You all know that Palin is just the tip of a very ugly, dangerous iceberg, right

[Stinky The Clown]

She's the first of the new breed of bat shit crazy fungelicals who started out in obscure local offices, often getting elected after running unopposed, to make it to the fore of the American consciousness.

These are the foot soldiers of the guys like Robertson and Fallwell and all the rest of that generation of hate mongers and religiopoliticans. They are the children of the 'base' St. Ronald created.

They often seem harmless and even charming.

They're not.

But you already knew all that.

Right?

And now they want what they want. They're black and white thinkers. They don't do nuance and the don't do tolerance.

And they view us - liberals - very much as the enemy. These are the people who bomb abortion clinics. These are the people who aided and abetted Eric Rudolph.

These people are dangerous.

[Marsala]

1. They will only be dangerous if they take over the Republicans,

kick out the fiscal cons and neocons, and turn to populist economics. Actually, Huckabee, not Palin, is the true prototype and danger here.

[glinda]

3. Good Point

The more rational Republicans should bolt right now. They should be vocal in their opposition and criticism to McCain and Palin. They should vote Dem this time around because it would actually make them a healthier Party. I am dreaming surely but it would really make them a better Party in the long run.

[rufus dog]

23. I think they will take over the party

Thus the importance of this election. They need to be beaten and then smothered.

[polichick]

2. We have to "disarm" them with ridicule - make them look like the unhinged fools they are...

And mainstream Christians need to speak out against them ~ just like mainstream Muslims need to speak out against their extremists.

[WarbirdForObama]

7. We have to do more than that

We have to make certain she is tarnished enough that President Obama isn't going to have to deal with her in 2012 when the Rethuglicans try to make her the Queen.

[Bluebear]

4. You said it. k/r

[Vincardog]

5. They have spread like a malicious disease from our school boards to our city offices

they are rude sick. They must have their end time beliefs shown. When the public hears what they believe they will be shunned as the hate monger fools they are.

[bdamomma]

30. how can this be focused on? the media forget it.

where are the true Christian leaders to squash this sick cult mentality.

[Mme. Defarge]

6. I know someone in a small town in Kansas

who so fits that description. She even looks like Palin.

[Disturbed]

11. "from our school boards to our city offices.."

RWing Fundies are a fungus among us. They have been spreading for 30 years. They do not believe in a democratic Republic. They believe in Monarchy. Jesus will be "The King of Kings" on Earth when he returns.

Palin & her Cult are more dangerous than The Taliban or al Q. because they are stealth weapons in Amerika.

[Patiod]

41. Hell, we had a big one right here in suburban Philadelphia

She took over the Lansdale school board along with non-fundie seniors, who don't want to pay ANY school taxes (not enough fundies in the area to go it alone, so they enlist the help of seniors, who have only ONE thing they vote on, which is property taxes).

Scary bitch - told a Jewish board member he was going to hell. Nice.

[BlooInBloo]

8. No, we had no idea. We thought she was the ONLY bad republican.

:rofl:

[Stinky The Clown]

13. ...

...

[Matariki]

9. Exactly. That was "The Mission" she was referring to in the Gibson interview.

Someone posted here about the two major voting machine companies being owned by Dominionists. Not to mention Blackwater is owned by a crazy Fundie.

It's enough to make you lose sleep at night. It's like they're determined to have 'an apocalypse' even if they have to start it themselves.

[bdamomma]

33. yes, the key word "mission"

and if you caught what she said yesterday about being blessed enough to get into the WH, now, red warning alert bells should be ringing for all of us.

who else said "MISSION" that's right Georgie did. Mission what is the mission their crusade to kill the evildoers perhaps?

and what else have we heard: Iraq was God's Will???


or pray for the pipeline???

This is a cult pure and simple and a very dangerous one.

[codjh9]

10. I've been extremely angry and upset at these nuts for years. They stole my BROTHER,

for one thing, but yes, they've been stealthily taking over school boards, city councils, textbook review committees, not to mention bigger offices like some US Reps, Senators, and even W is at least kinda-sorta one of 'em, or claims to be somewhat. After all, 'God' tells him what to do, right?

[valerief]

12. Yes. They're all very damaged people. nt

[ThomWV]

14. Kicking for the evening crowd.

[shadowknows69]

15. They are the Fourth Reich

With Jesus instead of Hitler leading the charge.

[Fla Dem]

17. No Jesus isn't leading the charge.

Jesus wouldn't have anything to do with these intolerant lunatics.

[shadowknows69]

27. I know that but in their minds

He's even better than Der Furher because he's God and he's on their side.

