It's about the separation of Church and State, stupid!

Giving Up on God

By Kathleen Parker / Washington Post

As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.

To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.

Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth -- as long as we're setting ourselves free -- is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that.

The choir has become absurdly off-key, and many Republicans know it.

But they need those votes!

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My comment: What was it that I was saying about the war between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives in the Republican Party?

Did you hear the one about the drunk who picked up a barfly just before last call? They stumbled down the street just before closing and found a fleabag motel for the night. Now, sunrise is breaking over the horizon and they both have regrets aplenty! As they look each other over in silent disgust, neither can bear to look in the mirror.

I couldn't think of a more fitting description of the unholy alliance that is today's Republican Party and their collective reaction to a sweeping defeat in the 2008 Presidential election.

Note to Newt Gingrich and the rest who fervently thought they saw a "permanent Republican majority" on the horizon -- be careful who you climb into bed with when you're drunk with power. That bright, shining light you see on the horizon is just the dawning of a new day. (Much the same to the Robertsons, Falwells and Dobsons of the world, too.)