Slog - Comments on Gregoire's Obama Endorsement Rattles Elitist Christian Right. Accuse Gov. of Having "Ideas." http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri 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... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:21:17 -0800 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:30:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Oh, my god! Ideas? Ideas ruin everything!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933926 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:34:09 -0800 Comment by steve Holy bejeebus, was this written by a 12 year old? There's no way these are the composition skills of fully functioning adult.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933928 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933928 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:34:41 -0800 Comment by steve ... oh, man. I really helped myself out by including a typo in my blasting of this guy's writing. nice one, steve.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933952 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:46:43 -0800 Comment by Fnarf And once more we see extremist kook Christians hijacking the whole world of "peoples of faith". Most Christians do not have a Biblical worldview.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933977 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:55:55 -0800 Comment by Gitai He's calling Obama a secularist? Someone's reading from a very, very old playbook.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c933991 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:58:16 -0800 Comment by sloss "Faith and Freedom Network is committed to preserving traditional Judeo-Christian values in America's public life." And by preserving, they mean implementing.

]]> sloss http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934011 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:03:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle 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.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934019 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934019 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:56 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 And by Biblical worldview, they mean turn of the previous millenium worldview. I'm surprised that using the internets isn't considered a sin.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934048 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:18:00 -0800 Comment by John 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.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934066 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:23:29 -0800 Comment by Todd Ideas = Independant Thought
Faith = What your particular Church tells you to think

]]> Todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934225 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:43:20 -0800 Comment by dreamboatcaptain 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.

]]> dreamboatcaptain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934450 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/gregoires_obama_endorsement_rattles_chri#c934450 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:30:33 -0800