Republican Standard-Bearer Katherine Harris Says: It Is Sinful to Elect Jews and Muslims

Yes, it is the standard bearer of the Florida Republican Party at work:

Your Friday Afternoon Republican Juggernaut Update: After reading today's Florida Baptist Witness interview of Rep. Katherine Harris we can safely assume Ms. Harris is one Republikkkan who does not support the candidacy of Sen. Joe Lieberman...

If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you’re not electing Christians then in essence you are going to legislate sin. They can legislate sin. They can say that abortion is alright. They can vote to sustain gay marriage. And that will take western civilization, indeed other nations because people look to our country as one nation as under God and whenever we legislate sin and we say abortion is permissible and we say gay unions are permissible, then average citizens who are not Christians, because they don’t know better, we are leading them astray and it’s wrong.

Comments

[andres]

The Florida Baptist Witness ? Methinks you're being a mite unfair to Harris (whom I do loathe btw). In such a publication, she would say any preach-to-the-choir slogans she could think of to get out the vote and maintain the political commitment of right-wing Christians. Whether she actually believes what she said is another question altogether. The poor dear probably thought no one in the mainstream would get a hold of text from an obscure local Florida publication. Pre-internet thinking.

[MaryLou]

Thanks for the translation, Brad. I found her statement almost incoherent after the first sentence.

[anne]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/nyregion/26green.html?ex=1314244800&en=37ebea984b555591&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

August 26, 2006

A Power Hitter. And a Source of Jewish Pride.
By ANDY NEWMAN and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Not that there's any pressure on Shawn Green to succeed in New York, but when Mr. Green — power-hitting right fielder, two-time All-Star, Jew — took the field in a Mets uniform for the first time on Thursday, a fan named Corey Mintz held up a poster with Mr. Green's photo on it.

"The messiah has arrived," the poster read....

[Oh dear, you mean they even let them play baseball?]

[bakho]

Rolling stone is on the story:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/7235393/the_crusaders/

Meet the Dominionists -- biblical literalists who believe God has called them to take over the U.S. government. As the far-right wing of the evangelical movement, Dominionists are pressing an agenda that makes Newt Gingrich's Contract With America look like the Communist Manifesto. They want to rewrite schoolbooks to reflect a Christian version of American history, pack the nation's courts with judges who follow Old Testament law, post the Ten Commandments in every courthouse and make it a felony for gay men to have sex and women to have abortions. In Florida, when the courts ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed, it was the Dominionists who organized round-the-clock protests and issued a fiery call for Gov. Jeb Bush to defy the law and take Schiavo into state custody. Their ultimate goal is to plant the seeds of a "faith-based" government that will endure far longer than Bush's presidency -- all the way until Jesus comes back.

In their own words here:

http://www.coralridge.org/

[Vince Lawrence]

I like that - "pre internet thinking." I do not however subscribe to the popular notion of the de facto "power of the internet." I think some statistical investigation would show that those dedicated to this new communication construct are still in a small minority here in the U.S. I would rather more cautiously call it "a potentialy powerful force." This issue is not why I decided to put my two cents worth in here.

In the almost unintelligable remarks of Katherine Harris posted above was this gem: "And that will take western civilization, indeed other nations because people look to our country as one nation as under God..." She can't be serious, can she? Does she and others like her really believe that this is how the rest of the world, or rather "western civilization" views the U.S.?

In a letter to the editor to my local newspaper (The Steubenville Herald Star,) and carried last Sunday I challenged my very religious community thus: 'A Christian Nation? That may be true in an accounting sense, but we have pursued and accomplished little lately that would meet the approval of The Prince Of Peace.' And I'm a true agnostic by the way, which does not preclude my admiration for Christ's simple message that "all men are brothers". It was revolutionary then, and it remains so today.

It matters little if her remarks were meant for the duly indoctrinated; it still betrays an ignorance of reality on her part and on those she was addressing. As evidence of the limited power of the internet, how many progressives have not heard the quote by John Negroponte addressing a Republican fundraiser in which he said that (to paraphrase)"we intend to shrink the size of the Federal Government to the point that it can be drowned in a bathtub." How many ("moderate")Americans have heard this remark and pondered the true significance of what it portends? Not many apparently.

[Stuart]

Sounds like 'ol Katherine's been dipping into Pat Robertson's stash...

[anon]

Vince Lawrence:

The 'drown government in a bathtub' comment was by Grover Norquist, not Negroponte.

[Vince Lawrence]

Thanks for the correction. I found this site while tracking back on opinion pieces concerning the passing of J.K. Galbraith and out of curiosity (I despise Katherine Harris) opened this forum page. Events are moving so quickly - (I can't keep the Generals straight either) Norquist, Negroponte - both are just specialists in their own field of power application. Should have checked before I posted.

Maybe my reluctance to place much hope in the internet comes from being a Dean supporter in '04. Researched him (internet) before the Iraq invasion, sent money, joined up, Meet-Up, gave more money, wrote letters, and here in Ohio it was over before we had a chance to make a choice. Saw Howard on Charlie Rose about a year ago(?) and he concluded that his campaign failed because it did not successfully transition from underdog to frontrunner. The internet germinated his campaign, but failed in the long run to seed fundamental grassroots political momentum. (no, I'm not a farmer)

Well, Negroponte or Norquist, I'm sure Mr. Galbraith had something to say before he died concerning that proclaimed intent. George Will spitting on J.K.'s casket as it was being lowered into the ground promted me to read Economics And The Public Purpose. In light of Galbraith's analysis and critique, the U.S. today is transparently understood. What's not understood is the way out. Can the internet help lead us there? It will have to stay ahead of those hands trying to wrap around its neck and strangle it.