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.
Y'know, I'm a Christian, and I do read the Bible alot.
I can't find one single place where Jesus said to take money from working folks by threat of force to give it to the poor.
On the other hand, I do find Judas' Iscariot's concern for the poor rather interesting in light of that of the Democrats.
Perhaps Kerry will arrange for everyone to be awarded a purple heart.
A few more tidbits:
He whined about a "half-million children cut from < some gov't program I don't remember >". -- He said nothing about children cut from their mother's wombs.
He rambled on about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, the line about "Whatsoever ye do for the least of these among you, ye shall do for Me" (with apologies to those who actually know the proper wording of the passage). -- He apparently did not grasp the irony that grinding up the unborn would then imply grinding up the Lord.
Those are the two "high" < /sarcasm> points I recall.
Kerry and the bible....A supreme oxymoron....
Kerry's self-serving use - I mean, abuse - of Scripture is sickening.
Here's hoping it backfires on him, bigtime.
Amen. I don't think he even realizes yet that this will backfire on him.
I've been praying Galatians 6:7 (Be not deceived, God is not mocked) for the last few weeks, ever since Kerry decided he was a big Christian and would go to the churches to campaign.
At this point, I'm actually happy he's doing this, because I think God will get him big time for invoking His Name as a political prop.
As others have mentioned, how can Kerry claim to be a follower of the Lord when he advocates abortion, partial-birth abortion, gay relationships, and deserting his fellow soldiers? And he is not into reconciliation, as he couldn't even apologize to them for his actions at this late date. I also resent Kerry for deserting his suicidal (first) wife. God hates divorce, but especially when the man deserts his wife as Kerry did.
Actually, desertion seems to be a theme that prevails in Kerry's life. What a horrible trait for someone seeking the office of POTUS.
The Great Faithless Sallow Hope strikes again. How sickening.
That, pampered gigolo, will never happen. How can the important segment of American population ever be welded to the nincompoops represented by a twit?
Galatians 6:7
If we ever needed a time to pray, this is it. God, please don't abandon our nation and allow a "man" like Kerry to take control of it.
The gigolo has a special lord.
The path of his political life is paved with the skulls of the unborn who were murdered to sate his political allies' bloodlust. May this path lead to his very own electoral Golgotha.
I would love to see him walk across the Potomac, hand in hand with Teddy Kennedy.
Does the Lord preach homosexual marriage?
You too kitty? I've been concerned and ouraged by this for years! I hope the NAACP gets investigated to the max and that the JD won't get cold feet in persuing them.
IRS? *~*
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