Conservative Columnist Kathleen Parker: GOP Should Give Up On God

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

It's always dangerous for a conservative to mess with the Republican Party's evangelical Christian base. During his 2000 presidential campaign, John McCain criticized Jerry Falwell and lost to George W. Bush in the Republican primary. Prior to his 2008 presidential run, McCain made peace with Falwell. Apparently, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker hasn't learned McCain's lesson, and she isn't in a conciliatory mood.

Parker had first stirred up controversy on the right back in September, when she said that Sarah Palin wasn't qualified to serve as vice president. That position earned her brickbats from her readers and even some colleagues. But Wednesday, in a column for the Washington Post, she went all in, arguing that the GOP needs to shake off its association with evangelicals to maintain it's long-term electoral viability. While she was at it, she tossed in a few insults directed at the faithful within the party, writing:


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Posted November 20th, 2008 1:52 AM by Syndicated