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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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March 19, 2005
From the perspective of the religious right, Republicans were busy fiddling on the Hill with major league baseball players and grandstanding over steroids while Terri Schiavo approached the day of reckoning.
Observe the strangle-hold radical evangelicals increasingly have on the Republican Party, thanks to the party's relentless pandering in 2004. It wasn't until their party's evangelical base swarmed Republican offices on the Hill last week with threats over Schiavo that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other Republican leaders stopped dealing with the nation's real priorities. And what a convenient distraction from the debate over President Bush's disgraceful budget proposals and the wholesale auction of America to the highest corporate bidder.
The ever wacky will of the Republican Party's fanatical religious base continues to set aside the nation's priorities for a circus side show. The American people can expect much more to come from the Republican controlled Congress. According to the same 2004 exit polls the Republican Party continues to use to suggest an increase of support from black voters, the highest percentage of voters for President Bush cited "moral issues" over the economy, terrorism and the war in Iraq as their top priority. The Republican Party continues to deliver.
Republican Mandate
The demands of the Republican Party's evangelical base are now grinding our nation's Republican controlled Congress to a halt with demands the federal government intrude in "the most sacred institution and building block of this nation," the private life decisions between a husband and wife. On Monday, precious little of the American people's business will be done as Congress is high-jacked and obstructed by the agenda of the Republican Party's evangelical base.
Republican Schism
Thanks to the party's incessant pandering to the right, Terri Schiavo's case has now become a pivotal moment for the party's base. If the Republican controlled House of Representatives, Republican controlled Senate and Republican controlled White House won't stand for life, who will lead the party's wandering base from the wilderness in 2008? The Republican Party's base will never forget how the Republican controlled federal government let Terri Schiavo die.
filed under: Moral Majority
