Quite a number of people -- smart, liberal people -- are extolling Ron Paul's supposed attack of religion in politics:
Asked about the ad today, Ron Paul decried Huckabee's religious iconography with his own veiled reference on Fox and Friends:
"It reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, 'when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.' Now I don't know whether that's a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross, like he is the only Christian or implying that subtly. So, I don't think I would ever use anything like that."
He's mostly right, you know. He just forgot one thing.
When fascism comes to this country it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying the cross, and reading the Ron Paul Survival Report:
"We hear bleats about homophobia, but it is actually religiophobia that afflicts America. The government is starting with the fringe, but it won't stop there. All Christians have much to fear."
- Ron Paul Survival Report, May 15, 1993, as quoted by the Houston Chronicle on October 20, 1996
Great. Just what we need. Paranoid Christian leadership.
And Huckabee's the one we have to fear, right? |
