A New Wave

Why Faith-Based "Partnerships" Are A Bad Idea

First it was Obama's outreach, at a Chicago meeting, to Christian religious leaders. Forget for a second that this outreach effort failed to include Catholics, Muslims, Jews, or other religious/spiritual denominations and beliefs.

Then it was reaching out to young evangelicals - the Joshua Generation - followed by roll out of the Matthew 25 Network (PAC) to get evangelicals to donate money to Obama (and support/endorse him).

Today he announced his newest initiative, the Office of Community and Faith-Based Partnerships:

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. ...

John McCain's Bad Day

It Was a Two-strike Plus Day For John McCain:

The Toxic Mix Of Religion And Politics

This is only June. We have five months to go before the GE.

But the public has already been treated to a toxic mix of religion and politics, starting in February with the Rev. John Hagee's endorsement of John McCain (which was subsequently withdrawn after Hagee's comments "that Adolf Hitler had been fulfilling God's will by hastening the desire of Jews to return to Israel in accordance with biblical prophecy").

Then in March, we met - in earnest - Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whom Obama later "denounced" after Wright made an even bigger spectacle of himself at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Now, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is actively "reaching out to" the religious community (again):