Al Sharpton had a segment on Friday's Politics Nation titled "Extreme Takeover," a play on the popular philanthropic TV show, Extreme Makeover, where he addressed the conservative Christian wing of the GOP and how they might eschew candidates "squeamish" on social issues. Sharpton welcomed frequent guest Maria Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino, and the son of renowned Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer, Frank Schaeffer with Huffington Post. Francis Schaeffer, who died in the 1980's, was known for his stance on Christianity in society and his philosophy on humanism. He also founded L'Abri in Switzerland with his wife in the 1970's, a place they intended for Christians to find "shelter" and answers to their questions about secular society. Son Frank has famously renounced his evangelical past and the teachings of his father as he has been embraced by the radical left for his liberal and anti-Evangelical remarks in recent years.
When Sharpton asked Schaeffer what he thought of the move to the right by some Republican Party donors, Frank responded,
...There's really two agendas here, one is the surface discussion that we're all aware of in these statements, but underneath that there's two things really going on. There's a rearguard action being fought by Evangelicals and the religious right, who see America becoming diverse. ... This is something I think so many Americans, especially white Americans and others find so embarrassing, they don't want to deal with. That is: The real agenda of the GOP has only been one thing, the real agenda of the GOP is to stop this African American president from succeeding at all costs.
Schaeffer continued rambling about a theory he has that when schools were integrated, Evangelicals were against blacks so much they started private Christian schools and used the argument that the public education system was failing as an excuse. Frank continued,
The evangelicals are organizing again to try to damage the White House in 2014 and to make sure that this presidency finishes off in their view as a failure, and it comes from their pathological hatred of this president.
Sharpton interrupted and went to Kumar, who responded that Schaeffer's comments were "broad sweeping" but that she believes the GOP leadership has condoned any action that tells Obama a resounding no.
