I've been thinking. Why should I be surprised that the GOP is using fear? Their alignment with the Religious Right makes perfect sense. Religion has had a couple thousand years to perfect the fear thing. There are people out there that fear not getting into heaven so they do exactly what their pastor tells them to do. They've been primed to take orders and let other people do their thinking for them.
They believe in black and white. Either you're right or you're wrong. Always do the right thing. What they don't realize that if it was that easy to distinguish between right and wrong we wouldn't need religion. Religion is supposed to give us a set of ethical guidlines to help us out with the tough ones where your choice is between bad and worse. Real religion requires deep thought. Only chickens$$ts are afraid to think for themselves. They believe that if they make the wrong choice they won't get into heaven. Therefore it's much easier to go with the sure thing and let their Pastor do their thinking for them.
They are afraid. That's what this is all about. They are afraid of 9/11 and what it means for this world. Their fear makes them defensive and lash out at others not like them. To feel safe all others must be like them or go away. Because of this they justify their hate. They think they can get away with it because their pastors said so, it's in the Bible somewhere, or they can twist something in it for their own ends.
The Chickenshits are so afraid to leave their bunkers that they can't even get off their a** and go to war to defend our country.
We are no longer the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave but Land of the Dictatorship and Home of the Chickens**t.