among evangelicals. the bottom like is that he will fight for them. not that he himself is of christian faith. not even he himself is a manifestation of christian virtues, but they feel like they are involved in an existential struggle against a malicious enemy that they consider to be the left. and trump will try and vanquish that enemy. and do it in means that they themselves might be uncomfortable with dealing bip there s a ruthlessness of donald trump and dehumanization of him that they feel like is necessary to defeat a foe that they think will destroy most of what they know and love. the now president famously employed roy cohen as his attack dog, as his lawyer when a manhattan-based developer. as i read your piece, i was thinking it s as if the evangelical community has similarly hired a ringer, hired
is that what the roy moore surge should be interpreted as, a rejection of washington s so yet a sitting congressman and a sitting senator losing to an ousted judge with ties to the christian conservative community? with roy moore one thing to understand about roy moore is that roy moore s voters always show up for roy moore, no matter what. this is an off-year election, a primary for an off-year election, an election that take place a few days after paem eopo to school. one of the things that roy moore s voters really when you talk to them, what they say they like about him is that he s honest. they like his espousal of christian virtues, but they think that the fact that he was removed from the bench twice, once for the ten commandments and again for defying the u.s. supreme court on same-sex marriage, they think that shows
are in the top 10 most pro corporate justices in half a century. follow this pro corporate trend to its logical conclusion and sooner or later you ll end up with a supreme court that functions as a wholly-owned subsidiary of big business. that was massachusetts senator elizabeth warren yesterday excoriating the judicial branch of government add afl-cio. offering a reality tale of his own, chief justice scalia in houston said, in order for capitalism to work, in order for it to produce a good and stable society, traditional christian virtues are essential. scalia went on to argue the governmentalization of charity effects not just the donner but the recipient. what was once asked as a favor is demanded as sbiltsment. indeed, if only the poor people
not easy to prove and need all the documentation you can get. that documentation is bound in books like these. father, you have hundreds of books here. 5,000, more or less. the books try to show how the person lived the christian virtues, fortitude. there are like three volumes. the cause or process starts in the dioces where the person died before making its way to rome. a reputation for holiness is an important factor making someone a saint. it s the most democratic thing because it is the people of god who select their saints. , but being popular and holy are not the same thing. the famous example, michael jackson, michael jackson tied, half the world watched the funeral and are we going to