back in nineteen eighty this
so much began a year its just incredible back in nineteen eighty
the reagan campaign and the Republican Party made a deal with the guys who led
the Christian Right
movement in america public officials sat down would like to jerry falwell ralph
reed pat robertson
and made a deal the deal was about mutual support the republican party
would support the Christian Right
its teachings and its messages and I think I control the government they
transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to
Christian efforts ranging from Christian Schools outreach centers
are free and the guys a sex education programs soup kitchens and shelters
in exchange the christian right would support the economic and political goals
the Republican Party
and ever since that deal was done the Republican Party has been positioning
themselves
as the Christian party and the party of God
support the Taliban and things got really odd
while Reagan the Messiah the Republican Party I was never went to church
and launched a war called reaganomics on poor and working people while vastly and
ricin the already rich
and George W Bush shoes presidency ushered in a second wave a Republican
religion ya city in America
anyone said that he had made the decision to commit my heart to Jesus
Christ
went on to kill hundreds of thousands
in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this is the same George W Bush
who also told Palestinian leaders in 2003 the quote
I'm driven with a mission from God
God would tell me George go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan and I
did in God would tell me George go in and the tourney in Iraq
and I did end of quote yes that's an actual quote from George W Bush
this is not Christian behavior by pretty much any metric
in Matthew 25 G's was very specific about what it means to be a Christian
it for for I was hungry and you gave me something to eat I was thirsty and you
gave me something to drink I was a stranger and you took me n
I was naked and you clothed me I was sick and you to carry me I was in prison
and you visited me
by that criteria the Republican Party is not a party that Jesus would recognized
for example earlier this month Republicans voted to cut billions in
spending from the snack food programs
the food stamp programs over 10 years and nearly three million Americans were
lost food assistance
next year as a result meanwhile republicans have repeatedly filibuster
to block legislation help almost veterans
have tried to cut programs like section 8 housing which provide affordable
housing to low-income residents
and have cut funding to homeless shelters nationwide just last year
according to Department of Housing and Urban Development Congressman Paul
Ryan's Republican austerity budget would've taken away housing assistance
nearly a million American households
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says the Republican driven sequesters
well the republican driven sequester has pushed as many as a hundred and forty
thousand American households into homelessness
and why Republicans refuse to address the epic
epidemic homelessness in America they're also refusing to address the issue of
health care
in this country el bomba care was passed so that more Americans could have access
to
healthcare help pay I'm secretary of okay sure
pro basic human cost what are the republicans done
39 times now they voted to repeal it and never once have they offered an
alternative
they're also working to slash funding does social safety net programs like
Medicare
and Medicaid which keep millions of low-income and elderly Americans
alive
the republican party says its pro-life the way jean endless wars
refusing to back background checks to keep violent people from buying guns and
taking away health care for millions a
American shows that they lie
and then there's the absurd claim republicans make a lobbying against
abortion and reality republican-backed policies are increase in the number of
abortions in america
public is love to push abstinence-only sex education but the only measurable
thing that an absence only education does
is increase the number of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted
diseases
the republican party also claims is pro-family but again throwing Americans
onto the street
slashing unemployment benefits devastating programs like snap in
medicaid
or prove otherwise in Matthew 6:24 the new test in the Sermon on the Mount
jesus said
no one can serve two masters you cannot serve both God and money
it's pretty clear the republicans are doing very little to serve got a whole
lot to serve money so
my suggestion if Republicans want to go down the Christian rodents that a
listening to hustlers like ralph reed pat robertson they could start by
listening to Pope Francis
Pope Francis the leader the Catholic Church the largest sector Christianity
in the world
has repeatedly denounced the very idea is that today's Republican Party
promotes
in May this pope with the poor lashed out against predatory capitalism saying
that
quote quoting the Pope unbridled capitalism has taught the logic
of profit at any cost up giving in order to receive
I've exploitation without looking at the person
back in July he said that the global community must quote fight
against wild capitalism and confront social injustice
end quote Pope Francis's even concerned about the environment something
republicans Bragg
about trash in exploiting juries trip to Brazil is passed we pop for
Pope Francis call for quote respect and protection up the entire creation which
God has entrusted demand
not so that it can be indiscriminately exploited but rather made into a garden
the pop preaches tolerance something the very intolerant Republican Party could
learn about just this morning
the pop told reporters that quote if someone is gay and he searches for the
Lord as goodwill
who am I to judge
sup Republicans really want to keep ourselves Christians
if they want to continue waving their flag and say oh yeah I we're the party
of the Christians
at the very least they should start listening to the pope
not that he speaks for all Christians but I mean it's like over a billion
Christians
they should start listening to this guy and change their policies to reflect the
basic
tenants of Christianity
can feel that guy who started it Jesus
and a sermon but you know I just
something just doesn't add up here the pope is making its sole
cleared
that you know how how somebody who really really follows Christianity would
behave in with speaker relative
to how the Republican Party defense is so close you're listening to the Thom
Hartmann program
call 866 987 thon
yeah I thought Jay 2p2 is a pretty good pope I had thought that it was a little
odd this guy Francis that's a good
of