LA Times: Grooming Politicians for Christ

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/columnone/la-na-statesman23aug23,1,3263392.story?coll=la-headlines-columnone&ctrack=1&cset=true

Pardon the popups. Three pages, don't miss them.


"Holy Father, we thank you for providing us with guidance," said Bouma, who works for an influential televangelist. "Thank you, Lord, for these students. Build them up as your warriors and your ambassadors on Capitol Hill."
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Kennedy counters that evangelicals have every right to put up candidates who vote what they believe to be God's will — and let voters judge them.

To which (Barry)Lynn responds, with exasperation: "He says that because he knows in a majority Christian country, the Christian view is going to be expressed by more voters. They have no problem imposing their biblical worldview on every American."
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Hannah Woody, for instance, came away from the institute's seminars confident that abolishing the Department of Education is not just a Republican goal, but also a Christian imperative. (...she's working as a legislative assistant for a Republican congressman from Kansas.)

[Canuckistanian]

1. I wonder if they have infrared incubating lamps there

And tiny little cubicles where they can sleep, with wood shavings on the floor.

Aw, isn't he cute? He just insulted Hillary for the first time! Give him a snausage....

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2. This has already been posted in GD. Don't miss this article.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4441543

[Canuckistanian]

3. Yup. I read it. Kinda scares the wits out of you.

They must train them suppress the mouth frothing.

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4. "Omen signs, in the shape of things to come." -Dead Can Dance

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5. I mean come on, how much clearer can their message be?

[kerrygoddess]

6. Inside the Beltway — God’s Politics 101

Inside the Beltway — God’s Politics 101
August 23rd, 2005

If you’re not worried about preserving Separation of Church and State, you should be. Thanks to The Statesmanship Institute, the Center for Christian Statesman and Rev. D. James Kennedy the evangelical message is delivered to congressional aides and aspiring young politicians with takeout dinner on a weekly basis.

Nearly every Monday for six months, as many as a dozen congressional aides — many of them aspiring politicians — have gathered over takeout dinners to mine the Bible for ancient wisdom on modern policy debates about tax rates, foreign aid, education, cloning and the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

More - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=330

The entire LA Times article is here - no ads - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=329

[wli]

7. these fascist genocidal maniacs should be in prison in the Hague n/t

[LittleClarkie]

8. Majority Christian perhaps

but not majority evangelical nutjob.

Alot of those are C and E's I reckon. (Christmas and Easter)

Somehow I don't think the hardcores make up any kind of majority. You'd have to be both evangelical and sheeple. And not everyone is paying that much damn attention

Thank God for my mostly liberal Lutheran church. I've felt so much more at home since I found that out this last election. Many Kerry voters in my church. Huzzah.