Exactly right. There's a place for preaching, and a place for politics. Confusing the two will bring us the same kind of electoral success that Alan Keyes realized.
It's great to have preachers out there, working the ground, trying to change public opinion, and subtly moving public perceptions. It's electoral suicide to put them before the voters if the voters aren't yet on board with the sermon.
It's great to have preachers out there, working the ground, trying to change public opinion, and subtly moving public perceptions. It's electoral suicide to put them before the voters if the voters aren't yet on board with the sermon.
Well said. I am moved by a beautiful and inspirational sermon as well as others are - but the United States of America is not a religion. It is a country and *the people* (you know *we the people* from the Constitution) don't want preachers right now - they want political leaders. People go to church to hear a sermom and to be told what to believe. Politicans are expected to be able to compromise and to work with others and to talk about government and freedom, policies and what to do about the Islamic terrorist threat.