The rise of the fundamentalist right in America

[diebitter]

I heard about this specific clip on a film review show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOIYsGVyg8M

WTF?


The reviewer, Mark Kermode, was talking about how the movie shows 10 year old kids packed off to Jesus Camp and whipped into religious hysteria by this dangerous woman.

Here's more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNLMuijRyU

Do you Americans worry much about the fundamentalist right? It is something of a concern here in Europe - and we mostly attribute its continuing growth as we perceive it with G.W.Bush - but given the shocking state of newspapers these days, it's almost impossible to fathom what's a genuine piece of cultural news, and what's hyped up for our European tastes.


Sometimes this sort of thing makes you think America is now in serious decline as a credible world power, and maybe China or even Russia is going to be overtaking it as the single dominant world power.

Thoughts?