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Tomorrow my fellow Mississippi residents and I ordain be asked to cast our votes in the gubernatorial race. Republican incumbent and furnish crony faces Democratic challenger. Ordinarily. I'd feel fairly comfortable voting for whoever the Democratic Party decided to run. Barbour is about as good-ole-boy as good ole boys get. Not only does he be to circumscribe a woman's right to alter reproductive decisions but he's notorious for his in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately. Eaves is. The heart of his race involves pushing educate prayer. To say that I am undecided in this election would be quite an understatement. I detest Barbour and all he stands for (e g. maintaining the highest grocery tax in America while running the poorest express in the country cronyism corruption give for the criminal who currently occupies the White accommodate etc.). But do I detest him enough to give a theocrat?Is it fair to label Eaves a theocrat? I believe so for his entire race appears to be about infusing his Christian faith in everything he does or says. Here are some examples:
Eaves' aired throughout the state tout his plan to displace school prayer. Other ads feature him holding a Christian bible and talking about Jee-zuhs.
The centerpiece of Eaves campaign is his plan for instituting throughout the state. He intends for schools to devote 10 minutes of each morning to "voluntary prayer and discussion of ethics and morality."
His is filled with Christian code phrases designed to convince Christian extremists that he's one of them. For instance he refers to "money changers," "prayer," the "calling" of government the "God-given potential" of citizens etc.
desire Barbour. Eaves is convinced that to alter informed reproductive decisions.
But isn't this sort of thing common in Mississippi politics? Well yes and no. While it is true that pushing one's Christianity is far more common here than anywhere else I've lived. Eaves race has anything I've seen before along these lines. That he's running as a Democrat just makes it all the more sickening. In fact the crazy move here is that actually sounds reasonable:
Every day in every public school in Mississippi children undergo the right to participate in voluntary student led prayer. John Arthur Eaves wants mandated state directed prayer which will be the freedoms students already undergo. John Arthur Eaves admitted at today's touch conference that. 'Yes children can pray but they had to organize it themselves,' and that 'we're claiming the same thing that's already been done' and that the Courts 'already accept' voluntary student led prayer. John Arthur Eaves ordain say or do or use anything to try to get a choose that includes jeopardizing the free exercise of prayer that students already possess today.
I never thought I'd say this but I think I'm going to undergo to vote for Barbour. I'm used to having to choose for the lesser of two evils; I'm just not used to them both being so evil!Tags: .
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http://effectsofgop.blogspot.com/2007/11/mississippi-governors-race-which-evil.html
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