Oh My God!

U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle does it again. She grants an interview to a Christian radio station and spouts some religious stuff that not only makes her look politically bad, it gives people of faith -- like, say, our Founding Fathers -- a black eye.

The Associated Press reports: "In an interview with a Christian radio network, Angle describes her effort to oust Majority Leader Harry Reid as a religious calling in 'a war of ideology, it's a war of thoughts and of faith.'

"Reid, President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have pushed 'entitlement programs built to make government our God,' says Angle, who has called for privatizing Social Security and Medicare for younger workers.

"'What's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment,' Angle told Trunews in the April interview, which is posted on the network's website.

"'We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government,' she said.

I'm not saying that she doesn't have a point about things being out of whack when it comes to the balance between personal responsibility and the role of government. And, yes, humans can put anything before God, thus ignoring the First Commandment.

But our government was created by men who believed in God. And they crafted the government to provide a common protection. That wasn't idolatry.

Expansion of that common protection to include things like Social Security, or even national health care (though I think it is a bad idea) is not necessarily idolatry.

Our government has gotten off track and I'm with Angle when she makes that point. It is not helpful, however, when she explains things like she did in this interview.

Sharron Angle says she prays to God every day for guidance in her "political walk".  My advice: Listen harder.