[lit-ideas] Re: Religious Fascism
- From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:18:28 -0300
Simon Ward wrote:
"... political leadership using such fundamentalists."
I agree with Simon that Christian fundamentalists have been manipulated for
the purposes of advancing political agendas that do not belong to them.
This is an extremely important point as 2008 approaches. The Bush election
team was able to convince these Christians to vote for Bush when many would
have been inclined to not vote at all, since Bush is hardly a
fundamentalist. The Rove strategy of focusing on the base has failed with
these Christians because they are not naturally inclined to vote, and
certainly not for someone who is as religiously vague as Bush. These
fundamentalists justifiably feel manipulated and are insisting that if the
Republicans want their vote, it will have to be for someone who is
explicitly committed to their concerns. See here the recent comments by
Dobson on whether Fred Thompson has been explicit enough in his faith to
satisfy fundamentalists. Christian fundamentalists do not want another
version of Bush.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
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