This sort of thing has got to give his staff headaches. Dean then:
Some Dean supporters privately say Dean’s admonition for southerners to stop voting based on “guns, gays, God and school prayer” is offensive to many voters.
“Coming to the South during the church hour on a Sunday morning to tell southerners what they should believe is not the way to reach out to southern Democratic voters,” Edwards said.
Dean now:
Presidential contender Howard B. Dean, who has said little about religion while campaigning except to emphasize the separation of church and state, described himself in an interview with the Globe as a committed believer in Jesus Christ and said he expects to increasingly include references to Jesus and God in his speeches as he stumps in the South.
I hope my prediction about him winning the nomination is right.
toodles
I predict Dean will lose to Bush. I guess some people want this…
Not me! I think informed delegates will think twice. Kerry is moving up quietly and there’s Clark… Dean really makes so many gaffes, he reminds me of Bush! Dean is Bush-lite!
Elmo
BLOWING IN THE WIND
Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man drive down
Before he get’s his own rebel flag
How many times must a white guy wail
Before he stops pissin’ his own hand
How many years can some people resist
How many times can a man turn his head away
And pretend that he just didn’t pee his own pants
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Kimmitt
Kerry’s below the Sharpton line nationally; he’s pretty much done.
Why is it inappropriate for a man who believes in God to discuss Him in his stump speeches? Culturally, Southerners tend to not think you’re morally serious unless you bring the topic up, in my experience. There’s a great anecdote about civil rights workers holding meetings where everyone was completely put off, since it was traditional to open every meeting with a prayer, and these northern kids, brought up in a different tradition, didn’t think to do so.
Emperor Misha I
There’s absolutely nothing inappropriate about that, Kimmitt.
But when somebody slams Southerners by telling them to stop basing their votes on religion and then turns around and decides to become Born Again while he’s stumping in the South, it DOES make people with a brain mutter “hypocrite”.
Bill Lexmark
Elmo’s Dylan parody was beyond stupid. I’m sure Cole and Asshole, er, Misha, loved it, though.
Kimmitt
it DOES make people with a brain mutter “hypocrite”.
Well, it makes you mutter “hypocrite,” but I’d try not to generalize. You obviously have a brain, but it’s been picked in bile for so long that it isn’t particularly useful for analyzing anything related to politics.
Meezer
One thing that will bug Southerners is his description of his Christianity.
”Christ was someone who sought out people who were disenfranchised, people who were left behind,” Dean said. ”He fought against self-righteousness of people who had everything . . . He was a person who set an extraordinary example that has lasted 2000 years, which is pretty inspiring when you think about it.”
*Which is pretty inspiring when you think about it*?! Dean sounds envious of His staying power. Note to Dan: to most Christians, the Christ is not just a super-duper Ghandi. He is the Son of God, the Redeemer, the Firstfruits of the Resurrection; most importantly.
Emperor Misha I
As do I, John.
It’d be a shame to see all of those GOP contributions to the insane moron’s campaign go to waste.
If he didn’t already exist, we’d have had to make him up.
Moe Lane
Observation from the maraca-wielding girlfriend* reading over my shoulder:
“I just want to know who came up with that line. ‘guns, gays, God and guh… guh-ghh-guh… ggggg… (sigh) school prayer’.”
Moe
*Playing with the Christmas loot, she is.
Perry
I love the term “Deanuysms”! Mind if I use it? :)
dave
Here’s something for “Christian’s” to ponder:
Would Jesus Christ profusely bomb from the air thousands of men, women and children he was determined to “liberate”?
Phil
Would Jesus Christ profusely bomb from the air thousands of men, women and children he was determined to “liberate”?
Beats me. I’m told that he’d allow people to burn for all eternity in the flames of Hell for simply not believing he was the Son of God — even if they had never heard of him — so I try not to speculate as to his good intentions.
Incidentally, where do I apply for the job at the Pentagon where you pick out which children you want to bomb? That sounds fun. Beats doing hard stuff like picking military or strategic targets for air strikes.
Finally: Christian’s what? Possessives take an object, you know.