Posted on 11/01/2004 3:43:50 AM PST by SkyPilot
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct 31 (AFP) - Democratic nominee John Kerry on Sunday pledged to heal America's "wounds" as he preached to African American worshippers in the crucial swing state of Ohio, two days before the toss-up US election.
Kerry, at the altar of the Shiloh Baptist church, tempered his raw meat political message with lessons from the Bible, to chide the social and economic policies of his opponent, President George W. Bush.
"As the scripture teaches us, those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength and they will soar on wings like eagles and they will run and not grow weary and they will walk and not grow faint," Kerry said whipping up cheers from the congregation.
"That's what we are going to do over these next two days and once we have done that job, for the next four years we are going to work out what we need to do to heal the wounds of this country, to be one America," Kerry said.
"We are going to get this done, let's make it happen, let's walk in the footsteps of the Lord."
Kerry implied that Bush's policies on health care, unemployment benefits and overtime pay, did not square with the president's overt Christianity and preference for faith-based social services.
Before arriving at the Baptist church, Kerry took communion at a Dayton Roman Catholic church.
While most worshippers applauded him, one unidentified woman stood up, collected her husband and walked out, muttering, "I won't spend a moment with that man," testimony to the divisions cleaving America before the election.
Kerry fired up his campaign Sunday for a last 48-hour dash through the battlegrounds of his bitter, polarising wrestle for the White House with Bush.
His appearance in church fit with his strategy of pressing for a high turnout among African Americans who vote overwhelmingly Democratic, but according to some evidence have yet to be inspired by his campaign.
Kerry's schedule next took him to New Hampshire, another battleground state, before he was due to make his last stand in Florida, which as in the besmirched 2000 election, could dictate the destiny of the White House.
Kerry was to stump on election eve Monday in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Kerry wouldn't know the Lord's footsteps if they were walking all over him.
John Kerry, I know the Lord, the Lord is a friend of mine,
John Kerry, your feet don't fit those foot prints.
We'll know tomorrow---or perhaps not after the lawsuits.
Looks like Kerry is trying to get that all-important Pharisee vote sewn up.
Gee, I thought there was separation of church and state....no campaigning in churches. Uh, since it was a black church, I guess the law doesn't apply. And why? Because RATs are racists who believe black people are too stupid to make up their minds whom to vote for, or too lazy to even vote at all. RATs believe they have to fire them up Sunday morning at church. That's the bottom line, and it's disgusting.
"When this guy loses this election we never see him near another church again."
And gone will be be oh-so-youthful yellow Lance Armstrong fashion band. Filthy rich people do not wear cheap plastic bands for any reason other than pandering for votes. It clashes with the Cartier.
I'm puking now.
Sorry to break it to you, John, but God knows and blesses those of his children that have acknowledged him. You're not one.
We need to be fair. This is a mis-quote. Senator Kerry was referring to the Clinton Presidency. What he said was "We are following in the footsteps of the Lard".
No, he couldn't have done this, cause you see, Democrats are infamous for screaming "separation of Church and state.." This must be a wicked lie from those horrible republicans!!! /sarcasm
A couple of powerful messages come to mind:
Max Lucado's Message after September 11th and
Alan Keyes' Speech at a Focus on The Family Conference.
We are at a crossroads with this election. I pray that our nation will choose wisely.
Yes it does. Marriage was created for a man and woman. If homosexuals want to live together as couples they should be afforded the same financial rights as heterosexual couples...(workplace health insurance, life insurance, building estates to leave to one another)........but NO sanctioned marriage. Does that bother you?
Yeh. let's marry some queers, abort some babies, and cut up some embryos!
What would the media be saying if President Bush made that statement??? THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!
i don't even go for the first part of the statement
At least the President went to Mass with his own brother & family to worship. (Jeb probably converted) Why did Kerry go? Photo-op.
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