Just Another Day at the RNC

Via Cursor and Derelection 2004, here's an example of business as usual for the RNC:

The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.

The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.

This is the kind of ridiculousness that is typical of the GOP--see this Timshel post and link to the transcript--and the Democrats should do more than just complain. This sort of tripe could easily be countered--for instance, I think this editorial cartoon nicely counters a particularly ugly attempt by BushCheney to ridicule Kerry. Likewise, the scare tactics embodied in the concept that somehow Democrats would ban the Bible could be contrasted with advertising featuring progressive religious figures, of which there are A LOT.

It's time to point out that the GOP no more has a lock on religion than they do on patriotism--in fact, their actions show neither a love of country nor a particularly religious point of view.