Still, some religious leaders wonder whether Obama's Christian-focused outreach might alienate Jewish and Muslim voters, for example, not to mention the Democratic Party's large secular wing.My questions to you are these:
"You really have to consider the question: What message does this send to people of other faiths?" said the Rev. Romal J. Tune, a Washington pastor who works on religious outreach with the Democratic National Committee.
1.) Have you ever heard/seen this asked in regards to a Republican's outreach to people of faith?
2.) If not, why do you think that's so?
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I'm chewing on this and I think that you are right. I think our politicians (on both sides of the fence) putt too much energy into how religion is perceived and less time on just letting their actions speak for themselves.
Everyone needs to just throw the Karl Rove handbook away. If it's change we are going to be voting for in November, it needs to come on in all arenas.
Heya, JP, just an OT FYI from an Atrios lurker. A racist, knuckledragging, Tom Delay-type "Christian" from your neck o' the woods ("Serr8d") showed up at the end of this overnight Atrios comment thread (12:19), noting your earlier presence over there and casting aspersions on your fine character. (Hmm, I wonder if he was the hyper-ignert troll "Paula" who was amusing/annoying everyone earlier in that thread...)
No big thang, just letting you know, in case you're into tracking nuisance patterns or such.
Newscoma -- But the questions I posed... what say ye?
Sharl -- Ineffectual mouthbreather who prefers to focus on me, my cats and my scooters rather than what I have to say. Not exactly a problem for me.
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Jews, Muslims, and atheists don't vote for Republicans as much as they vote for Democrats, so this is less an issue for the GOP.
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