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Why have conservative Christians so vehemently backed George W. Bush?

It's not because they want their social security handed over to Charles Schwab. It's not because they want their children to pay for the war in Iraq. It's not because they love missile defense systems, or arsenic in their drinking water. It's not because they support no-bid contracts for Halliburton. It's not because they want to drill for oil in wildlife refuges. It's not because they want Usama bin Laden to go unpunished. It's not because they want veteran's hospitals to fall apart and veteran's benefits to be cut. It's not because they want their public schools underfunded and college loans more expensive and harder to get. No, it's none of these things.

The conservative Christians support Bush because they want a judge. A Supreme Court judge. And they don't want some punkass judge like David Souter or Anthony Kennedy. They don't want another Sandra Day O'Connor. As Judge Bork and the NY Times point out, weak-ass judges have pissed the fundies off, and good:

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One result is rage at what Mr. Bork sees as subverted democracy. Even though Republicans keep winning elections, he said, the court "can say that the majority may not rule" in areas where permissiveness reigns, including abortion, gay rights and pornography. Calling most justices "judicial oligarchs," Mr. Bork said they reflected "the intelligentsia's attitude, which is to the cultural left of the American people."

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The fundies want to RULE. They want to RULE over the issues of 'abortion, gay rights and pornography'. They want to make abortion, gay sex, and pornography illegal, and they want to throw people in jail. They want to pass unconstitutional laws, and they want judges that don't give a s!@# that the laws are unconstitutional.

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"The confrontation is coming with a vengeance," wrote Dr. James C. Dobson, in a Focus on the Family Action letter to about two million supporters. As he often does, Dr. Dobson labeled Justice Kennedy "the most dangerous man in America."

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These nutcases are chomping at the bit. They can feel the revolution, they are on the cusp of victory. This time, they will not be denied. They've worked too hard, they've been double-crossed too many times. They are not going to accept anything less than total victory for their candidate, and Bush better pick someone off Dobson's list.

So, the question is: can we match their intensity?

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"It Can Happen Here" |

Sometimes we come across an eye-opening book by an American who is not part of the author circuit, and this is the case with the two-volume set, "It Can Happen Here." George E. Lowe wrote a book in 1964 called "The Age of Deterrence," but then went on with his career in the military. He served as a speechwriter in the Reagan Department of Education, where he told BuzzFlash, he awoke to the threat from radical religious zealots taking over the Republican Party.

Lowe's two-volume collection is a labor of love (originally and prophetically written in 2000) that offers a provocative and persuasive explanation about how the Neo-Cons became a logical partner with the "Rapture" Christians, whose goal is to precipitate Armageddon and a Second Coming of Christ. One clear common political goal is increasing weapons production, because it will both enrich the Neo-Con corporate interests and help precipitate a Messianic age for the radical fundamentalists.

For many BuzzFlash readers, following the subtleties of the religious right fanatics is a challenge. But Lowe takes the reader on a journey through the strange permutations of Christian extremism and the danger it presents to America as a Constitutional democracy. Moreover, the Christian fanatics seek a World War III, because it will lead to the transformation of Israel into the triumphant return of a resurrected Christ.

An interesting side note is that Lowe clearly explains the odd fellow relationship between the Likud Party of Israel and the Evangelical extremists. It's a complicated story, but basically Sharon has forged a temporary alliance with Christian fundamentalists, even though their goal is the eventual destruction of the Jews as a people through actions surrounding Armageddon. It doesn't get much stranger than that.

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