Right Thinking From The Left Coast
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if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

He Can Pander, Too
by Lee

Having been used and fucked over then discarded like a cheap whore, the fundamentalists aren’t happy with the GOP these days, which has created an opportunity.

Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and—in a move sure to cause controversy—support their ability to hire and fire based on faith.

Obama was unveiling his approach to getting religious charities more involved in government anti-poverty programs during a tour and remarks Tuesday at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio. The arm of Central Presbyterian Church operates a food bank, provides clothes, has a youth ministry and provides other services in its impoverished community.

“The challenges we face today, from putting people back to work to improving our schools, from saving our planet to combating HIV/AIDS to ending genocide, are simply too big for government to solve alone,” Obama was to say, according to a prepared text of his remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “We need all hands on deck.”

It’s a cheap stunt, but fundies are known to fall for them.  Will it siphon off enough votes to make a difference?  In as contentious an election as this one it wouldn’t surprise me if it could.  This is one of the examples of how Obama might reshape the political landscape.  Without the fundies the GOP is fucked, because they lost all the actual small government, free market types years ago. 

Posted by Lee on 07/01/08 at 03:14 AM in Election 2008  • (13) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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