THE TRUTH ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE POLITICAL CHURCHES ON THE EXTREME RIGHT

Paul Hackett, currently engaged in a spirited primary race for Ohio's Senate seat, has been pretty outspoken on underlying issues important to people in Ohio and in the rest of the country. Sunday's COLUMBUS DISPATCH catches everybody up on where Hackett is on the issues.

In response to the call for IRS investigations into illegal and unconstitutional meddling in politics by right-wing churches, Hackett sent a clearly-worded press release: "The Republican Party has been hijacked by religious fanatics, who are out of touch with mainstream America. Think of the recent comments by Pat Robertson-- a religious fanatic by any measure-- that the United States should assassinate a democratically elected leader in Venezuela, and that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment because Sharon wished to trade land for peace. Since the Republican Party has been utterly unable to stand for something positive, they have created an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, and have pandered to religious fanatics not to vote for something they believe in, but to vote against their fellow Americans with whom they disagree. Those among us who would use religion and politics to divide rather than unite Americans should be ashamed."

Check out Paul's website to read how the Ohio Republican Party, currently drowning in corruption and criminality, has responded to Hackett's call for a return to Constitutional wisdom in terms of separation of church and state, by calling him a "radical nut."