Isn't this the ideal time for a Christian-in-Chief who promises this?
And my Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will also have a broader role – it will help set our national agenda.
It fits so pleasingly with this kind of discourse:
Blitzer: But did she make a mistake Donna by going to that fundraiser at the home of the woman who professes that there is no god?
Brazile: You know Wolf there are a lot of believers. I'm one of them. And there are people who just don't believe in an existence of a god. I don't know why because clearly there's strong evidence that there's a god but I believe that you serve all the people. Not just those that profess to have faith but those with little or no faith. That's how you convert them.
Blitzer: Is it a problem Bill to associate with atheists?
Bennett: Well this is an active atheist. This is a woman, ah, people who are campaigning to get "In God We Trust" off the currency. You know it would have been sensible for Kay Hagan or Kay Hagan's advisers to say let's just pass on this one. That's just going to get you into the association game. You know the "house of" like Barack Obama's been tagged with for the last six months or six years.
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Will Donna Brazile replace Howard Dean?
I'm guessing yes, if only because Obama's smart enough to want her on the bus pissing down, rather than under the bus pissing up.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"perfectly makes the case against faith based programs."
"... This, of course, plays into the problem we have with gay rights, specifically with the Prop Hate
campaign here in California. A lot of black churches are socially conservative --- like most of the southern based religions. It causes some dissonance. And it's one of the reasons why I'm really not a big believer in faith based government programs replacing the secular ones. There has to be some place for "science based" solutions to social problems and a lot of these faith based organizations just can't do that, evidently.
I'm not holding my breath on that:
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There you have it. You serve all the people (even the heathens!) so you can convert them. I think that perfectly makes the case against faith based programs. ..."
digby's absolutely right on this and on Prop 8 -- i'm glad she's seeing the impact of expanding (even keeping alive) faith-based funding clearly.
Hagan played right into Dole's trap on the "godless" thing--and pushed everything to the right, and on the GOP's playing field -- like they wanted. And like Obama, further cements the "Christians only" litmus test for office.