of-shit).

First they desperately tried to tie Iraq to 9/11 and all of them claiming that they would still invade Iraq they knew what they know today. Even though, as Paul Begalia pointed out, CNN's own website declared that Saddam Allowed Inspectors In as late as Sept. 2002 ( http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/09/16/iraq.un.letter/ ), they still say it was the right thing to do and blame Democrats for not knowing how to deal with terror. Giuliani, the biggest braggart, focused on this issue because he has nothing else with the Republican base.

Continuing on, the carried the meme of "elect Democrats and see what happens", basically threatening the voters with the choice of a terror attack if they vote for anything but a Republican. Nothing is so completely wrong than blaming your fellow Americans that they will lead us to ruin while proclaiming that their politics is too divisive. The irony was so evident while at the same time so completely missed by everyone in the debate and avoided by all the commentators that its like watching a bunch of primitive humans who don't realize that the air they breath actually exists and yet they stand their drooling as they suck it in and out making chimp-like noises.

And what was up with the proclamation of faith. For a minute, I thought the channel accidentally changed to some 700 Club Revival festival where person after person gets up on the stage and proclaims their faith in front a huge audience of jittering, jerking fundamentalists. I was sickened from this very public, broadcast display of personal faith and almost turned the channel when I realized that it was still on CNN. I was thinking to myself, in my church, they preach that faith is strengthened through charity and deed and should be shared privately with the family or in the church during mass. If you want people to follow your faith, you should lead by example, not by boasting how faithful you are.

I'm afraid that this election is going to be very much the same as the last one for the GOP. The theme of the entire debacle (I can't honestly call it a debate, maybe a new word here, debatle) was Be Afraid, I Believe In God! That's funny because we often sing a hymn in our church called, "Be NOT Afraid". I wonder if these candidates have lost their way... maybe Ron Paul would agree with me.

[Erika]

1. Christians believe in God but tremble in fear about death

That's a real dichotomy.

[The Stranger]

2. The denial of death is rooted in the fear of death and failure to accept one's mortality.

The god thing springs from this.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Yet they* also tend to fear life, nature, the Earth, freedom, and particularly sexuality, too.

Odd, isn't it?

Like the song says: "You don't wanna live, but you're chicken to die".

* Please note in advance that personally, I'm talking about the religious right theocrats, the "Christian Right", the Talibornagains, the Creation Museum folks, etc. etc. etc. ...not "all Christians".

[Poiuyt]

3. The UN inspectors were in Iraq later than September 2002

Bush kicked them out 2 days before he started his war

[berni_mccoy]

5. I agree. Begalia said they were allowed IN on Sept, 2002, they were still right before the invasion

[BlooInBloo]

6. Perfect for a country of idiots.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Terror terror terror is correct...

Remember that senator from MT who told the country that we should watch out for the terrorist who were taxi drivers at day and terrorists at night.

Now correct me if I am wrong, but I don't the FBI and bush's butt's have arrested ANY TAXI DRIVERS YET HAVE THEY.