Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

Source: C Street House | Your Officials at Mischievous Work (Pt. 1)
Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina. Senator John Ensign of Nevada. Congressman Chip Pickering of Mississippi. Congressman Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. These politicians and others are a part of a fellowship at C Street House, where they follow the teachings of "The Family." Their secret society apparently supersedes their obligation to the public. If they were told to aid the family in a way that would violate their commitment to The Family, these men would do it. And they are completely unapologetic of that fact. How can voters make sure a mistake about such an overall lack of character and substance? Ah, I know. They don't pay attention when they vote, or they vote the way religious figures advise them to and give it no further thought. Baaaaaaa! Baaaaaaa! Trade your brains in for shovels, because you should bury yourselves during important times like elections. Or at least turn in your citizenship for magic Moses beans. Then the beanstalk will trip you on the way to the polls... or the mailbox... or whatever. What I'm saying is, please don't vote without a brain... again.

Democratic Underground draws our attention to a July 16 interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show." Jeff Sharlet, journalist and author of the book "The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power," speaks of how the extramarital affairs committed recently by high-profile politicians were known about for months before the knowledge became public. The fellowship and The Family as a whole supposedly knew, and in some cases, a lot of money began to change hands in order to keep things quiet. And that appears to be just the tip of the iceberg at C Street House. As Sharlet puts it, "There's a level when you are at the C Street house, It's almost like a fundamentalist frat house. The Family sees their oath to one another as more important than their accountability to the public."

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