Stop turning Lincoln in his grave!

The Republican party was once known as the smart party, the responsible party. Their agenda was based on Fiscal responsibility and small government. Walks in George W. Bush who virtually destroyed the global economy and let behind him the largest government in the history of the U.S. The Republican party used to be great once (last time was probably at the time of Lincoln) why can't it be that again. The answer is simple: Religion.

During the last quarter century, religion has grasped the party and it is not letting go. When we laughed at Bush when he said God wanted him to attack Iraq and cleanse the world of evil, most republicans said "Hallelujah." The problem with religion, any religion, is it brings out the worst in people, religion encourages the blind faith kind of thinking. If your god asks you to bow to him and serve him without any proof of his existence, why can't we agree with our president without any proof of him being right or sane for that matter.

Religion has always encouraged that way of thinking (see crusades, witch hunts, Spanish inquisition, terrorists, middle east, Jerusalem, etc). That is exactly why we see the faces of the Republican party become stupider and more ignorant. Living in that kind of environment encourages ignorance that is why Republican politicians race to prove themselves the most ignorant. Remember last year when asked about evolution in a Republican Debate, most of the standing candidates said that they do not believe in it. In comes Bush, Palin, Jindal, Limbaugh and if you think that these people are crazy stupid, you should not expect any better. Those people are nothing but a product of their environment. If people looked Bush in the face and called him crazy when he opened his mouth and never voted him for president or looked at Palin's shortcomings and pointed them out instead of rallying her like she was the pope, the Republicans would not present the next failed attempt at a new face in Bobby Jindal. Even if he was named after that character from the Brady Bunch.