The religious right poured enormous resources into making sure Bush won the White House, twice, and the GOP gained majorities in both chambers of Congress, all in hopes of seeing their agenda turned into legislation. But apparently they now realize that the GOP just used them to gain power and then they did what they wanted, including wreaking havoc on the nation's finances to give tax cuts to their rich friends and invading a Middle Eastern country for the only reason of stealing their oil, regardless of how many people were going to die in the process.
So now the homegrown zealots are almost hoping the GOP loses the midterm elections, just so they learn a lesson, threatening to withdraw their full support unless the GOP leadership (and Bush, the Voyeur) deliver some results between now and November.
And don't think that they want results in ending the war in Iraq, improving the economy, lowering the price of gas, protecting the environment, reducing the number of people living below the poverty line in the US of A or any other such noble cause.
No, their agenda consists of the following items:
Hmm, I wonder how many people in America are as worried about these topics as the Made in the USA Zealots are, especially with all the aforementioned problems the nation faces.
- gay marriage
- immigration
- pray in school
- obscenity/porn
- abortion
The religious right can't gain anything from a GOP loss of power, but I guess we'll have to wait for the fall to call their bluff. However, this tidbit is alarming:
"When a president is in a reasonably strong position, these kind of leaders don't have a lot of leverage," said Charlie Cook, a nonpartisan political analyst. "But when the president is weak, they tend to have a lot of leverage."That's great, all we need now the Bush is weak and can't do much damage, is to see the zealots grow more powerful and cause their brand of damage.
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