Quote: I think republicans like A Theist are absolutely desperate, and I find it immensely amusing.
This is what I think, too. Christian fundamentalism is on the rise in America because this is one of its last true strongholds in the western world. Republicans feel threatened because their 14th century social ideals are dying out with the baby boomers.
You might say it was a brilliant gambit for the Republicans to drive us into debt over the last decade because it created the only issue (financial solvency) which gives their party platform any hint of legitimacy to the mainstream. It may even explain why all their ideas to solve it sound so terrible: if they actually solve the problem, what use are Republicans at all?
