The Faith of Obama

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:16 pm

The conservative Evangelical biographer of George W. Bush and Tom DeLay has moved on to a new subject: Barack Obama. And his new book, due out this summer, may lend credibility to Senator Obama's bid to win Evangelical Christian voters away from the Republican Party.

The forthcoming volume from Stephen Mansfield, whose sympathetic "The Faith of George W. Bush" spent 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2004, is titled "The Faith of Barack Obama." Its tone ranges from gently critical to gushing, and the author defends Obama-and even his controversial former minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright-from conservative critics, and portrays him as a compelling figure for Christian voters.

"Young Evangelicals are saying, 'Look, I'm pro-life but I'm looking at a guy who's first of all black-and they love that; two, who's a Christian; and three who believes faith should bear on public policy," Mansfield, who described himself as a conservative Republican, said in a telephone interview. "They disagree with him on abortion, but they agree with him on poverty, on the war."

See here.

Betsy · Post by **Betsy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:45 pm

I saw this article and am hoping it gives some of the people who vote solely on the abortion issue pause for thought.

Post by **Dardedar** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:04 pm

DAR
Especially compared to expectations, Bush has been an utter disaster for evangelicals. Consider the fellow who Bush in charge of his Faith Based Initiative department. The guy quit in disgust and wrote a tell all book saying Bush was using evangelicals and didn't give a flip about the poor. The fellow's last name sounded like or started with "Q."

D.

LaWood · Post by **LaWood** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:36 am

My, my evangelicals never learn:

The guy quit in disgust and wrote a tell all book saying Bush was using evangelicals and didn't give a flip about the poor. The fellow's last name sounded like or started with "Q."

religion:
poor find it true.
wise find it false
politicians find it useful.
Seneca

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:47 pm

Darrel wrote:DAR
Especially compared to expectations, Bush has been an utter disaster for evangelicals. Consider the fellow who Bush in charge of his Faith Based Initiative department. The guy quit in disgust and wrote a tell all book saying Bush was using evangelicals and didn't give a flip about the poor. The fellow's last name sounded like or started with "Q."

D.

Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction by David Kuo. He let the cat out of the bag about how the Bush administration used the religious right but then laughed at them as fools behind their backs.