Christians: Whats it like knowing you have been used by the current political administration??

Question

Please see the link below:
http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=8814

David Kuo is the former high ranking official in Bush's Faith Based Initiatives Congressional Office. He has quit and wrote a tell all book, with the following revalations:

"He says some of the nation’s most prominent evangelical leaders were known in the office of presidential political strategist Karl Rove as “the nuts”.

“National Christian leaders received hugs and smiles in person and then were dismissed behind their backs and described as ‘ridiculous,’ ‘out of control,’ and just plain ‘goofy’,” Kuo writes."

More seriously, Kuo alleges that then-White House political affairs director Ken Mehlman knowingly participated in a scheme to use the office, and taxpayer funds, to mount ostensibly “nonpartisan” events that were, in reality, designed with the intent of mobilizing religious voters in 20 targeted races.

Nineteen out of the 20 targeted races were won by Republicans, Kuo reports.

The outreach was so extensive and so powerful in motivating not just conservative evangelicals, but also traditionally Democratic minorities, that Kuo attributes Bush’s 2004 Ohio victory “at least partially … to the conferences we had launched two years before.”
Substantiating that claim proved difficult, Kuo says. “Finding these examples became a huge priority.… If President Bush was making the world a better place for faith-based groups, we had to show it was really a bad place to begin with. But, in fact, it wasn’t that bad at all.”

In fact, when Bush asks Kuo how much money was being spent on “compassion” social programs, Kuo claims he discovered “we were actually spending about $20 million a year less on them than before he had taken office.”


So, whats it like KNOWING this now??? He has used you for nothing more than political gain.

Thank GOD Fireball doesnt vote....and too bad she doesnt question her president, who thinks she is a 'tard....

Answer 1

Problem is, Bush is spending a lot more on social programs now than he did before he took office, regardless of whether they are faith-based or not.

Secondly, the Administration only proposes a budget, Congress allocates the funds.

Frankly, I think Bush did use religious voters, and the pathetic results on issues like abortion and Supreme Court appointments are obvious examples of his failures in delivering. Then again, had he provided what was desired, he'd be derided by the Left as a religious nut.

Answer 2

Since Christ said to turn your back on the old system, and separate ourselves from the nations of the world, what does that say about those who continue to turn back to the old system? They are more like Lot's wife than Christ.

Answer 3

MSNBC is having a show about that at 8:00pm EST. 10/12/06

Answer 4

I am a Canadian, Living and working in Canada.

I have not!

YOU should hear what Senator Hillary (Foul Mouth) Clinton, and ALGOR (I invented the Internet, you know) say about the voting public !

Answer 5

There are millions of Christians who weren't taken in and knew that the current administration was evil right from the start, so don't try to tar everyone with the same brush.

Answer 6

Politics have always used religion ...and vice Verse...nothing new here. Now lets hear you blame Mohammad for mixing religion and politics...you won't dare; Islam will have your head.

Answer 7

Business as usual.

what do you think got Marx to call religion, "The Opiate of the people?".

Answer 8

At least Bush didn't use us like Clinton used Monica.

HA HA HA HA HA

Answer 9

You been used by the administration, if you'r Christian, or a monkey!

Answer 10

Kinda like how FDR and JFK used my grandparents and parents...

Catholics use to be Democratic voters...not any more.