Democrats Drag God into 2008 Election Race

[kat8585]

Dems drag God into 2008 election race

By Judi McLeod

Thursday, February 1, 2007

God is everywhere, but leave it to the secular Nancy Pelosi Dems to claim a monopoly on Him.

"A two-year-old public relations firm called "Common Good Strategies" is working behind the scenes to help Democrats convince Christians that they should vote for Democrats of "faith". (Traditional Coalition Values, (TCV) Feb. 1, 2007).

You won't find angels sitting at desks at Common Good Strategies but only slick political strategists hired by political parties determined to drag God into the 2008 election.

Nor is it difficult to see through the Dems' latest God discovering antics. According to TCV executives the PR firm is headed by Mara Vanderslice, a 1997 graduate of Earlham College. Make that the same Mara Vanderslice who became Howard Dean's "faith advisor" who later served as John Kerry's advisor on faith issues.

Vanderslice formerly worked as an intern for Jim Wallis' Sojourners organization, a far-leftist "Christian" group that works to convince moderate or conservative Christians that Democrat policies are best for achieving "social justice".

How that explains the pro-abortion Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and Company can't be handled by PR.

For his part, Jim Wallis has been consulting with Democrat strategists for years to lure Christians away from the Republican Party. TVC's special report on Wallis reveals the consistent far left policies of the group--which have been more in line with the old Soviet Union than with America.

While at Earlham, Vanderslice was a member of the Earlham Socialist Alliance, a group that supports the release of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and embraces Marxist-Leninist political views.

For Vanderslice, Christianity is all in the "strands".

In a feature on Vanderslice in the Earlham College Bulletin, Vanderslice notes she grew up in a spiritual but not religious and politically progressive home in Boulder, Colorado. She arrived at Earlham distrustful of Christianity but after taking UN endorsed Peace and Global Studies classes and spending time in Bogota, Colombia, she became more committed to "strands" of Christianity that she found appealing.

Vanderslice has spoken at rallies held by the radical homosexual group ACT-UP and has been involved in protests against the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary fund and the World Bank.

Her group, Common Good Strategies has worked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Bob Casey, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland; the Kansas Democrat Party and others. Using God as a PR tool has been good for Vanderslice, as all of her clients won in 2006.

"Mara Vanderslice's attempt to convince Christians to vote for pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Democrats (who hid their real goals behind claims of "faith") is working--and the Republican Party should take note," says TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. "Tragically, Vanderslice's brand of `progressive' Christianity has more in common with Marxist-Leninist ideals than with orthodox Christianity."

Lafferty is praying that Christians will not be fooled in 2008 the way they were in 2006.

"Because many evangelicals voted for liberals in 2006, we face a Congress that is openly hostile to Biblical values," she says.

Meanwhile, it's not that `ole time religion' that Dems have suddenly discovered, it's a religion they describe as "Democrats of Faith" founded just in time for the 2008 election.

Now that they've surfaced, TVC will be monitoring the activities of their favourite religious PR firm and intends to publish future reports on where the PR firm gets its funding.

[kat8585]

This is unconcionable, but are we surprised?

[JustinM]

Apostacy has to take place to pave the way for a world-wide religion. This comes as no surprise on my part, but this is will have an unintended consequence of exposing apostate Christians for what they truly are and true Christians will not be fooled by this "God card."

[forrestkc]

Apostacy has to take place to pave the way for a world-wide religion. This comes as no surprise on my part, but this is will have an unintended consequence of exposing apostate Christians for what they truly are and true Christians will not be fooled by this "God card."

They get fooled every time the Republicans pull it.

[forrestkc]

Before you pass judgement on Jim Wallis and Sojourners, maybe you ought to read some of his books like God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2004), Faith Works: How Faith Based Organizations Are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods, and America (2000), and The Soul of Politics: Beyond "Religious Right" and "Secular Left" (1995).

[Leonard]

Apostacy has to take place to pave the way for a world-wide religion. This comes as no surprise on my part, but this is will have an unintended consequence of exposing apostate Christians for what they truly are and true Christians will not be fooled by this "God card."

They get fooled every time the Republicans pull it.

For once I'm agreeing with Forrest. Folks; IT'S GOT TO BE THE LAST DAYS!!!!

