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... stay for the Hope.
"In my youth, it was said that what was too silly to be said may be sung. In modern economics it may be put into mathematics." -- Ronald Coase
by julatten on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:11:40 PM PDT
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http://faith.barackobama.com/...
http://www.time.com/...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
by kubla000 on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:14:11 PM PDT
that Obama has been occasionally using. When he brought Ted K to New York for a rally, right before super Tuesday, he used the phrase: "Bringing the Lion and the Lamb together."
I think that the Evangelicals know he's the real deal, a man of faith. He doesn't shove it in anyone's face, so it does not seem so obvious.
Not being an Evangelical myself, I'm not up on the "code," but I think that he speaks to them, and they know it.
"See if you can guess what I am now?" -John "Bluto" Blutarsky
by Bonsai66 on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:27:41 PM PDT
He's not reading it off of cue cards that his speech writers have prepared.
It's not my cup of tea, but I think you're right, devout Christians pick up on that.
by pletzs on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 01:16:52 PM PDT
...and I think maybe part of the reason so many people try to push the "cult" meme is either to turn these people off (which I think will backfire), or because they are themselves against emotion and faith having a place in political discourse.
Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. -Barack Obama
by klizard on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 01:20:21 PM PDT
I am not against religion, I am against the right.
by metal prophet on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 01:38:19 PM PDT
said that is an African-American lawyer. She decided on Obama on the basis of his postion on health care.
PS.
Tip jar.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia".
by yellowdog on Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 12:18:38 PM PDT
wide narrow
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