Sometimes, it is tough being a liberal. Rush and his legions of loyal Dittoheads call you a \u201clibertard\u201d and like to pretend they\u2019re more skillful at being Americans than you. As a liberal, you think this country and the world could be better places and want to help make those ideals come true. Conservatives warn that you\u2019re actually a communist and the folks at Fox News howl and hiss that you and your type want to wipe your feet (or worse) with the U. S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
When all else fails, and conservatives start losing their case on the merits, they pull out the Big God Gun. They claim to have the Lord on their side.<\/p>\n
How do you argue with that?<\/p>\n
THEN COMES A BIT OF SERENDIPITY and the Republicans field a ticket with Mitt Romney for President and Paul Ryan waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, being a liberal is pure pleasure.<\/p>\n
Now you begin to feel that healthy liberal doubt rising once more. How can people like Ann Coulter on the right insist they have God on their side, when God can\u2019t seem to get His Own message straight? Is the Bible the last and only true word from above? Which version of the Bible? KJV? NIV? Is it where we must go for all answers, about gay marriage and abortion, and even scientific topics like global warming, or not? And what about the Book of Mormon or the Koran? Is that what God, speaking to Moses thousands of years ago, simply forgot?<\/p>\n
Ross Douthat, a prominent voice in the conservative movement, argues in today\u2019s New York Times that Romney needs to open up his campaign narrative in the coming weeks. He needs to let voters catch a glimpse of his Mormon faith<\/a>. Sometimes, it is tough being a liberal. Rush and his legions of loyal Dittoheads call you a \u201clibertard\u201d and like to pretend they\u2019re more skillful at being Americans than you. As a liberal, you think this country and the world could be better places and want to help make those ideals come true. Conservatives warn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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