no character, but a character

A sense of character for some reason in the minds of those who identify as Republican core voters and as social conservatives, it is not so much the character of a person running for president that counts, rather how much that character can hate aloud, spew venom, and exclude more people then he or she can include. Those who add that not only are they social conservative core Republican voters but Christian/Family values conservatives seem to pay less heed to the character of the candidate but become enthusiastic and energetic if that character promotes scapegoating, dismissing, victimizing, and insulting anyone or anything that begs a question of difference.

For some reason those who proclaim they "are closer to God then thee", who know exactly God's intentions and act solely on them, who believe that God was the real general for the Revolutionary War somehow seem to back men and women with less character but prefer characters who can hate, demonstrate bias and bigotry, ignore the truth for its inconvenience and support men/women who luxuriate in hypocrisy. And for some reason those core Republican/Social/Religious/Family Values First Americans love to talk about the character of people but would rather support characters who use lies as truth, innuendo as fact and division as a means to make America great.

I am confused as to how or why men and women who publicly call for some citizens of this nation to be separate but equal, second class citizens, rant about God first and country second, who have been caught in lies only to try and backtrack the reason for their lies, who say they are religious but break many of the Ten Commandments are still high on the list to receive the nomination for the Republican/Tea Party primary for president? I am curious as to why it now longer matters about character but certainly matters more about just how much hate, venom and vitriol the future possible and future president can demonstrate to prove his/her qualifications for the job?

Wherever, whenever or however character to run for president stopped being a priority is a debate for the historians. But the fact that those running for the office of president from the Republican/Tea Party are more and more cartoon like characters is real. They climb to the top as if they are the pick of the month, they hate loudly for the core voters but then actually are found out by the media, the main stream and fall to the bottom of the litter. They blame someone else for their mistakes, miscues, meanderings, mishaps and begin the rise to the top again making sure to never own their faults.

Now we have Newt. He glows in the vapid disgust from anyone with a conscience, he grows in ego from the majority of those who refuse to acknowledge a mere beating of his heart, he galvanizes the haters who use God as their reason to hate and becomes a star.

His character is a sham, but somehow he is number one. The less he demonstrates character and instead becomes a character he rises in popularity. This country will be a sad place if he is elected as president, but this country will be a sadder place knowing that it was people who have no character who elected him.