I am a Catholic. I try to live a good and moral life. I try to help others as Jesus taught. As such, I am a liberal. As such, I am a Democrat.
I am a proud member of the Democratic Party.
And today, I was told that if I do not support President Bush in everything he does, then I do not support Jesus. I do not support my faith. I indeed am in violation of my religious upbringing.
Today was a Declaration of War in its most starkest terms. It was delivered to me just moments ago when I logged onto this site and read the Nazistic ramblings of a deranged Congressional leader of the Republican Party.
To Mr. Frist, I say, I hear you, and FUCK YOU.
You, fucking cat killer Dr. Mengele, will not and cannot preach to me about my faith. You will not and cannot lecture me on my patriotism. You will not tell me that because I do not support President Bush and his judicial nominations, that I am a sinner. I sin often in my life, and for those transgressions I confess to a priest.
NOT TO A FUCKING SENATOR. NOT TO A FUCKING PRESIDENT.
Further, I have nothing to confess. To oppose Bush is not a sin. It is what Jewish people call a Mitzvah. A good deed.
The lesson of Jesus Christ, and for that matter the lesson of all religions, is compassion, unity, brotherhood, faith in an afterlife, and moral values.
The lesson of Jesus Christ is not a political agenda. Jesus Christ does not pick sides in our fight. Indeed, the example of Pope John Paul II illustrates this. He fought against Communism. Yet he deplored the godless materialism of Capitalism. He condemned Abortion AND the conservative holy grail of the death penalty. He opposed murderous dictators like Pinochet and Saddam Hussein, yet opposed the unjust Iraq War.
Every side of the political spectrum in the United States claimed the Pope as their Champion after his passing. Yet the Pope did not choose sides. The sides choose him. God does not choose sides. We choose God.
For one side to claim devine support, and to accuse the other of transgressions against religion is against the examples of the Pope, Jesus Christ and God Himself.
Thus, today was the breaking point. Today, every Democrat, whether a normal citizen like me or an elected official at any level of government, must hear the clarion call.
WE MUST DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS.
FUCK THE REPUBLICANS. ALL OF THEM.
UPDATED: This is now our most urgent priority. Senator Frist must be shamed and disgraced. His career must end based on this one comment alone. Democrats cannot rest until his career is in tattered ruins. Harry Reid should now consider the Nuclear Option exercised, and he should unleash our counterattack. Democratic activists of every stripe must clog the phone lines of every Republican demanding the repudiation of Senator Frist and any Republican who dares utter support of his Naziesque notions. And it must be done now.