Posted on 09/04/2008 7:58:19 AM PDT by mathprof
Alan Wolfe - was a member of the collective that put out the Marxist-oriented journal, Kapitalistate, whose pages featured articles by such writers as Poulantzas, Claus Offe, Ralph Miliband, and Bob Jessop. By the early 1980s, Wolfe's politics had become more centrist.
A contributing editor of The New Republic, The Wilson Quarterly, Commonwealth Magazine, and In Character, Wolfe writes often for those publications as well as for Commonweal, The New York Times, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, and other magazines and newspapers. He served as an advisor to President Bill Clinton in preparation for his 1995 State of the Union Address...
what is a “C”, why and how is it messed up, and why are you a former “C”?
LMAO... the New Republic is now an expert on Evangelicals!
LOL, very funny.
“...I cannot say I am surprised to meet learned Catholics with a deeply honed sense of social justice.”
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Social justice. That’s all I needed to know about this guys opinion.
True enough but to add one bit to it, one can not support abortion and be a Christian.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
I am a white, conservative, middle class evangelical.
I think I will write a column on how Barak Obama cannot win over the votes of homeless, cross-dressing African Americans.
“I have no religious convictions of my own. “
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I love the pretentious condescending I speak for you tone of this author
classic liberalism
LOL. I am sure evangelicals are more drawn to Barry and his worldview than those of Palin.
Sure. She REALLY has them worried. They probably had already paid for renovations to the White House. I hear they were going for a Temple of Delphi theme.
Complete with smoke machine and a theatrical lift system so that Barry can be lowered down from the Heavens when meeting with foreign leaders.
I have no idea why people seem to believe they are all Conservative. It just makes no sense at all.
These liberal believers actually think Jesus was a liberal reformer, so there ya go.........
I am sorry, but I don’t do “religion”.
“I teach at a Catholic university. I study and write about evangelical Protestants. I have no religious convictions of my own.”
“Why would someone with no religious convictions want to teach at a Catholic university?” I asked myself. Then I saw that this was Boston College...no Catholic university it.
I’m not an evangelical, nor do I play one on TV, but I think this guy is out to lunch.
First of all, the headline: Of course her speech won’t win over ALL evangelicals. That was never in question. That’s as stupid as saying one Obama speech can win over ALL African-Americans.
To the specifics: I don’t recall Sarah Palin saying that we should be “destroying the beauty of Alaska to fill our all-too- human urge to drive cars.” This moron seems to think Palin called for oil derricks to be set up across 100% of Alaska’s pristene, scenic landscape. ANWR is not pristene or scenic, nobody sees it but a bunch of caribou, and we’re only talking about a small percentage of land there, anyway.
This was a political convention. Conventions are, by their very nature, partisan. There’s a news flash for you. Go back and watch Biden’s speech. Or Obama’s. Do you hear any partisanship there? But, I guess THAT won’t turn off evangelicals, because evangelicals like leftist partisanship. And when did Palin “implicit[ly] question... [Obama’s] patriotism.”? I’m not sure what speech this guy was watching.
Finally, how is a “community organizer” working for social justice? Isn’t he, rather, working to build up a voting base and curry favors? Most Catholics, evangelicals, and any other Christians who want to work for the benefit of their communities do so through charitable works that their Church performs. They don’t spend their time registering Democrats to vote.
[sigh]
Well, at least this is on the issues. He’s not calling for the death of her child and grandchild.
It must be those Christians who agree with Hebrews 11:6 "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."
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