20 November 2011 Time to brand Gingrich of Babylon

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-candidates-court-conservative-christians-in-iowa/2011/11/19/gIQAbN7VcN_story.html

GOP candidates court conservative Christians in Iowa

By Perry Bacon Jr., Published: November 19

DES MOINES — Looking to court this state’s critical voting bloc of evangelical Christians, Republican presidential candidates sharply attacked secularism and the Supreme Court while calling for greater restrictions on abortion and gay rights at an event here on Saturday

To limit abortion, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, one of the leading candidates in polls here, proposed a federal law defining “personhood” as starting at conception, similar to a provision backed by abortion opponents that was rejected earlier this month by voters in Mississippi. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he supported provisions that would limit the ability of gay couples to adopt children, while businessman Herman Cain called for changing provisions in the tax code that restrict churches’ involvement in politics if they want to keep their tax-exempt status.

Several committed to supporting state same-sex marriage bans and eventually a constitutional amendment to prohibit it, although libertarian candidate Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) said the issue should be dealt with by churches and families instead of the government.

“As long as abortion is legal in this country. . . we will never have rest because that law does not comport with God’s law,” said former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.

Cassi Creek:

          The teavangelist game of choosing a favorite has resumed with Gingrich being the apparent front-runner.  Gingrich is stressing his changed view of things; brought about by reading two AA books although he is not an alcoholic.  He’s admitting to being a highly paid consultant for any corporate interest that will retain him and pay him in the millions of dollars range.  The new and improved Gingrich has no scruples about who or what he will consult, or about who or what he will subsequently attack despite having consulted for whom or what.  He makes no apologies for such behaviors.  He is, of course, playing the Jesus card and asking us to believe that his jail-house-like conversion has healed his previous excision of any particles of morality and ethical behavior. 

          Only an idiot would trust or believe that Gingrich has now begun to place the good of the nation and the citizenry above his own self-interests.  A Gingrich presidency could well eclipse those of Harding and Reagan in overall levels of corruption. 

          Looking at the laundry list of items to be used in luring the teavangelists of Iowa into voting for any of the current crop of candidates, it is easy to see that Gingrich, Cain, Perry, and Santorum are willing to direct this election toward installing a theocracy in place of our republic.

           Since these worthies will behave as if above all laws they are not worried about being forced to live in an America ruled by extremists that would make Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia seem modern and moderate.   There is no doubt that Cain believes in his right to use his pulpit to increase his fortune.  Santorum should be reminded that “God” did not sign either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.  In this nation, civil law is the authority, not canon law, or the opinions of evangelical sky pilots. 

          However, of the candidates mentioned in the article above, the obvious winner for the Ms. “whore of Babylon” crown is Gingrich.  Brand him and send him back to whichever deep red state will have him.