Scenes we can't imagine: Jesus blessing the victors in a war
between Christians who disagreed on a theological detail.
John McCain's schizophrenia this week over his alternating Episcopalian and Baptist status is just the latest chapter in the faith-based follies of the GOP presidential hopefuls. In a delicious double Catch 22, those running as "men of faith" to win the nomination of what many of it own members call "God's Own Party" are now being called on it. Then, after performing unnatural contortions to assuage radical right primary voters, the Republican candidates must veer back to the middle to have a prayer of winning the general election.
Consider the side-splitting antics of the Republican God Squad over just the last several weeks. Mitt Romney declares the President should be a man of faith, but then refuses to discuss his own. While John McCain assures voters the important thing is that he is a good Christian, Rudy Giuliani says he'll leave to the priests to decide if he's a bad Catholic. And while instant front-runner Fred Thompson hardly ever steps inside a church, Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee took their holy war outside the pulpit.
Here's a quick run-down of the latest GOP faith-based follies on PERRspectives.blog:
And when you come right down to it, they're so confused over there that they're stabbing each other in the chest! Personally, I think the religious litmus test is the most amusing "shoot-yourself-in-the-foot" maneuver the Republicans have pulled yet.
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