[niteowl77]

There’s nothing new about this. Eight years of Obama and a powerful, remote internationalist government, combined with a stagnant, controlled economy, have definitely left a lot of people justifiably angry and resentful. The disturbing thing is that people aren’t looking for a realistic solution (in my opinion, it’s all about reducing the government and growing the economy) but for a savior.

People have always wanted to believe in the man on the white horse and they have always been disappointed and things have always ended worse for them than before.

And you can get that man in either secular or religious flavor.

Mr. niteowl77

[livius]

Yes, you certainly can. However, religion (or Christianity, at least) has been virtually eliminated from the public square and has so little influence or importance in our society anymore that we’re not likely to get a religious demagogue. Not a Christian one, at any rate!