GOP POTUS Candidates: A Field Full of Dominionists

[Secular Elf]

John Kasich announced his run for the GOP candidacy for President today.  He is the 10th Dominionist to do so.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich officially joined a super-sized field of presidential hopefuls Tuesday, becoming the 16th major contender for a Republican nomination that will be awarded next summer in Cleveland.

"I am here to ask you for your prayers, for your support, for your efforts because I have decided to run for president of the United States," Kasich said during a late-morning kickoff staged on the campus of his alma mater, Ohio State University.

Roughly 2,000 supporters piled into the Ohio Union, jamming narrow corridors on three levels along with dozens of reporters, with Kasich speaking from a raised platform at the center of the main floor. Archie Griffin, OSU's two-time Heisman Trophy winner, was among those to offer introductory remarks.

 
From Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/...n_for.html

Your comment: "I'm guessing Kasich is part of the wing of the right that uses ALL evangelics — dominionist or not — in order to further their pursuit of wealth and power."

Yes, that's exactly right, except, I don't think the Religious Right's has ever been so aggressively past into law. What's happening down at the State House is the religious right's agenda. The Religious Right used to be a group the conservatives could pay lip service to for votes, but this is becoming no longer the case. Conservatives must also pass policy. The idea that the Religious Right is a fringe movement is a concept of the past.

This is why John Kasich said, "I don't need your people." The Religious Right has gotten large enough in numbers that with a low election turnout, they can win elections for their candidates. As long as John Kasich caters to these people by passing their agenda (like destroying public education, public universities), John Kasich believes the Religious Right will reward him by coming out in droves to vote for re-electing him.

In addition, this is not a moral movement. It is not a tolerant movement. It's a backlash movement. It is a very dominate controlling movement and it's very controlling in what its followers hear. You have to look at the core of the movement.

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