[MichiganVote]

16. Cultural terrorists

[jpgray]

18. She was part of the Scaife/Coors-funded GOP leadership schools, no?

I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

19. Nuance and tolerance is something we could use a lot more of around here.

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. A John Birch Society supporter or leaner which means racist

Bad news... Con-Con is a John Birch Society Newsletter

[Stinky The Clown]

22. Good get!

I haven't seen that one before.

[Ichingcarpenter]

24. Here is the thread ....... it might get big on the web

A lot of research is is being done right now with it.
It just broke

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7112085

[Imagevision]

21. Bill Clinton suggested to Obama to ignor Palin, keep the light focused on McCain

the debates will set McPalin back. Sarah shouldn't quit her day job.

[FlyingSquirrel]

25. Were you speaking of THIS iceberg?

What exactly are you implying????

:evilgrin:

[FogerRox]

26. DAmn right..... you tell 'em. Dominionists are truley bat shit cray

[mopinko]

28. what is scary to me- she was the not frank murkowski candidate, but

she was put on the ballot to succeed him by the very same cabal to which murkowski belonged. they are smart in the obsessive way that crazy people are smart.

[bdamomma]

29. very dangerous.

but will people see the demise of their country if mc cain and palin get in, when the logical choice would be Obama, or will racism creep in their short sighted thoughts.

[Taliesan]

31. McCain

Focusing on Palin lets McCain off the hook.

[Stinky The Clown]

32. "Focusing on Palin"

Some of us can multitask.

:eyes:

[bdamomma]

34. multi-tasking a thing that they cannot do.

[Hissyspit]

35. They want to bring on armageddon so that Jesus will return to Earth.

Very dangerous.

[Shallah Kali]

38. If they bomb it, He will come. People like that should not be in control of nukes and the military

There are those who really believe than can jump start the end times and from the crowd she runs with she is one of them.

[CrispyQ]

36. "American Fascists: The Christian Right & the War on America" by Chris Hedges

Everyone should read this book. It will scare the shit out of you, especially if you are not fully aware of the dominionists & their beliefs. These people have zero tolerance. They count on our tolerance for others religion & beliefs, but tolerating them is actually tolerating intolerance. They need to be challenged & shown for what they are - radical, intolerant fundamentalists who are every bit as dangerous as the taliban.

Here's a thread from the DU non-fiction book forum on the book: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=209&topic_id=5027

and the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/American-Fascists-Christian-Right-America/dp/0743284461/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221840148&sr=1-1

[lapislzi]

37. And they are everywhere.

We even have them in NY. Dems in my district (self included) are working feverishly to dislodge one each batshit-crazy assemblyman who has done nothing in Albany but delights in stacking the local republican committees with his lapdogs, and sowing division and fear in the towns.

[fed_up_mother]

39. She's not the first. She's one of the last. That movement is dying

and we need to help it die.

And I say this as a Christian.

[Shallah Kali]

40. Links to Dominionists, Joel's Army, and how she was vetted by Council for National Policy

Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted Palin
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?pid=352178

New revelations re Palin and dominionists
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/16/195615/356

Sarah Palin's Demon Haunted Churches - The Complete Edition
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/8/114332/7479

Sarah Palin, faith-based mayor | How the vice-presidential nominee brought fringe biblical teachings to her work as the chief of Wasilla, Alaska.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/18/palin_iacc/index.html?source=rss&aim=/news/feature

New revelations re "stealth dominionist" Sarah Palin
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/2/14422/49170/241/583511

In my original post, I noted Sarah Palin's membership in a "stealth Assemblies" congregation, Juneau Christian Center--that is, an Assemblies of God church that tries very hard to hide the fact from outsiders that it is, in fact, an Assemblies of God church. This is pretty much a danger sign in and of itself, especially to those of us familiar with the Assemblies and its increasingly strident calls from district leaders for literal holy war with the rest of America.

However, a recent Harper's Magazine article reveals just WHY she shouldn't be near a borough dogcatcher position, much less a literal heartbeat away from the office of President.

For starters, JCC maintains very close relations with John Hagee's "Christians United For Israel". I've written on Hagee in past--ironically, Hagee was one of two "Joel's Army"-connected pastors McCain formerly used as "spiritual advisors" in an attempt to curry favour with the dominionist wing of the GOP.

And this relationship is troubling, to say the least, because Hagee and CUFI have a real love of seeing Israel as a literal "Armageddon pawn" to make the Rapture hurry the hell up and get here--including destroying the Dome on the Rock to build the Third Temple, if necessary (and yes, they've done Photoshopped images of just this). This is also the same lovely fellow, of note, who also essentially termed the nuking of the East Coast as a divine pimp-slapping.