God in Politics, Part 1
Today I wrote the following at my personal blog. Here’s the trackback. PS: I was having some trouble organizing my thoughts so be gentle, por favor.
How to incorrectly incorporate religion into politics
Link: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan.
The great spiritual gift of Obama is that he has mastered this - not by suppressing it or denying it. But by confronting it, looking at it, expressing it, and channeling it to better ends. That some on the far right would now use this process of honesty as a way to describe Obama as a racist is a sign of their cramped hearts, frightened souls and utter inability to empathize. One day, they will feel ashamed. Right now, they simply have to be overcome.
First of all, I wholeheartedly disagree with the idea that God supports some nominees over others, as this blog entry would imply. I don’t subscribe to either political party so by no means am I just pissed that this post makes it out that God would vote Democrat or something.
The fact that this person says “That some on the far right would now use this process of honesty as a way to describe Obama as a racist is a sign of their cramped hearts, frightened souls and utter inability to empathize.” is suggestive that the exact same things don’t happen on the other side of the party line. If you’re going to participate in party politics, you should probably be accepting of the fact that slander happens everywhere.
By this author’s logic, the only people that aren’t going to be ashamed are those of us who don’t subscribe to a political party and those who subscribe to a party but aren’t so ignorant that they won’t even consider what the other side is saying.
Finally, I’d just like to point out that if someone is going to use God in politics, they should probably shape their political views around God–not try and use God to justify their political views.
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Also, Part 2 is over at my personal blog. I figure I’ll give it a couple of days before I officially bring it over here for discussion so this one can be discussed a little first. It’s simply titled “God in Politics” for those of you who prefer to navigate to it manually rather than clicking the link I provided.
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Perhaps I should start this comment out by officially endorsing, in case my posts haven’t been clear on this, Barack Obama. I initially wasn’t sure if I would be voting for Edwards or Obama, but since the Iowa caucus and his speech in PA it’s become only more and more clear what candidate I support.
Now I understand and agree with you that slander is an issue for any one running for political office, but here’s what my opinion is in defense of Obama; desperate white conservatives don’t want him in office. Yes, I just said that.
There are several desperate white conservatives that are doing anything to keep Barack Obama out of office. Any form of slander imaginable, up to and including accusing Obama of being a Muslim terrorist. They’re going out and voting at any democratic primary they can, and they’re voting for Hillary to keep the black guy out of the white house. It happened in Texas, hence the small gap between Clinton and Obama.
Now anyone can call me out and say I’m just some lefty using the race card for a candidate who won’t use it for himself, but I stand by what I say. There’s a large part of our country that is still racist enough that they would prefer to see the white girl in office than the black guy, and that’s just a fact. I don’t mean to generalize, but there you have it.
Oh and I suppose I should clarify something - my issues with Clinton have nothing to do with her gender. Just in case anyone wants to try and call me out on that as well.
Also, I’m very glad you have a personal blog and will cross-post. That’s been something I wasn’t sure if I would be doing also, since I brought you guys in to Postblink, but I think I will.
Craig has a personal blog!?