Most of Arianna Huffington's writing at The Huffington Post is excellent, but this particular piece is Arianna at her most insightful. I've written several posts lamenting the overt injection of religion into the political process, and here Ms. Huffington analyzes from whence it came. . .and the heartburn it's causing in the very people who put it there.
And the new word coinages are great: Huckenfreude, Huckicide, Huckaplomacy. . . Love it. Take it away, Arianna!
[Excerpt]
So why is the Republican establishment suddenly in a state of near-apoplexy about Mike Huckabee? Shouldn't they be happy? They've been cultivating evangelicals and fundamentalists for 30 years. Now they finally have a candidate who's truly part of the movement. So what's the problem?
Actually, that is the problem. The evangelical crowd was fine when it was just a resource to be cynically exploited every few years in demagogic anti-gay get-out-the-vote campaigns. But now the holy-rolling monster the GOP's Dr. Frankensteins have created has thrown off the shackles, fled the lab, and is currently leading in Iowa. And the party doesn't know what to do. . .
Actually, that is the problem. The evangelical crowd was fine when it was just a resource to be cynically exploited every few years in demagogic anti-gay get-out-the-vote campaigns. But now the holy-rolling monster the GOP's Dr. Frankensteins have created has thrown off the shackles, fled the lab, and is currently leading in Iowa. And the party doesn't know what to do. . .
Read more at: Huffington Post
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