This is How You Critique Sarah Palin
Geoff Botkin has written a well-ordered article that does not simply focus on the glorious place of the woman fulfilling her calling in the home. He exposes the reasoning behind her selection and the attempt by the GOP to hoodwink evangelicals once again in a more devious way: by redefining evangelicalism itself with a female superstar.
The story of the year, however, is not the arrogance of the Republican strategists. It is not their dishonest theology. It is the blind credulity of Evangelical leaders and pastors. Evangelical Christians are willing to be “discipled” by a deceitful political party whose god is the state. Evangelicals have proven themselves to be willing to acknowledge the Republican Machine as a spiritual authority on matters of faith and conscience, as long as the teaching is sufficiently spiritual.Republicans are statists. We should all know that. Most evangelicals are Republicans. We know that as well. Therefore, evangelicals are predominantly statists, though just a tad less statist than a Democrat. And before our national crisis deepens--exposing the fraudulent system--the Republican Party is seeking to gather in the Conservative Christian base with a manufactured poster girl. At least that's what Botkin argues. I just happen to agree.
