What Has Happened To Cal Thomas?
By Christopher G. Adamo
July 19, 2007
Few Americans, back when first subjected to the insipid banalities of Jimmy Carter, presumed him to be a deliberately malignant force striving to wreak horrendous harm on the country. Rather, he was perceived as a naive imbecile who was had merely gotten in over his head after having fallen into the presidency in the wake of Nixon, Watergate, and the lackluster administration of Gerald Ford.
Yet over time Carter continued to degenerate, and especially in recent years, arrived at a point where he consistently calls good "evil," and evil "good." As a result, he now holds a prominent position as spokesman and apologist for any vile entity that seeks to justify itself on the basis of America's faults. Clearly, at some point Carter crossed over to the "dark side."
Sadly, another prominent American is headed down this same path. Nationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas, once a beacon of light for mainstream America, has descended beyond the point of mere ambiguity and confusion. He can now be counted upon, ostensibly in the name of offering a "Christian" perspective, to advance the cause of the counterculture while insidiously undermining those on the right.
If anything, Cal Thomas has inflicted far more harm in recent years than that which resulted from Jimmy Carter's venom, since Thomas fell from a position of far greater trust. And if his current writings are any indication, he is determined to take as many as possible with him. Consider, as one particularly stark example, his July 4 column.
Ostensibly presented as an uplifting piece focusing on American commonality set against an Independence Day backdrop, Thomas's narrative quickly deteriorates into an affront against traditional America, while attempting to elevate the political left. He begins by taking the kind of swipe at "talk radio" worthy of Harry Reid, Diane Feinstein, or Nancy Pelosi.
Worse yet, he does so under a completely false pretense (itself a fitting tactic among liberals) by suggesting that the American Heartland is some sort of sanctuary, free from the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity, as if the better part of the country is that which is shielded from them.
In truth, Middle America is the domain of talk radio, with its advocacy of American values and heritage, and rejection of those who would undermine such things. Yet Thomas sinks further still, to eventually make a contextual comparison between the segment of America that embraces talk radio (apparently meaning the conservative grassroots) and Nazi chieftain Herman Goering. Pelosi and Reid should be proud.
In his not-so-subtle manner, Thomas thus disparages conservatism and its ties to the Christian faith which is present on the political scene as a result of true conservatives in the Republican Party. In contrast, the only politician who he credits with speaking truth is Illinois Democrat and presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
While Obama's assertion, referenced by Thomas, that "religion is not the exclusive property of conservative Christians" is technically true, the suggestion that Republicans in general, or conservatives in particular claim otherwise is itself a vile and patently false accusation.
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