Are Hate and Election Theft Christian Virtues? The Religious Right Apparently Thinks So 
How interesting it is to see that the religious right has enthusiastically practiced one of the basic precepts of Marxism-Leninism. The religious right has embraced the concept of "the end justifies the means" in its quest to perpetuate George W. Bush's devotion to right wing theocracy through suppressing votes in elections.
It was Vladimir Lenin, the first premier of the Soviet regime, who said that in order to make an omelet it was necessary to break some eggs. The religious right, proclaiming paradoxically to be following the teachings of Christ, believes it necessary, in order to repel what it conceives to be godless invaders from the left, also known as Democrats, to engage in full scale character assassination, lying, cheating and vote fraud.
Jerry Falwell turned the death of White House aide Vince Foster into a crusade for righteousness, turning out a film proclaiming that Bill and Hillary Clinton were responsible for Foster's untimely death. When it became obvious that Foster had not been murdered, Falwell then denied having anything to do with the film or the view that the Clintons were linked to murder.
Miller details how the religious right dogmatically and self-righteously set out to suppress votes. The action was zealously performed in the name of perpetuating Christian virtue through a continuation of the Bush-Cheney tandem in the White House.
In that Democrats sought to count all Florida votes following the 2000 presidential election this did not set well with those on the religious right. This view was expressed with appropriate "godly vitriol" by Dr. Val Finnell, a major in the Army Medical Corps and Chief of Clinical Pathology at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.
From February 2001 to November 2003, Dr. Finnell delivered his spiritual view with regular essays on the website of the Chalcedon Foundation, a group dedicated to Christian Reconstructionism. This is a pre-millennialist doctrine positing that End Times must occur, as envisioned in the Book of Revelation, prior to Christ's return.
Christian Reconstructionists ardently identify with Israel while believing that all Jews who fail to believe in Christ are doomed to hell. In the interim, however, Jews fulfill a purpose under Revelation by being part of the unfolding scenario ending with Armageddon, the bloody conflict that will end the world and enable Christ to return.
While mere mortals seek to prevent a nuclear holocaust, the truly enlightened Christian Reconstructionists rejoice. It is easy to see why they identify with the aggressively militaristic policies of Cheney and Bush.
After all, it was Bush, who proclaims to talk directly to God, who lifted his clenched right fist as the first bombs were falling on Baghdad in Donald Rumsfeld's "shock and awe" attack and declared, "Feels good!"
Here is how Dr. Finnell sized up the national political scene circa 2001:
"The Florida elections have taught us that the Democrats with their liberal/socialistic worldview will stop at nothing to seize control of the government. For the government is the instrument whereby the legislator and the courts shape man into what they want.
"Instead of half-hearted and compromising responses from so-called conservatives, we need an explicitly Christian response to politics that has its own worldview, an agenda, and courageous men to implement it confrontationally."
What intellectual clarity! This essay was written shortly after President Bill Clinton left power. His reign was so socialistic that he secured the passage of NAFTA to propel World Bank globalism, a pursuit that converts other nations to privatization and enables multi-national corporations such as Halliburton and Bechtel to reign.
Who was the mastermind behind "socialist" Clinton's 1996 re-election triumph? That was Dick Morris, who had previously worked for that notable "left wing extremist" Senator Jesse Helms. Morris employed the tactic of triangulation, which essentially meant stealing Senator Bob Dole's Republican playbook out of his hands.
Yes, and those references to Florida. There were those decaying voting machines and the chads they spat out. Those were decreed as non-votes and hence there was no need to recount them.
Presumably the clear-minded Dr. Finnell saw Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris as righteous emissaries of God for removing minorities from the Florida voting roles. There is nothing like "born again election fraud" delivered with "hallelujahs" and sounds of tambourines.
Dr. Finnell was only getting warmed up. A later salvo informed that America was all about indelibly stamping his brand of Christian fundamentalism on society. If you held another view, well, take your French fries, er freedom fries, and move to France!
Here is Dr. Finnell's jaundiced view of what America is all about:
"We believe that the whole Word of God must be applied to all of life. It is not only our duty as individuals, families and churches to be Christian, but it is also the duty of the state, the school, the arts and sciences, law, economics, and every other sphere to be under Christ the King. Nothing is exempt from His dominion. We must live by His Word, not our own."
Here is a man who does not beat around the bush. This is good old red meat theocracy and here is how he spells it out:
"The Christian worldview is the answer. We need Christian statesmen who press for the Crown Rights of Jesus Christ in all areas of life. This isn't political salvation or an overnight fix. It will take decades of mobilization and confrontation to undo a century of godless socialism."
Where is the godless socialism? Does Dr. Finnell spell it out? With the religious right you need to take a lot on faith, as we are constantly reminded by listeners to the fact free, venom-soaked diatribes of self-acknowledged drug addict Rush Limbaugh.
Travis Fell, who goes by the name of Texas Tommy in his Internet blogs, answered the call and enlisted in the righteous multitude:
"On a personal note, reigning in out of control courts was a big part of the reason I joined the `Mighty Texas Strike Force' and ventured from warm, cozy Texas to cold, rainy Iowa last November to campaign for President Bush. I'm expecting the GOP to use the political advantage I helped win them to combat evil, both in the War on Islamic Fascism and the War on Judicial Activism."
I guess they haven't been holding enough executions in Huntsville to please Texas Tommy. Oh yes, judicial activism! Are you referring, Tommy, to handing over the 2000 election to George W. Bush with those deciding votes from loyal Federalist Society members Scalia and Thomas?
Were Gitmo and Abu Ghraib examples of judicial left wing extremism run amok, Tommy? How about preventive detention? Spying in libraries by seeing who is reading what? Is this all part of a socialist agenda, Tommy?
Ah, and how the religious right extended its cancerous venom in the 2004 presidential election. There is nothing quite like the shirtsleeve, born again intellectual Anthrax brigade in action.
From Arizona and New Mexico to Ohio and Wisconsin the devout minions of Christianity employed the dirty tricks. It is all documented and we will be taking a look at some of the more interesting cases.
Yes, and Ohio, what a perfect example. Secretary of State Ken Blackwell saw that enough polling stations in Cleveland precincts with large black populations were removed. They had to stand in long lines in cold and biting rain, risking pneumonia.
Blackwell is an African American himself, but after all, he is also a born again, ardent Christian rightist and all is fair in God's holy war to destroy the infidels, meaning those insufferable heathens in the opposing party.
Blackwell is probably convinced that Satan dominated Ohio politics back last November. How else can you explain the rousing defeat Blackwell suffered at the hands of Ohio's voters when he ran for governor with the blessings of his patrons Bush, Cheney and Rove?
KEYWORDS: Religious Right Hate, Religious Right Theocratic Beliefs, Religious Right Election Fraud, Mark Crispin Miller, Dr. Val Finnell, Ken Blackwell
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