The Religious Right and Trump's Victory

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A lot of people are justifiably upset at the evangelical base of the Republican Party for turning out in droves to vote for Trump; a man who by all accounts is the antithesis of good, moral, Christian behavior. However, I'm actually quite pleased that the zealotry and quackery of the religious right was toned down this time around because of Trump.

If Ted Cruz had been the nominee, dear God...he would've made this election a referendum on good Christian behavior. It would've been nauseating. At least Trump didn't turn the debates into a confession monologue from the 700 club.

I hope this trend continues.

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A lot of people are justifiably upset at the evangelical base of the Republican Party for turning out in droves to vote for Trump; a man who by all accounts is the antithesis of good, moral, Christian behavior. However, I'm actually quite pleased that the zealotry and quackery of the religious right was toned down this time around because of Trump.

If Ted Cruz had been the nominee, dear God...he would've made this election a referendum on good Christian behavior. It would've been nauseating. At least Trump didn't turn the debates into a confession monologue from the 700 club.

I hope this trend continues.

Take a look at Ohio.

What they fake-Christians of the so-called religious right are *doing* isn't changing. If anything it is getting *worse*.

The hypocrisy at the high-profile level is just a little more obvious, that's all.

I never expected it to vanish after one election cycle. That kind of thinking is silly at best.

The Supreme Court isn't gonna uphold their proposals in the short term. And the long term trends don't look pretty for them on these issues.

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I hope this trend continues.

I don't.  If you had asked me about this ten or twenty years ago I'd have said sure, I'm getting sick of politicians interjecting their religious beliefs into campaigns and anything is better than those who wear their religion on their sleeves, but now I have seen the alternative.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and their campaign styles, are disgusting.  One was crude and the other was insulting.  One is addicted to his mobile phone and the other is addicted to platitudes and overconfidence.  This election was probably the most peurile I've seen.  As much as I am loathe to say it, I would prefer the holier-than-thou types to the low-brow campaigns that these two narcissistic individuals waged.

I see it differently.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump despise each other. If they had ran their campaigns under the pretense that they were forced to be civil with one another out of obligation then it would've come across as a complete lie. Nobody would've believed it. If either of them tried to out Jesus each other it would've been nasuating; at least to me it would have. Being nice to eachothers face or to the other when speaking in front of a public audience while simultaneously hating one another would've been exposed right away. Not sure how many people would've preferred watching that.

Sanders and Trump redefined how a politician speaks in a lot of ways. The fake rhythm and cadence, the timed pauses, the right inflection at certain points in their speech, etc. All of these tactics were thrown out the window by these two. Watching Ted Cruz speak then hearing it switch over to Trump was a breathe of fresh air. Cruz just reeked of slime and a used car salesman demeanor that drove me nuts.

If I had to pick between Ted Cruz/Romney/Hillary style of campaigning and speaking vs the Trump/Sanders way, then I would prefer the latter. One is cruel and honest about it; while the other is a lie that everyone can see.