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Monday 
16 October 2006
Why “Tempting Faith” won’t change anything
A lot of folks are all excited about the revelations in a new book - Tempting Faith: An Inside Story Of Political Seduction - by David Kuo, the former second-in-command of President Bush’s Office on Faith-Based Initiatives. (TruthProgress, Crooks & Liars, Keith Olbermann, Kevin Drum, 60 Minutes)
It seems that the courting by the Republican Party of the religious right had nothing to do with the Republicans’ commitment to the religious right, and everything to do with their desire for votes.
What a shocker.
:eyes-rolling:
:sarcasm-dripping:
:vomit-spewing:
Just don’t expect the religious right to simply jump ship and vote Democrat come November.
See, the Republicans have discovered the supreme effectiveness of their 2-step response to challenges:
1. Deny/Lie
2. Blame/Attack
You can apply this formula to everything the GOP has done, from the “War on Terror” to Katrina, to Abramoff, to Foley, add mouthpieces like Tony Snow, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge, to repeat the day’s deny/lie+blame/attack talking points over and over and over again, and the end result is an electorate that simply doesn’t know any better.
The truth has been kidnapped in this country and I want it back!
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You are an ignorant bastard.
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Liberal Smasher, thanks, your comment reminds me that I meant to add a footnote to my post.
*Sometimes, Republicans skip Step 1.
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I’m afraid you’re right that this book won’t have any effect. If these snakehandling retardos haven’t figured out by now that they’ve been getting used, they never will.