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Well, if you believe (excuse the pun) that only rational people can be paid by the government you will have many targets to attack - including the environmentalists, food pyramid people, various well-being operators etc. I understand your sentiment but as long as this crap does not ovewhelm the policies a secret corporate influence is probably a greater threat. At least if Trump suddenly decided that Christians pay less taxes we would all see it straight away

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That's a false equivalency.  Some nut who prays for satanic pregnancies to miscarry is not the same as an environmentalist.

The president has endorsed this person by giving her a job and an official title, his "spiritual advisor".  Either he believes in what she does or he is a hypocrite.  There is no other explanation.  This is bad.  Hypocrites are bad and so are insane people in the corridors of power.

You keep thinking it doesn't matter, saying it amounts to nothing substantially, while he appoints judges that this evangelical culture approves of and is out pushing their pro-life agenda internationally.

I'd like to find out how much this shit is affecting US/Israel policies,  Christian zionism is a thing and I would suspect it's finding it's way into that too.



Cult meeting in the White House.



Now, what do you think the president really thinks about all this malarky?  Does he believe all their crap, or is he just using them and doesn't believe it?

Enlil said:

Conspiracy theory bullshit.

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JohnRainyII said:

That's a false equivalency.  Some nut who prays for satanic pregnancies to miscarry is not the same as an environmentalist

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Metoo said:

The worst are the pure ideologues like Sanders. They remind me of the Inquisition dudes who, with glowing eyes, tightened the screws of the torture implements - it had to be done for a higher good.

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JohnRainyII said:

Oh brother, Bernie Sanders and the movement for a just society gives meetoo nightmares.

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The horror of billionaires paying as much as the rest of us.

Reminder:

Metoo said:

I can bet you he will not be president

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twighead said:

Remember when Trump 'challenged' Bernie to a debate if he could raise like 10 million$ for charity within a short span of time, smugly assuming he couldn't

And then Bernie did - in a couple days, and Trump backed the fuck down

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"If he paid a sum toward charity I would love to do that," said the business mogul, noting that a Sanders vs. Trump debate "would have such high ratings."

In a campaign stop in North Dakota, Trump said Sanderrs would need to raise $10 million for charity in order for the debate to happen.

Sanders quickly responded with a tweet reading, "Game On. I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7th primary."

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Your candidate is afraid of Bernie

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SirTripAlot said:

Most evangelicals are crazy, as they strive for a pseudo theocracy.
Unfortunately, the separation of church and state was not written in the Constitution.

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The problem is in defining what a church/religion is. Does the Church of John Coltrane or Peyote Way Church of God qualify? The environmental movement - especially the Gaia crowd - operate as a belief system and even good old Nazis had many elements of being a church (a special race like in Judaism, those mass rallies whipping adherents into frenzy, chants, charismatic leader etc). Bernie's holy grail is disposessing the rich...

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We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

Louis D. Brandeis

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Ran-D said:

I dont think anybody is trying to "disposess the rich." I think most people just want them to pay an equal percentage in taxes. Nobody is coming to take your fancy cars and shit. The billionaires will still be billionaires

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