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You'd think that "honesty" would be a value that all voters would respect. But everyone expects politicians to lie, and they vote for them anyway. Is there any greater hypocrisy that a people in a democracy can engage in?

I find that evangelicals are as the Wizard of Oz might say, "Victims of disorganized thinking." They claim to be pro-life, but they have elected Bush twice. While he stands with them in their opposition to abortion, he is resposible for the deaths of tens maybe hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children. About 2 million Irais are refugees living in Syrria or Jordan. Bush and the Republicans have slashed funding for medicaid, school lunch for poor children, funding for minority education. On virtually every count Bush/McCain policies are anti-Christian. Just a casual reading of the gospels will show that Jesus taught that we should care for the poor and the vulnerable, that we should avoid violence, that we should care for children, that the rich should be charitable. Yet, the fundimentalist preachers continue to support Republican policies. They have become the modern day equivalent of the Pharisees or the Sadducees, establishment, joining hands with the super rich and the big corporations. Jesus on the other hand was anti-establishment. The modern fundimentalist preachers are misleading their flock. In short they cry crocodile tears for the unborn child, but once the child is up and walking around they have no interest in that childs welfare. How can you be pro-life, pro-war and pro-death penalty? Danny Glenn