Novel imagines Sarah Palin presidency ("Christian Nation")

The Politico ^ | July 3, 2013 | Patrick Gavin

[2ndDivisionVet]

The McCain/Palin ticket lost in 2008, right? Fiction can change that.

”Christian Nation” is a new novel from lawyer Fred Rich that wonders what would happen if the Republican ticket won in 2008. But Rich goes even further than that, plotting a would-be Palin presidency after McCain passes away in the novel.

And although it’s fiction, Rich is dead serious about what a Palin presidency would mean for the country. As the title suggest, Rich is concerned about how religious extremists on the right could upend society.

“If somebody like Sarah Palin, who holds so firmly to this conviction that America is and should be a Christian nation, what would happen if she actually had the power to implement it?” Rich says his book “paints a picture of what that path would look like.”

“How could the federal courts, which are the only defense against all the nonsense you see out of the state legislatures, how could the federal court system be neutralized? What legislative strategies could the Christian right pursue were they in control of the Congress? It shows that it’s not impossible or unthinkable for them to actually be able to implement that agenda.”

What would happen, according to Rich and the book is a government that claims to speak for God and policies based solely on the Bible, which would overwhelming hurt gay Americans.

Rich says he used to be Roman Catholic, but now he’s an atheist. And he used to be a Republican, but now he’s an independent. And he says his book shouldn’t offend all Christians, just the extreme ones.

“This book is not intended to be a shrill, bombastic addition to this conversation. It’s intended to be a much more thoughtful piece of work.....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Do you really write novels and do plays and movies about someone you're trying to ignore or someone who is washed-up and insignificant?

[a fool in paradise]

Fearmongering from the Marxist left that told us the Red Scare was unfounded hysteria about Soviet influence in American media and the State Department.

FUFredRich

Breaking News: 34% of Your Fellow Citizens Want a Theocracy Posted: 06/18/2013 3:20 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-rich/breaking-news-34-of-your-_1_b_3461262.html
by Fred Rich
Author, ‘Christian Nation’

[Bryanw92]

I pity the poor butt pirates and rug munchers. Christians really don’t care what they do. We just don’t want to see it or hear about it. They think they’re so important and the topic of conversation. But the vocal ones are just immature attention whores. Like the author of this book.

[sonofagun]

Of course, the demonization of the left’s greatest fear starts well before the presidential campaign season.

[LucianOfSamasota]

And he says his book shouldn’t offend all Christians, just the extreme ones ones who actually serve Christ.

[Cicero]

I had to read this a bit to see where it was going. Opposite to what I first expected.

The U.S. has always been a “Christian Nation.” Up until now. And it wouldn’t have been a bad thing if a Christian had made it into the White House.

Sarah did NOTHING to impose Christianity on unwilling Alaskans. What her Christianity did was to teach her the difference between right and wrong—not a bad thing for a politician to understand.

But the left just doesn’t get that. They’d rather kill babies, have gay affairs, and smoke pot.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Here he is again, over at Daily Beast:

We’re Not a Christian Nation
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/03/we-re-not-a-goddamn-christian-nation.html

[faucetman]

“Rich says he used to be Roman Catholic, but now he’s an atheist.”

Don’t you just love it when non Christians, especially atheists, tell US what Christianity is all about?

[Catsrus]

I think its obvious that we are no longer a Christian nation.

[AFreeBird]

Oh good grief!

Sarah may be a very Christian woman, but I’m fairly certain that she’s read the Bill of Rights, that includes that 1st amendment freedom of religion (or no religion) and would defend them to her dying breath.

Yea, yea, yea, Sarah’s all washed up, yesterday’s news... Snort!

[ArrogantBustard]

And he says his book shouldn’t offend all Christians, just the extreme ones.

Well ... I'm an extreme Christian. I'm not offended.

I am concerned for the state of his soul ... he seems to be on a path which will end badly. May God grant him the grace of repentance and conversion.

[Sirius Lee]

Rich says he used to be Roman Catholic, but now he’s an atheist gay. And he used to be a Republican, but now he’s an independent gay. And he says his book shouldn’t offend all Christians, just the extreme ones damned breeders.

[Oak Grove]

What would the United States look like with a President who had a world-review that was rooted in biblical wisdom?

The answer from history is clear.

The country would look exactly as it was from 1607 until 1960.

Been there. Done that. Have the Constitution.

[Buckeye McFrog]

As great as she is, Sarah would not be able to reverse everything that is now ailing this nation in four years. Or in eight. Or in eighty-eight.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Then who do you propose?

[Wanderer99]

But the left just doesn’t get that. They’d rather kill babies, have gay affairs, and smoke pot

and rape and violent abuse and murder...all things that leftists hold sacred.

[Buckeye McFrog]

It’s beyond the power of any one person or any short-term solutions. That was kind of my point. Frankly I don’t think it’s getting fixed in my lifetime.

Not to say it would not be a HUGE relief to see her there as opposed to the current occupant.

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

As someone who has outbred Sarah Palin by 100%, I can only say to Mr. Rich, “Sucks to be you, doesn’t it?”

[NonValueAdded]

They are still scared spitless of her. Not meant to be shrill, bombastic ... yeah, right.

[Othniel]

There was that book 'A Handmaid's Tale' about how oppressive it would be in a Christian society, women not having any right, yadda yadda yadda, but the reality is played out in Islamic countries on a daily basis, and guys like Rich and the ugly feminists say nothing and sit on their hands. Sarah's dog would've made a better pres than the idiot in the White House now!