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Monday, February 11, 2008

Gregoire’s Obama Endorsement Rattles Elitist Christian Right. Accuse Gov. of Having “Ideas.”

posted by on February 11 at 11:21 AM

Gary Randall, the president of the Faith & Freedom Network (Washington State’s version of Focus on the Family) sent out an e-mail to his supporters today decrying Gov. Gregoire’s Obama endorsement.

His letter gets tangled up in contradictions. At once, he acknowledges that Obama appeals to independents, but then he tries to argue that Obama is on the “elitist, secularist, and socialistic” far left.

Randall also knocks Gov. Gregoire for leading with “ideas” rather than “beliefs.”

In her political world its all about ideas. While ideas are very important, there is something that transcends ideas. It is the deeply held belief that peoples of faith base their very lives upon. A Biblical worldview.

Who’s the elitist now, Mr. Randall? This is just your cute way of saying—without having to prove it—that what you believe is more important than what she believes.

What a stuck up dude you seem to be.

I’ve linked Randall’s entire statement after the jump.

Why Gregoire Endorses Obama

The Washington State caucuses this past Saturday certainly gave us some things to think about.

One question that comes to mind is why Gov. Gregoire is endorsing Obama over Clinton. Clearly she has some strong motivation to endorse a candidate before her party even chooses their nominee.

In endorsing him the PI quotes her as saying, “either would be a great president.”

I guess that depends on how you define “greatness.”

I can think of a couple of reasons why she would jump on the Obama wagon so quickly.

First, I think it is a personal political calculation on her part. She cannot win against Rossi without substantial help for the independent voters. And they have been going with Obama more than with Clinton.

Secondly, her endorsement says much about who she is and what she really believes. Clinton is no conservative, but in the race to prove who is more left leaning, Obama seems to be winning that particular point over Clinton.

We do not know how far to the left Gregoire will go if left to her own unchecked devises [sic].

Gregoire told the PI, in comparing Obama to John F. Kennedy, “If elected, I believe he will lead us all—-young and old, ‘blue and red’—-to create a positive change in our communities, this nation and the world.”

Wow. He may be the first global President.

With all due respect, could she really believe that he will lead us all?

It won’t happen because there are differences between us that are not political. In her political world its all about ideas. While ideas are very important, there is something that transcends ideas. It is the deeply held belief that peoples of faith base their very lives upon. A Biblical worldview. These are not just theological beliefs but are actions carried into the social and cultural arena.

The Governor and the media to a great extent, view this election through a political lens. People of faith view it as a matter of principles more than politics. It is merely played out in the political arena.

When secularists and left-leaning politicians talk about coming together or “uniting,” they are talking about compromise, but only from one side. Our side to theirs. In their world, uniting means getting behind their elitist, secularist, socialistic agenda.

No, Governor, he will not lead us all.

It bears repeating. This 2008 election is not about a political party or personalities. It is about principles.

It’s about, “What Do You Believe?”

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1

Oh, my god! Ideas? Ideas ruin everything!

Posted by Fnarf | February 11, 2008 11:34 AM
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Holy bejeebus, was this written by a 12 year old? There's no way these are the composition skills of fully functioning adult.

Posted by steve | February 11, 2008 11:34 AM
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... oh, man. I really helped myself out by including a typo in my blasting of this guy's writing. nice one, steve.

Posted by steve | February 11, 2008 11:46 AM
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And once more we see extremist kook Christians hijacking the whole world of "peoples of faith". Most Christians do not have a Biblical worldview.

Posted by Fnarf | February 11, 2008 11:55 AM
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He's calling Obama a secularist? Someone's reading from a very, very old playbook.

Posted by Gitai | February 11, 2008 11:58 AM
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"Faith and Freedom Network is committed to preserving traditional Judeo-Christian values in America's public life." And by preserving, they mean implementing.

Posted by sloss | February 11, 2008 12:03 PM
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So, then, why did more people in Eastern Washington vote for Sen Obama than voted for any - in fact all - of the GOP candidates?

Maybe we should stop listening to the so-called "Christian" Right.

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 11, 2008 12:05 PM
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And by Biblical worldview, they mean turn of the previous millenium worldview. I'm surprised that using the internets isn't considered a sin.

Posted by Mahtli69 | February 11, 2008 12:18 PM
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Randall also implies that there is something unusual in a Governor endorsing a candidate in their parties primary "before her party even chooses their nominee". Nevermind that endorsing someone in a primary after the nominee is chosen is pointless or that as of Feb 4, 29 of 50 Governors had already endorsed a candidate in their parties primary (before either party had even chosen a nominee"

But hey, cut Gary a break, he wanted to write about something, and he didn't want to bring up either the state GOP's calling the race without counting all the votes, or the fact that over 200K Dems particpated in the caucuses compared to only 14K GOPers. When in doubt attack secularists seems to be the operative phrase.

Posted by John | February 11, 2008 12:23 PM
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Ideas = Independant Thought
Faith = What your particular Church tells you to think

Posted by Todd | February 11, 2008 1:43 PM
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If McCain doesn't pick Huckabee, which seems like it won't happen since he needs to pick up the independents in purple states, then expect to see a resurgance from groups like the American Heritage Party.

Posted by dreamboatcaptain | February 11, 2008 3:30 PM

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