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Gov. Bentley give Alabama a Black Eye

If one is elected governor and proceeds to balance budgets, lower taxes, end corruption, attract great businesses to the state, etc. and then announces that he (or she) is an atheist would the governor get the support of the religious right?
 
BamaJ said:
I have no chip on my shoulder. It's just ridiculous that certain groups can spew all their hate and what it is that they believe, but when someone stands up for God, they're all but burned at the stake. Sorry, but there will come a day when these who don't believe will face judgement and all I can say for them is they better hope they're right.
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all but burned at the stake? what is it with this persecution fetish that is so prevalent among the christian right these days? getting questioned, or even mocked for that matter, over stating your beliefs only affects you if you let it, and isn't even in the same league as being injured or killed for your beliefs. thinking it is so is insulting to the millions of humans over time who have actually been persecuted for their beliefs, whatever those may be.

so yeah, thinking that you are somehow being persecuted for professing your brand of christianity, while all those other heathens are getting off "scott free", counts as a chip.
 
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Bodhisattva said:
If one is elected governor and proceeds to balance budgets, lower taxes, end corruption, attract great businesses to the state, etc. and then announces that he (or she) is an atheist would the governor get the support of the religious right?
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I don't even think he would have to go so far. Pick a wedge social issue (e.g. gay rights or abortion), and I think if he came down on the opposite side of it, then he's not getting their support - at least not in Alabama.
 
I saw a thread by Savannah Dare about how we don't give proper care for the mentally unstable.

I agree. We seem to elect them instead. :)

Bentley's blunder was no mistake. I imagine he think's it's a winning strategy for getting votes in Alabama, and it may well be.

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RJ YellowHammer said:
Boston, while I agree with the sentiment you're trying to convey, the sitting Governor can't say that anywhere - not even in Church. I'm sure Gov. Bentley didn't mean "you're less of a person if you aren't a Christian," but it will be portrayed that way. He'll issue a clarification of some sort, which will get very little play, so he's put himself in a hole. You can't say things that will be perceived so poorly when you're a State's Chief Executive. You just can't.
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Especially a Chief Executive that is trying to attract businesses to the state that may or may not be Christian run businesses. I would think portrayal of that thought in the negative light by the media could hurt the attraction of new jobs to the state (besides Chick-Fil-As obviously).
 
Bama4Ever831 said:
Especially a Chief Executive that is trying to attract businesses to the state that may or may not be Christian run businesses. I would think portrayal of that thought in the negative light by the media could hurt the attraction of new jobs to the state (besides Chick-Fil-As obviously).
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We had a governor (Gov. Finch) in Miss. during the 1970s who, when addressing a local Jewish civic organization, said, "It's great to be up here speaking to all you good Christians."

Politicians can be such rubes. Especially Southern politicians.
 
It's On A Slab said:
Politicians can be such rubes. Especially Southern politicians.
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And they can also appear to be rubes to play to the "common man". For all the politicians that look like idiots or country bumpkins, I guarantee there's a good percentage that are just playing a character so they can come across as "one of the people". Most people, from what I've seen, honestly don't want a politician that comes across as smarter or better than them.
 
BamainBoston said:
Guess you missed that there bit in parentheses. Or the "I understand what you are saying RJ, and practically and politically speaking I think you are probably right."
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Didn't miss it; it's just not the universal disclaimer you want it to be. I.e., when you talked about people taking any opportunity to attack Christianity, you were what...just being alarmist?
 
Imagine a Japanese auto company is being recruited by two or three different states, including Alabama. Japanese can be very touchy about insults...they might not appreciate that all Christians are considered "brothers" by the Governor of Alabama, and everybody else will need to convert to get to that status.
I can't twist this any way that makes what he said helpful in bringing jobs to Alabama. It was an unfortunate thing for him to have said, although it will play well to a certain mindset.
 
DiamondDust said:
And they can also appear to be rubes to play to the "common man". For all the politicians that look like idiots or country bumpkins, I guarantee there's a good percentage that are just playing a character so they can come across as "one of the people". Most people, from what I've seen, honestly don't want a politician that comes across as smarter or better than them.
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Maybe not come across as "better", but he or she dang sure better be "smarter" than me (wouldn't have far to go to reach that bridge, granted, but he or she needs to be on the other side of it). I do not want any leader (county, state, federal) that is not smarter than I am; sorry, but that is a recipe for disaster.
 
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twofbyc said:
Maybe not come across as "better", but he or she dang sure better be "smarter" than me (wouldn't have far to go to reach that bridge, granted, but he or she needs to be on the other side of it). I do not want any leader (county, state, federal) that is not smarter than I am; sorry, but that is a recipe for disaster.
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Being smarter than you is one thing... putting up the public perception that they are or aren't is another.
 
DiamondDust said:
And they can also appear to be rubes to play to the "common man". For all the politicians that look like idiots or country bumpkins, I guarantee there's a good percentage that are just playing a character so they can come across as "one of the people". Most people, from what I've seen, honestly don't want a politician that comes across as smarter or better than them.
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Well Dr. B would have to play the part which I agree with you about but I would venture to guess that he is a LOT smarter than most of this state's citizenry. Hell, dermatologists are smarter than all of the other medical students that they graduate with. :)

Then again book smart is a great deal different than politically smart.
 
TexasBama said:
3 Truths of Religion

The Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah

Protestants do not recognize the Pope as head of the church

Baptists do not recognize each other in a liquor store
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I have to tell a story. Growing up, there was a Catholic family and a Baptist family, living next door to each other. The Catholics would have a glass of wine occasionally or a beer, but were by no means sots.
The Baptists would have big parties at which they served adult beverages. Lots of adult beverages.
Early one Sunday morning following one of the Baptists' parties, my buddy (son of the Catholic family) saw the father of the Baptist family putting trash in their neighbor's trash can in the alley out back. Out of curiosity, the son of the Catholic family checked out what they had chucked in his family's trash bins.
Sure, enough, it was all those liquor bottles.
I guess there was a risk of some member of the Baptist church driving down the alley and seeing all the liquor bottles.
I thought that was precious.
 
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