Republicans are stampeding to the Obama campaign with endorsements galore. Former Massachusetts Governor and author William Weld is the latest endorsement in what's become a long line of folks falling in line behind Colin Powell and Susan Eisenhower.
Joining the tribe of Obamicans most recently are Christopher Buckley, Scott McClellan, Arne Carlson, CC Goldwater and her sibling, and the aforementioned Bill Weld, who will make his announcement today in Manchester, NH.
While at least one of these smell a little like CYA (ahem, Mr. McClellan), many more are heartfelt rejections of the Christianist, uber-right wing lunacy that has swept through the Republican Party. No where is the idiocy more on display than the continued delusion that Sarah Palin is fit for the nomination or anywhere near ready to be President. For the Christianist, that delusion continues because "With God All Things Are Possible"; "all things work together for those Who Love the Lord" and the Lord will take care of His Own Sarah Palin.
The return of Fundamentalism in the US (often called the Third Great Awakening by those who accept and believe), starting with Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and now continued by Mark Driscoll (who hides his fundamentalism and misogyny in hip clothes, cool music, and profane language) has ended intelligent discourse, the belief that ideas matter, an acceptance of those with other beliefs, an ability to think for one's self and reject false prophets and most importantly for the rest of us, it has dangerously influenced the Republican Party, who now legislate their beliefs into our lives.
Sarah Palin spoke recently of the "prayer warriors" (her words, not mine) whose intercession she feels:
"....we hear along the rope lines that people are interceding for us and praying for us; it's our reminder to do the same, to put this all in God's hands, to seek his perfect will for this nation and to, of course, seek his wisdom and guidance in putting this nation back on the right track."
Amen, Sister Sarah. I believe that God in Heaven will put this nation back on the right track with an overwhelming Obama victory and a veto proof majority in Congress and a rejection of this budding theocracy.