(July 6, 2017 at 5:03 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: What disturbs me the most about the government gathering voter information for use by an executive power is the fact it sets a bad precedent if allowed to stand. This is especially concerning when you have Dominionists infesting not only the legislative and judicial branch, but also the military. Mike Pence is a Dominionist Vice President. If he somehow gains the executive by becoming POTUS, he will use his power to try to establish a theocracy. I have no doubts about that.
I have more fear of Trump than Pence. Pence has a filter, Trump does not. But in knowing 44 states told him to fuck off, I am sure Pence would not get away with expanding on that. GOP supporters have the social and economic views all wrong, but again, this at least shows even they have their limits.
Trying to establish a theocracy? Let me clue you in about our history. The parties flipped. There was a time prior to the 70s that conservatives wanted no part of government and religion mixing. That all changed with Jerry Falwell back in the 60s when he saw that America was no longer whites only, or at least more of the public wasn't seeing it that way. His family and followers since then courted the GOP and unfortunately successfully convinced Reagan they had the right morals. Ever since then the right has sold the cold war commie bullshit, and even today ignore the fact that religion never left Russia and is till a majority Russian Orthodox Christian.
They forget that Bush Jr once said something like "I looked into his eyes" about Putin basically saying he was a good guy, but ignore McCain still today RIGHTFULLY calling Putin a murder. The same Putin who used Christianity to justify ant LGBT laws in Russia. Used the same bullshit Christian excuse we heard from the right here in America, "We are God's children, we need to keep that away from our youth".
44 states including red states, combined with the fact that younger generations are not buying int to old white Christian bigotry from the far right, Pence can make that attempt, but it wont last.
