RickScarborough is a former Southern Baptist and head of Vision America, VisionAmerica Action and the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration.Scarborough believes that the tenets of fundamentalist Christian morality applyto all civic affairs, and says: “I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican. I'ma Christocrat”.Tom DeLay counts Scarborough as one of his closest friends, though Scarborough has beencaught working closely with Alan Keyes as well– the purpose is of course to establish atheocracy by any means possible (especially bytargeting school children).He doesn’t seem to like immigrants either, suggesting that “more non-whitefamilies” (in particular Hispanics) means more single-parent households, whichin turnmeans less Christians.
He is alsofamous for opposing the otherwise moronic Texas Governor Rick Perry's decisionto vaccinate sixth grade children against the most dangerous kinds of HPV(later repeated by Michele Bachmann), because STDs are God’s punishment forbreaking His moral code about sex, and hence Just Punishment. “We can not overlookthe moral dimension. The governor's action seems to signify that God's morallaw regarding sex outside of marriage can be transgressed without consequence.”In other words, Scarborough unabashedly overlooks the moral dimension.Predictably, he has also claimed that AIDS isGod’s punishment for the immoralsexual behavior of gays.In 2011 he even attempted to channel Reagan tocondemn the CPAC decision to letconservative gay groups speak at the event.It is worth mentioning, however, that he appears to be a Rick Perry fan ingeneral – at least he thinks Perry’s Responseprayer rally actually did end the droughtin Texas,and that prayercontrolled the BP oil spill along the Gulf Coast - in spite of the fact that it didn't appear to do so particularly effectively (does it still countas a post hoc fallacy when the effect simply doesn’t exist?).
Scarboroughis the author ofdominionist books such as “Mixing Church and State” and “Liberalism Kills Kids” – the titleof the latter, given Scarborough’s other views, may actually sound like anendorsement of liberalism for all the wrong reasons. He hasasserted that“objective history shows that God gave us America”,though “objective” is obviously one of those three-syllable words Scarboroughnever mastered. He is also a firm critic of “activist judges” (and contributedto the book “Judicial Tyranny”), which apparentlymeans anyone responsible forcourt rulings to the effect that other people and groups have the same rightshe does.
Like wingnutTaliban extremists, Scarborough suffers from a severe persecution complex, and thusconsiders all political decisions he does not agree with to be personal attacksagainst him (or Him, but that amounts to thesame thing,it seems) that surelyviolate the First Amendment.
He is also, shockingly, abirther.
A fineScarborough resource can be foundhere.
Diagnosis:Taliban madman and theocrat. Usual stuff. Extremely influential and dangerous.
Scarboroughargues that the Affordable Care Act leads to tyranny, i.e. it is an intentional act of instituting tyranny from the Obama administration.
ReplyDeleteScarborough weighs in on Christian persecution, and his "argument" is certainly not sensitive to the facts.
ReplyDeleteAnd now Scarborough, in what may be one of the most idiotic ideas in the 21st century, has decided that he wants tosue The Gay - aclass action lawsuit against ... homosexuality. It's amazing that this guy even manages to put on his pants every morning, but it looks like he does.
ReplyDeleteWith immigration reform,says Scarborough, Mexicans will storm the borders and end the two-party system. I'll let the comment speak for itself.
ReplyDeleteHe's threatening to burn himself if gay marriage passes in Texas. Who's bringing the marshmallows?
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