November 26 - How Fundamentalists in Iowa are Distorting America's Political Discourse; An Analysis of the GOP Presidential Candidates' Foreign Policy

We begin on this Thanksgiving with Adele Stan, a journalist based in Washington who specializes in covering the intersection of religion and politics and is currently a columnist for the American Prospect. We discuss how much the pandering by Republican presidential candidates to a few thousand Christian fundamentalists in Iowa is having a detrimental effect on the national discourse and harming America's image overseas. With rampant Latino-bashing, and now Muslim-bashing, along with ugly and inhumane references to "rabid dogs" and Nazi-like lists of people deemed different and less than human, we will look into what is happening to the heart and soul of America that appears to be being hardened with hate with a lust for war by those who profess to be followers of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ.

Part 2

Then we explore the foreign policy arena in terms of the proscriptions and pronouncements by the Republican candidates running for the presidency and speak with Jacob Heilbrunn, the Senior Editor of The National Interest and author of "They Knew They We Right: The Rise of the Neocons". We examine the amazing ignorance displayed by Dr. Ben Carson and the ludicrous amateurism of Donald Trumps simplistic solutions for global problems. And we also look ahead to the Republican convention which Trump is likely to dominate, to determine whether there is a pathway to the nomination for Ted Cruz, who is more intelligent but just as belligerent as the frontrunners, or Marco Rubio, who is a captive of the neocons and Adelson's millions, and is perhaps the most dangerous candidate when it comes to running foreign policy.