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.
does the Lord preach partial birth abortion, too?
Bahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
He sure has chutzpah--doesn't he?
God is not mocked.
Amen---let us pray He has vengeance tomorrow.
What Kerry thinks are the footsteps of the Lord is a well worn path to Hell that has been trod for eternity by those who refuse to humble themselves before God. I pray he is able to see the truth before it is too late.
"He sure has chutzpah--doesn't he?"
Playing 'god' never got anybody anything good, and this play actor has been mocking "God".
When I heard that clip on the radio news yesterday afternoon - "let's walk in the footsteps of the Lord" I about yanked the wheel off of the interstate. You could probably do a Google search and find few references to our Lord and Kerry in the same breath - except when it is at his convenience.
Does anybody know if the woman and her husband who left in a huff were at the Catholic Church or the Baptist Church? It's unclear from the article. I don't see why they'd be applauding Kerry in a Catholic Mass. And since that is the sentence right before, I think the incident may be from the Black Chruch. If it happened at the Baptist Church Kerry's in big trouble.
Partial birth abortion, stabbing your fellow soldiers in the back, shilling for communists in Hanoi. What part of the Bible allows this?
It's only chutzpah if he actually believes in God. When communist scum invoke the Lord's name I want to puke. Sometimes I wonder if Clinton's heart trouble was'nt caused by MickeyD overload. It was lugging that giant Bible around. Which he obviously did'nt read much. SSDD
"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.
I wish he would actually adhere to Scripture, rather than using it for cheap politics.
It makes me cringe to hear him using Scripture. He is a political opportunist - and the whole of Scripture does not back his candidacy.
Here's a few Scriptures for you John:
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 17:20
A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Psalm 119:113
I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Jude 1
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Maybe sKerry's confusing voting with "casting lots"
This is a story from The Onion right?
Kerry wouldn't know the Lord's footsteps if they were walking all over him.
"We are going to get this done, let's make it happen, let's walk in the footsteps of the Lord."
Mr. Kerry You and your ilk in no way represent a "walk". You and your ilk represent the Tomb and the Stone...
Mr. Kerry, the Stone has Rolled, the Tomb is empty.
This lying hypocrit should have been struck by lightning.
When is the IRS going to start taxing these Democrat organizations passing themselves off as churches? I am sick and tired of only white people having to abide by the laws of this country.
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