Obviously as we move closer to primary elections, we’ll start to see the wedge issues swing into the fore. And yet, this year we’re hearing a great deal more about how disappointing the religious right is finding the entire stable of Republican hopefuls. So it’s not like the religious right is likely to be avid readers of our site, but we’ve got a nugget of info for them, and we’re gonna share it anyway:

Politicians have been pandering to you for eons. Many do not share your beliefs even slightly, while many more know your beliefs might be convenient during a primary election, but they’ll back way off once they get the nomination. Issues like gay rights and abortion are popular primary cycle issues, but since most registered voters live most of their lives without these issues ever truly impacting them, you should be suspect that the issues spent any time in the limelight at all.

We’re not trying to be cynical or anything, but it should be abundantly clear to every American that politicians have to appeal to a much broader base of people than their actual opinions could ever get them. For this reason, those who seek the highest offices, work tirelessly to make their message palatable to the largest possible audience. With regard to religion — which is the simplest of all manipulations — this sometimes means you conveniently become “born again”, and sometimes this means you espouse a “deep belief” which no intelligent person could possibly believe you truly hold.

Whether you’re a big fan of god or not, we think it’s about time you stopped letting politicians so easily pander to you with wedge issues that obscure the larger inefficacy of modern government.