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Originally Posted by KCMadcow
Wow...it just amazes me. I'm a conservative, but not very religious. It just amazes me however that when a republican expresses his faith, he's a zealot, but when a white democrat shows up with Jesse Jackson at an African American church and makes a stump speech from the pulpit (which could cause that church to lose it's tax exempt status, but since it's a democrat they get away with it) it's an opportunity to reach out "to the people" and there's nothing wrong with it. Hell, the only time some of those people go to church is during an election year- that's nothing but pure opportunistic hypocracy, and it is frustrating as all out.
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Let me repeat what I said just two posts above.
It's perfectly acceptable to campaign on religious grounds or to appeal to religious groups.
It's just plain scary to claim you are chosen by God to rule the free world.
Mr Mephisto