The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur- 'Dominionism: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry Share Radical Religion Ties'

Source:The Daily Beast- Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, being captured by religious fundamentalists.

"A Daily Beast piece explains how 2012 Republican presidential candidates and Tea Party favorites Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry share ties to a radical fundamentalist Christian movement known as Dominionism. Cenk Uygur, Richard Eskow and Brian Unger discuss on The Young Turks." 

From The Young Turks 

"With Tim Pawlenty out of the presidential race, it is now fairly clear that the GOP candidate will either be Mitt Romney or someone who makes George W. Bush look like Tom Paine. Of the three most plausible candidates for the Republican nomination, two are deeply associated with a theocratic strain of Christian fundamentalism known as Dominionism. If you want to understand Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, understanding Dominionism isn’t optional." 

From The Daily Beast

As a Liberal Democrat with a strong belief in liberal democracy, who believes free people in a free society should be able to live freely, without government interfering in how free people should live their own lives as long as we are not hurting anyone else with their freedom. 

I get worried every time I here Big Government Democrats or Republicans (Socialists on the Far-Left and Christian-Fundamentalists on the Far-Right) come out in favor of policy's that restrict our freedom, whether its economic or personal freedom. And thats exactly what you get from Republican (in name only) presidential candidates Michele Bachmann an Rick Perry, two candidates who both believe the fastest route to the Republican nomination for President is with the Christian-Right and getting their support. 

In Michele Bachmann's case at least she truly believes in the Christian-Right agenda. And with Rick Perry, I just don't know enough about him to decide if he's playing politics or if he truly believes in this agenda. But with Representative Bachmann's case you have a long record going back to 2004 when she was in the Minnesota Senate coming out against equal rights for homosexuals (to use as an example) and then in I believe July signing that pledge from a Far-Right religious group coming out for laws banning pornography and a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. What happened to states rights in this case, they've always regulated marriage straight and gay. 

Every time I hear Michele Bachmann say she's a "Constitutional Conservative" I feel like flushing the toilet, literally. (Or believe she should be required to say that under oath) Constitutional conservatism is not about amending the Constitution but living within it (especially government) and not trying to get around it. At best Michele Bachmann is a Christian-Conservative (more like fundamentalists or even a theocrat) replacing the Constitution with an interpretation of the Bible to govern the country. 

While Rick Perry has decided he's going to be a Christian-Conservative at least for this presidential campaign. As well as a fiscal Conservative on economic policy, even though his fiscal record as Governor of Texas suggests otherwise with pile of debt Texas piled on. As well as all the Texas Government jobs he created. (If you need a job in Texas, talk to Governor Rick Perry) 

Every time you hear a so-called Christian-Conservative say they are anti-big Government and a Constitutional Conservative (check to see if it's currently snowing in Las Vegas in July) please do yourself a favor and take that with a mountain. (Actually, take it with Salt Mountain) As well as look to see how many constitutional amendments that would restrict our freedom that they are in favor of. 

People who are called Christian-Conservatives in America believe that our problems as a country have to do with some as former serial political candidate and loser Alan Keyes said: "Our moral crisis" and that our problems have to do with our moral character. 

As Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has said this, Rick Santorum is in favor of empowering the Federal Government to regulate marriage in America. He's in favor of one marriage law for the whole country regulated by the Federal Government. As well as a constitutional amendment to make this happen. 

The Far-Right in America (just to be completely accurate) believe that we have too much personal freedom in America and that the Federal Government should restrict it and even pass constitutional amendments to make that happen. 

So when you hear presidential candidates come out against Big Government, don't take the word at face Value if you are not very familiar with them. And take the time to look into their record especially as it gets to what they've said in the past. Because you remember they are politicians or aspiring politicians. And are politicians unfortunately are prone to say what they believe we want to hear.