Politics: Kerfuffle Shuffle by Marston Moore
[F]or my money, give me an ideological struggle any time – a real battle for the
Soul of a party! Behold, the Republicans. . .
Curiously, most of the voters in Albuquerque’s City Council District 9 probably
don’t realize they’re at the epicenter of a showdown between two factions of the GOP – the Religious Right and the corporate
wing. On November 15, a run-off election pits challenger Don Harris against incumbent Tina Cummins.
At the national
level, the God and Mammon factions coexist quite comfortably at the heart of George Bush’s coalitional base. And for that matter,
devotees of the so-called “Prosperity Gospel” cult seem to have obliterated doctrinal differences, banishing the blessed poor from the
kingdom altogether.
But here in Albuquerque’s District 9, the two factions are duking it out, although it’s all under the radar.
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After all, it might be interesting to place someone on the City Council who just might harbor thoughts unthinkable to most of
the rest of us – that George Bush is not doing ENOUGH to establish a state religion in America.
And while we’re at it, let’s
give the local GOP a big hand for offering the voters of District 9 such an intriguing choice: Shall it be Harris or Cummins? God or
Mammon? The total wacko or the little bit wacky?