Sen. Obama: Democrats Must Compete for Evangelicals

Fox News ^ | Jun 28 2006

[Alex Murphy]

[excerpted]
...."Not every mention of God in public is a breach to the wall of separation. Context matters," the Illinois Democrat said in remarks prepared for delivery to a conference of Call to Renewal, a faith-based movement to overcome poverty.

"It is doubtful that children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance feel oppressed or brainwashed as a consequence of muttering the phrase `under God,"' he said. "Having voluntary student prayer groups using school property to meet should not be a threat, any more than its use by the High School Republicans should threaten Democrats."
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Obama said millions of Christians, Muslims and Jews have traveled similar religious paths, and that is why "we cannot abandon the field of religious discourse. ... In other words, if we don't reach out to evangelical Christians and other religious Americans and tell them what we stand for, Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons will continue to hold sway."

[Ron in Acreage]

Compete? How? By lying to them, of course.

[AMHN]

Compete with what?

Abortion?

Homosexuality?

Non-Traditional values?

Drugs?

Godlessness?

[Snardius]

If the dems were smart they'd continue to push him and guys like Evan Bayh to the forefront and throw a blanket over Kerry, Clinton, et al.

Won't happen. Demcrats value, above all, candidates that pi** off Republicans. And Obama and Bayh don't do that.

The Democrat Party is on a suicide mission...let's not distract them from their goal.

[Salvation]

**Sen. Obama: Democrats Must Compete for Evangelicals**

Keep on dreamin' dimocrats!

[AMHN]

"Nothing is more transparent than inauthentic expressions of faith:"

Kind of like a Democrat that claps the rhythm of abortion and god in the same breath.

[opus86]

Won't happen.

Agreed, it's just amazing to me that they keep losing elections yet insist on embracing the agenda of the kook left.

The Democrat Party is on a suicide mission...let's not distract them from their goal.

(Oops...Good point...)

SO ANYWAY, LIKE I WAS SAYIN'...I REEEEALLY HOPE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T TROT OUT A JERRY BROWN/DENNIS KUCINICH TICKET IN '08...HOO BOY, WE'D HAVE A TOUGH TIME BEATING THOSE TWO.

[Snardius]

Agreed, it's just amazing to me that they keep losing elections yet insist on embracing the agenda of the kook left.

It seems the rallying cry of the Left in America is...
Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is made up.

[kaehurowing]

Good luck.

Dems contine to think Evangelicals are stupid bumpkins they can trick into voting for them.

[Mike Darancette]

I would that Obama is not too popular among the KOS an MoveOn crowd, unless he has informed them of his real purpose.

[Doomonyou]

...unless he has informed them of his real purpose.

Bait and switch?

[Alex Murphy]

Bait and switch?

Probably. Obama probably doesn't forsee that he's being used as bait.

[Mike Darancette]

Bait and switch?

I sort of like Obama but the (D) after his name automatically makes him suspect.

[Quix]

Look Obummabamma,

We Evangelicals do a LOT of dumb things.

But suicidal is not our family value.

You can take your DIMRATS FROM HELL and send them home.

Our beloved Republic, the world and most definitely our families would be many orders of magnitude better.

But, he, I'm sure you can find some ignorant folks in Evangelical ranks who'll think push-button smarmy DIMRATS are next to Godliness. God have mercy on their souls sold to the government store.

What you plan to use them for once your globalist Machiavellian goals and methods are done with them--organ donors?

[Quix]

Hey Obummabomma,

You 'aborted' i.e. killed so many of your own you gotta try coming over and raping our ranks for warm bodies to service your Billdos?

WRONG! NOT ALLOWED! Go chase a Kennedy . . . or a duck.

[ScubieNuc]

"I hope the voters see through all these Democrats trying to court the Christian votes."

I hate to use the analogy, but it's like Clinton courting Monica. He'll say anything to get what he wants (in this case a vote) but won't do the honorable thing and follow through with their promises (whatever they might be). It amounts to vote-rape. (My apologies to those who have been date-raped...I know one is far worse then the other.)

Sincerely

[jmaroneps37]

Abra Cadabra is a young rat. He still thinks the shiite the rat belches out is on the level. A little naive, I'd say. Telling the rat not to act like people of faith if they are not must have gotten a big laugh at uncle teddie's happy hour parties.

[jmaroneps37]

Abra Cadabra is a young rat. He still thinks the shiite the rat bleeches out is on the level. A little naive, I'd say. Telling the rat not to act like people of faith if they are not must have gotten a big laugh at uncle teddie's happy hour parties.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

The rats are wasting their time.

The Scripture tells us how to expose demons posing as angels of light:

1 John 4:1-3 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh F11 is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

Also, the first time they are asked whether or not the only road to God the Father is through Jesus the Son, they will begin foaming at the mouth and the gig will be up.

They need to think this through more than they obviously have.

[Salman]

DU thread on the same subject:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x37416

Note the discussion of "framing".