[Kansasdad]

Before you pass judgement on Jim Wallis and Sojourners, maybe you ought to read some of his books like God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2004), Faith Works: How Faith Based Organizations Are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods, and America (2000), and The Soul of Politics: Beyond "Religious Right" and "Secular Left" (1995).

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The problem is we are faced with two choices, one group that at least tries to get it right but screws it up miserably, and a second group that doesn't even try.

(caution gross generalization here!)

So which do you prefer, one group that is a bunch of bumbling idiots or the other group that is crafty, conniving, and immoral.

[forrestkc]

Before you pass judgement on Jim Wallis and Sojourners, maybe you ought to read some of his books like God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2004), Faith Works: How Faith Based Organizations Are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods, and America (2000), and The Soul of Politics: Beyond "Religious Right" and "Secular Left" (1995).

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The problem is we are faced with two choices, one group that at least tries to get it right but screws it up miserably, and a second group that doesn't even try.

(caution gross generalization here!)

So which do you prefer, one group that is a bunch of bumbling idiots or the other group that is crafty, conniving, and immoral.

The problem is that both groups only partially represent Christian morals. For example, while the Republicans are largely pro-life and anti-same sex marriage. They are also as a rule nationalist, pro-war, anti-environment, and largely ignore issues of poverty and social justice. Conversely, while the Democrats are largely pro-choice and in some cases for same sex marriage, they are also much more apt to (rightly or wrongly) address issues of poverty and social justice, go to war as only a last resort, and are much more pro-environmental protection. Other than two traditional wedge issues, there is nothing very Christian about much of the Republican Platform. In fact, I remember a few years ago a study compared the social platform of the Catholic Church with the Republican and Democratic voting records, and the Social Platform of the Catholic Church was an 80% match with the Democratic voting record, the only area they diverged was on the issue of abortion.

Think about it, neither party articulates a consistent ethic of life, neither party has "a coherent social policy which seeks to protect the rights of the weakest and most vulnerable in our society, the unborn, the infirm, the refugee, the homeless, and the poor." Neither party is opposed to abortion and capital punishment and economic injustice and assisted suicide and euthanasia and unjust war. They both represent parts of that, but neither party represents a consistent ethic in that regard.

[Kansasdad]

Before you pass judgement on Jim Wallis and Sojourners, maybe you ought to read some of his books like God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2004), Faith Works: How Faith Based Organizations Are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods, and America (2000), and The Soul of Politics: Beyond "Religious Right" and "Secular Left" (1995).

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The problem is we are faced with two choices, one group that at least tries to get it right but screws it up miserably, and a second group that doesn't even try.

(caution gross generalization here!)

So which do you prefer, one group that is a bunch of bumbling idiots or the other group that is crafty, conniving, and immoral.

The problem is that both groups only partially represent Christian morals. For example, while the Republicans are largely pro-life and anti-same sex marriage. They are also as a rule nationalist, pro-war, anti-environment, and largely ignore issues of poverty and social justice. Conversely, while the Democrats are largely pro-choice and in some cases for same sex marriage, they are also much more apt to (rightly or wrongly) address issues of poverty and social justice, go to war as only a last resort, and are much more pro-environmental protection. Other than two traditional wedge issues, there is nothing very Christian about much of the Republican Platform. In fact, I remember a few years ago a study compared the social platform of the Catholic Church with the Republican and Democratic voting records, and the Social Platform of the Catholic Church was an 80% match with the Democratic voting record, the only area they diverged was on the issue of abortion.

Think about it, neither party articulates a consistent ethic of life, neither party has "a coherent social policy which seeks to protect the rights of the weakest and most vulnerable in our society, the unborn, the infirm, the refugee, the homeless, and the poor." Neither party is opposed to abortion and capital punishment and economic injustice and assisted suicide and euthanasia and unjust war. They both represent parts of that, but neither party represents a consistent ethic in that regard.

Just makes you want to go out and vote doesn't it.

[somethingcleverhere]

If the Dems really think they are going to win the conservative Christian vote with this program (or any program) they are misguided, to say the least. They may even end up alienating some of their base which believes very strongly in seperation of church and state, of which this program could be seen as a breach.