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meimichanElizabeth Dole is about to lose her senate seat. She's in North Carolina, I'm registered to vote in Ohio. I could care.
Except...suddenly I do. Not about either candidate running for her seat, but the living fucking proof that in spite of all laws and say-so to the contrary, you need to be an active practicing Christian to hold office in this country. It's a qualification.
I think Colin Powell might well have said the smartest thing while making his endorsement.
"And the right answer is that he's a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is a Muslim? What is so wrong with a 7-year-old Muslim[non-Christian]-American thinking he or she can grow up to be President of the United States?"
Sing it. And I really wish Kay Hagan had said something to this effect, but I'm not surprised that she didn't.
I am not nor have I ever seriously planned on running for office-90% of my entire platform would probably involve shooting lobbyists(the other 10% would go towards furthering the Atheist Agenda and the Gay Agenda...any other agendas that the fundies will shit a brick over that I forgot?). It still seriously pisses me off that how religious you are is a stronger indication of your electability than how good at the job you are. We're not there yet.
Except...suddenly I do. Not about either candidate running for her seat, but the living fucking proof that in spite of all laws and say-so to the contrary, you need to be an active practicing Christian to hold office in this country. It's a qualification.
I think Colin Powell might well have said the smartest thing while making his endorsement.
"And the right answer is that he's a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is a Muslim? What is so wrong with a 7-year-old Muslim[non-Christian]-American thinking he or she can grow up to be President of the United States?"
Sing it. And I really wish Kay Hagan had said something to this effect, but I'm not surprised that she didn't.
I am not nor have I ever seriously planned on running for office-90% of my entire platform would probably involve shooting lobbyists(the other 10% would go towards furthering the Atheist Agenda and the Gay Agenda...any other agendas that the fundies will shit a brick over that I forgot?). It still seriously pisses me off that how religious you are is a stronger indication of your electability than how good at the job you are. We're not there yet.
