On to New Hampshire

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by GypsySorcerer
In some cases, I believe yes, it is. I cannot justify letting pigs like McVeigh and Bundy live when they took so many lives themselves.

It is a sticky issue, for sure. Out of curiousity, where do the Democratic candidates stand on the issue? It seemed as though that many Dems used to be anti capital punishment, but the lines have been blurred recently and I can't assume either way.

~Krista~

I think the majority of D's in general are against capitl punishment. Where each candidate stand, however, I am unsure. I think if they can avoid it they will. For example, Kerry does not do into it on his website www.johnkerry.com that I could find.

[CarneVaca]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
In sum, I do not think it is a good thing for W to refer constantly and exclusively to the Christian God because I think it alienates other religions; after all you do not have to be a Christian to be an American, etc. But, I do not think W is a religious fanatic like OBL

You're right. Dubya is not a religiuos fanatic. It's calculated and fake. It's code language to get the vote of the Christian fundamentalists. This and the veiled racism that is also delivered in code is a common tool of the Republican party. A lot of Republicans have turned their backs on this kind of thing, and rightly, but unfortunately some politicians are still making hay out of it. And now they are adding the marriage issue, which if it weren't so despicably intolerant, would be nothing but laughable.

[CarneVaca]

One more thing: We'll never be a truly enlightened nation as long as we continue to systematically kill people under the guise of "justice." No form of justice should ever involve killing.

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by CarneVaca
You're right. Dubya is not a religiuos fanatic. It's calculated and fake. It's code language to get the vote of the Christian fundamentalists. This and the veiled racism that is also delivered in code is a common tool of the Republican party. A lot of Republicans have turned their backs on this kind of thing, and rightly, but unfortunately some politicians are still making hay out of it. And now they are adding the marriage issue, which if it weren't so despicably intolerant, would be nothing but laughable.

We agree We agree -

I totally believe that while W is a devout Chritian, W does use this Godspeak to stimulate the far far religious right that put him in office.

[dissention]

Originally posted by CarneVaca
You're right. Dubya is not a religiuos fanatic. It's calculated and fake. It's code language to get the vote of the Christian fundamentalists. This and the veiled racism that is also delivered in code is a common tool of the Republican party. A lot of Republicans have turned their backs on this kind of thing, and rightly, but unfortunately some politicians are still making hay out of it. And now they are adding the marriage issue, which if it weren't so despicably intolerant, would be nothing but laughable.

Oh, he's a racist alright. He's even denounced interracial dating.