When I said what a beautiful day to a farmer selling
stuff at a roadside stand in Montgomery County, PA, I got a sermon on how there
are no beautiful days on earth. He began preaching about the "End
Times". I think this happened in pre-Millennium
1999.
During the next 19 years the “End
Times” went from a Republican Party fringe belief to a central part of GOP
politics.
The Republican Party's most unwavering supporters are
Evangelical Christians who fervently believe Jesus is coming back any day now.
Besides $T in arms deals, Christ coming back to Jerusalem,
bringing Christians to heaven with him, then cremating any Jews who don't
convert, is why Republicans support Israel.
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in his top-secret speech to a hate-group, said, it's not "the government’s job to immanentize the eschaton,”
he was reciting Republican Party boilerplate, Republican Party boilerplate not yet ready for the general public.
According to Evangelical Christian Republicans, life on earth
is supposed to be all misery all the time just like the farmer selling stuff at
the roadside stand said.
EXCEPT:
The wealthiest .01% and those guys sword dancing around the
orb can enjoy all the earth’s beauty they can grab. That’s Republican Party
boilerplate too.
American Prospect
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