Sick of It All

A bit belatedly, John Kerry chastises Republicans for their God politics: for politicizing religion, having an “‘orthodoxy of view,'” and suggesting they understand Judeo-Christianity better than liberal believers; and for “using God” to justify political moves. Speaking to a group of Massachusetts voters down to visit D.C., Kerry said he was “‘sick and tired of a bunch of people trying to tell me that God wants a bunch of conservative judges on the court and that’s why we have to change the rules of the United States Senate,'” and also sick and tired of the whole bunch’s values talk: “‘We’re talking about values? You show me where in the New Testament Jesus ever talked about the value of having taxes and taking money from poor people to give to the rich people in this country.'”