This video interview of author Frank Schaeffer by Rachel Maddow is worth a listen to if you want some insight into the Evangelical power hold over the Republican Party. It was aired back in September in the lead up to the November election. In it, the former Evangelical turned critic Schaeffer describes the cultish undertow drawing the Republican Party away from what many of us call reality into "La-La land." Schaeffer says he knows of no Republican brave enough to bark down the mad dogs for whom anything good is bad because they seek negative feedback to reinforce their belief that America is being punished for its "sinfulness".Eco-Savvy Storytellers watching the greening of politics.

"A village cannot reorganize village life to suit the village idiot."

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Frank Schaeffer, author of “Crazy For God” was on Rachel Maddow last night, pulling these conservatives card who think that Obama is the Anitchrist. I love when he said that this conservative evangelical population is upset because “they know they’ve been left behind by modernity, by science, by education, art, literature; while the rest of [...]

Hier spricht Frank Schaeffer in einem Interview über das „Lala-Land“ der fundamentalistischen Christen in den USA. In diesem Zusammenhang empfehle ich noch mal sich „Religulous“ von Bill Maher zu Gemüte zu führen.