The presidency is the highest office in the land and carries the most political power in the world, so men seeking it will say or do almost anything to become electable. Candidates like Huckabee and Romney need the voting power of the Religious Right to carry them to the nomination and beyond, and so they play the religion card as an ace in the hole. Using religion to gain temporal power is an old ploy, no far cry from the Pharisees, whom Jesus castigated for hypocrisy (Matthew 23). When such men held the reins of power, the truth and God's true prophets were in mortal danger. History proves that religion and politics seldom mix well, because each corrupts the other with delusions of power. Proverbs 29:2 says that when the righteous are in authority the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules they groan. Yet a religious person is not necessarily a righteous person, especially when so much is at stake, and Americans must discern the difference. Claims of piety do not make a candidate a rescuer, and true Christians should not take religion's return to the campaign as a sign of revival. The Church of the Great God stays apolitical, endorsing no candidates or parties and lobbying no government. It still comments on politics biblically, because political trends eventually change society, and the church must act as society's watchman (Ezekiel 33:1-11).