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Posted by BradBlog in General Discussion
Mon Nov 02nd 2009, 04:52 PM
Frank Schaeffer: The Loony Right Eats Its Own
The former evangelical rightwing leader explains how the GOP became a 'paranoid cult' aiming to 'burn down our national home'
And how they still are in NY's 23rd Congressional District election...

-- Guest Blogged by Frank Schaeffer

What a weird life! In the 1970s and 80s I helped my late Evangelical-leader, Religious Right founder father as his nepotistic sidekick. We helped establish the Religious Right and send it on its merry way to doom. Now I --- a backslider former Evangelical, former Republican --- watch in amazed fascination as once again the Right I helped launch like a nasty little torpedo into the guts of the Republican Party once again explodes.

In the mid-80's, the Religious Right wanted America to fail in order to prove they were right about America's 'moral decline.' The latest out of NY-23's Congressional election shows that they're still at it...

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7493
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