While the right-wing nutjobs in this forum rend their garments and rip at their hair, I thought I'd sit back and ponder this election a bit.

Like the election 4 years ago, the Republicans have pushed the whole "family values" (code for christian rule) so hard that it has to have alienated a number of voters. But it isn't like Obama isn't religious, and he's certainly tried playing the god card a few times.

So why is it that romney, and the republicans are so frightening to "moderates" (and yes, the concept of strongly religious people dictating the policy of a country IS frightening when it isn't your religion)? I still don't know why it is that Obama gets a pass (even from me) when he goes off mentioning god, but it sets my nerves on edge when a republican politician does it. Possibly not a logical response.

But that got me thinking about my work, and about my coworkers, I mean president of the USA is a job right? I go to work every day and I've only on rare occasions had co-workers feel the need to mention their god, or any god. And it has NEVER been required in the course of work. When we discuss the commissioning plan, or validation activities for some pharma processes, no one says "well, god willing, we can succeed" or "I'm going to validate this the way god would want it validated" or any other bs like that.

I don't know why the political candidates feel like they need to invoke some god in everything they do in their job.

Pandering.

Because if it doesn't work out correctly it is God's fault, errr God's will.

Like Obama winning twice?

Yes. It was Allah's will. Allāhu Akbar!

They're coming for your baby next, I'm sure.

It's a mockery gene.

It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.

He's such a macher 'cause he worked his tuchis off.

MOCKERY = ABORTION!

^ I think you've illustrated my point nicely.

I put a post up saying "Hey, R's have this nasty religion habit, but I recognize the D's do too... Why does it have to be this way?" I'm basically saying "My next vote is for sale to the first damn candidate who can do his job without having to praise some god"... and you jump in with baby killing.

Now, I'm all for a good baby killing. Probably should have a national day for baby killing, you know... to be efficient. But what the hell does efficient baby killing have to do with religion?

Vic,
If you think the GOP ran on "familiy values" as their major issue, then you're dumber than your post implies.

TG, the GOP's message is always tangled up with family values. Just like the Dem's message always gets tangled up with "Climate change".

The question (and i think you're actually the one that posed it originally) is essentially "Why is it the R's are the ones painted as the "god" party when both parties constantly use "god" in their message?"

I have no more a guarantee that obama won't try to turn this into a christian sharia law than romney, yet the public perception is otherwise.

am I correct in inferring a Woody Allen reference piece?

:-k


Really?


:-k


Nazi much?


Rough up a couple of rubby players in Georgetown and watch the fur fly!

hehe,

Doc, are you left handed?


Mind like a steel trap, like myself, but I prefer to play Kuntry Dumb,

actually Vic has some good points, they just get "all boogered up" with his feelings.

Akin's "concession speach" was priceless last night.

At least most of the R party ran away from him (until the end when some came back out of desperation)