Spinning out of control

Our friend Cany is really on fire today discussing the pseudo-religious anti-intellectualism of the current political campaign. There is a cynicism to the way some conservatives use religion--even conservatives in a church--that really is only about holding onto power, not about doing the right thing. The sad thing is they are just as exploitative of REAL conservatives as they are of liberals. And cynically, they are able to drive the electorate like sheep.

In any case, go read Cany's latest post at Just Another Black Sheep, which articulates much of the frustration I have been feeling, better than I could.

Liberal and progressive blogs, many of which began as religious blogs, are astounded that someone so obviously intellectually unfit was chosen....

What began as a campaign of issues has become a farsical campaign of religious personality and has clearly reignited the culture wars. The outside world must be astounded. Would America really do somthing this stupid after eight years of lapsed judgement dragging our international reputation down a perverbial rat hole and plundering our economy?

The saddest part of all, really, is that the typically beaten will be beaten again unless we get this campaign out of the gutter of personality and back onto the issues. They cannot afford more abuse, and neither can we.

Sing it, sister!