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"The rise of the South produced the religiosity of the Republican Party." -Kevin Phillips; Interview, C-SPAN After Words, March 25, 2006
==paul c vitz======
One of the major characteristics of moral decline in the United States in recent decades has been the rapid growth of moral relativism. The idea is now widespread that each individual has some kind of a sovereign right to create, develop, and express whatever values he or she happens to prefer. . . . Hard work, self-reliance, self-control, the delaying of gratification, sexual restraint, an active concern for democracy and patriotism have all fallen on hard times. Unfortunately, America has now reached the point where it permits almost everything and stands for almost nothing—except a flabby relativism. --Paul C. Vitz (Ph.D., Stanford University)
==russell vought======
Why Russell Vought Is Worse Than Watergate
Colson was the most viciously partisan member of President Richard Nixon’s White House team. He described himself as Nixon’s “hatchet man” and hung a sign in his house that said “When you’ve got ’em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” Colson also supposedly said he would run over his own grandmother to elect Richard Nixon (though that turned out to be a slight embellishment on what someone else said about Colson). Inevitably, Colson was the first Nixon aide to go to prison for his role in the Watergate scandal (for obstructing justice). Colson’s downfall prompted him to have a religious awakening. After he got out of jail he declared himself born again and started the nonprofit Prison Fellowship ministry, which is still in business thirteen years after Colson’s death. Although it’s quite conservative, Prison Fellowship has a record of doing good in the world, promoting rehabilitation, less severe sentences for drug offenders, and so on. In Colson’s day, conservatives believed you could be a hatchet man or you could commit yourself wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ, but you couldn’t do both at the same time. How quaint! Today’s generation of conservatives rejects that false choice, none so vehemently as Vought
(New Republic; 12.29.25) READMORE>>>>>
Colson was the most viciously partisan member of President Richard Nixon’s White House team. He described himself as Nixon’s “hatchet man” and hung a sign in his house that said “When you’ve got ’em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” Colson also supposedly said he would run over his own grandmother to elect Richard Nixon (though that turned out to be a slight embellishment on what someone else said about Colson). Inevitably, Colson was the first Nixon aide to go to prison for his role in the Watergate scandal (for obstructing justice). Colson’s downfall prompted him to have a religious awakening. After he got out of jail he declared himself born again and started the nonprofit Prison Fellowship ministry, which is still in business thirteen years after Colson’s death. Although it’s quite conservative, Prison Fellowship has a record of doing good in the world, promoting rehabilitation, less severe sentences for drug offenders, and so on. In Colson’s day, conservatives believed you could be a hatchet man or you could commit yourself wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ, but you couldn’t do both at the same time. How quaint! Today’s generation of conservatives rejects that false choice, none so vehemently as Vought
(New Republic; 12.29.25) READMORE>>>>>