Here we are on Christmas Day, and we would like to have the Christmas spirit far and wide in America.
But we cannot have that spirit, as the governing Republican Party at the end of 2017 is a shell of its old self.
The Republican Party today is not the party of Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, Thaddeus Stevens, and Charles Sumner. It is not the party of civil rights and racial equality.
The Republican Party today is not the party of Theodore Rooevelt, Robert La Follette, Sr., George Norris, and Charles Evans Hughes. It is not the party of progressive reform, of regulation of corporations and promotion of the environment.
The Republican Party today is not the party of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller, William Scranton, and Earl Warren. It is not the party of world leadership and moderate domestic reform.
The Republican Party today is not the party of Gerald Ford, Charles Percy, Mark Hatfield, and Charles Mathias. It is not the party of bipartisan domestic and foreign policy.
Instead, the Republican Party is now the worst elements imaginable, bereft of all principle, common decency, and concern for the American people who are not wealthy and privileged.
It is an evil party, which has committed massive crimes against the American people and the world community.
It is a party which has shown no concern about breaking up families; destroying people’s lives; and consorts with enemies of the American Constitution and democratic values.
It is a party which has set out to destroy all domestic tranquility and foreign stability, all in the lunatic and maniacal craziness to enrich themselves and exploit others.
It is a party which professes religiosity, but ignores the Judeo-Christian tradition of “good works”.
It is a party of hypocrisy and the promotion of lies.
It is a party of disgraceful, selfish, greedy men and women who have declared war on the long held traditions of their party, and their super nationalism, xenophobia, and fascist tendencies endanger all Americans of color, other religions, and women who resist their evil intentions.
It is a party which deserves to go into the dustbin of history!
Dump celebrated Christmas Eve by tweeting conspiracy theories and hinting at an FBI purge.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-is-celebrating-christmas-eve-by-tweeting-conspiracy-theories-and-hinting-at-an-fbi-purge-e889cde1dbe5/
Excellent article about Christmas. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/12/25/someday-at-christmas/#.WkES5j5CC2g.facebook
From the article, this is the beef I have with modern day Christianity as well: When it comes to Jesus, modern day Christianity focuses almost exclusively on his birth and death, forgetting much of what he did during his life.
I agree totally with you, Southern Liberal, that if people focused on the teachings of Jesus, the extreme right wing of Christianity would be non existent!
Excellent quote I saw on Twitter this AM:
2016 was depressing.
2017 was disgusting and disturbing.
2018 will be a fight for our very lives.