that's not quite what he said. He said that if the sound bytes Fox News is playing were alll there was to the story, he probably would have left that church. I watched that speech carefully several times then showed it to a couple of other people.
I am a Catholic who does not believe that the pope is the voice of God, and who was horrified at the suggestion that a politician who was not rabidly anti-abortion should be denied the sacraments. In some pple's eyes that makes me not a Catholic and that's fine. But the sense of the sacred that I learned in the Catholic church is important to me noetheless so actually I think he was expressing a complicated and siincere sentiment, and was very brave to make a speech that was geared to the thoughtful people in the country. It's definitely not the usual political script. And you know what? If George Bush came out and said you know what folks we need to work together to solve our problems -- and I thought he was sincere -- I'd sign up tomorrow. On 3/23/08, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The assessment that he's a politician or that he's obscured the facts about > his religious mentor with rhetoric? I think both are correct and reading the > transcript of his "well, I reject what I heard but I wasn't there that day" > explanation brings both to light for me. I totally admit that he's a > powerful speaker and can raise the hopes and feelings of people with how he > says things but its what he says sometimes that worries me. > There's a simple test that should be applied to him and any politician. If > he was a different race, religion and/or gender and says what he says or > supports what he supports, how would you feel? > > Bush - Well, I would have walked out if I heard it but I wasn't there that > day. > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am glad you are thinking of supporting him but I really disagree > > with your assessment of him > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Michael Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, but I'm not running for one of the most powerful offices in the > > world > > > with a spiritual adviser that's blatantly and admittedly against most > > people > > > here on the list, let alone in the country. > > > > > > Point is, when the issue was finally brought out into the open the > > response > > > was more politics than rejection. "Well, he may think your the devil but > > > he's good to poor people. He may be an anti-white racist but my ancestor > > was > > > as well (avoiding the specifics of the story)." It's political hiding of > > > ugly realities and the use of moral ambiguity. > > > I may actually vote for this guy because he is such a perfect person to > > fill > > > the position that Bush is in. Maybe a little smarter, maybe a little > > > younger, maybe a little darker, but cut from the same cloth as Bush - a > > > politician through and through. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257247 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
