Perhaps the first clue, or the ten thousandth, was when many Democrats opposed the reinsertion of God into their party’s platform in 2012 and booed the judgment that the measure to do so had passed.  But now it’s all but official:

The Democrats are the party of the Devil.

Here’s the story, courtesy of CBS Boston:

Ruth Provencal is a devout Catholic whose favorite phrase when saying goodbye has now thrust her into controversy.

“I would say ‘thank you for voting, God Bless you,’” Provencal explains.

After serving as an election volunteer five times, the 67-year-old was told to stay home on November 4th, sacked by Derry [New Hampshire] officials who argued that her reference to God might be an illegal effort to influence voters.

“I just can’t believe that you’re telling me that I can’t say the word God,” she told the elections official. “Then she said ‘no you can’t.’”

My, it didn’t take long for the Democrat mantra to change from “Yes, we can!”

The article actually states that Derry election officials believe saying “God bless you” could be electioneering.  Now, let me apply a little white male linear logic here.  Since we don’t yet have a Satanist Party on the ballot (but give it time) and I don’t believe one of the other minor parties was the concern, I’m going to take a wild guess and say it was thought that the alleged electioneering could be an influence with respect to one of the two major parties.  And here’s what this means:

One of our major parties is so closely associated with godlessness, with evil, with everything so antithetical to the divine that even the mere mention of God’s name in a polling place constitutes a message in opposition to that party.

I’m going to take another wild guess and assume this party was not thought – even by the liberal election officials – to be the Republican Party.

What’s funny is that I seem to remember another party officially opposed to God.  It was once prevalent in places such as the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Albania and still masquerades as its old self in China.  I don’t think it started with D, but it was one letter back.

So should the Democrats henceforth be known as the Demonrats?  Will their new symbol be the pentagram?  Will they trade the donkey for the Tasmanian devil?  Will their (relatively few) election winners be sworn in this coming January on a book written by Anton LaVey?

This also explains why the Democrats’ campaign tactics seem to perfectly align with occultist Aleister Crowley’s maxim “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.”  It also should shape Republican campaign tactics in future elections.  Forget spending millions of dollars on ads, political strategists, data-mining, and get-out-the-vote efforts.  All they really need to do is hire an army of exorcists.

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