Comments on: A Complete Breakdown in the Religion/Politics Line http://www.article6blog.com/2009/06/30/a-complete-breakdown-in-the-religionpolitics-line/ "Religion, Politics, the Presidency: Commentary by a Mormon, an Evangelical, and an Orthodox Christian" Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: CarlH http://www.article6blog.com/2009/06/30/a-complete-breakdown-in-the-religionpolitics-line/comment-page-1/#comment-13186 CarlH Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:58:23 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2009/06/30/a-complete-breakdown-in-the-religionpolitics-line/#comment-13186 The Sanford saga just gets weirder by the news conference. Brad Greenberg at <em>GetReligion</em> posts on a very bizarre aspect of the "ending" of this tawdry bit of self-absorbed confession/posturing with a provocative, but surprisingly not-totally-out-of-left-field, headline: <a href="http://www.getreligion.org/?p=14271" rel="nofollow">Adulterers who pray together . . .</a> Yikes! Will someone close to the still-Governor please tell him to stop the pathetic (let alone, bathetic--if that's a word) public comments/disclosures? Enough already! But given the fact that he already appears to be listening only to those who tell him what he wants to hear (not so surprising in a politician, I suppose), who can expect that he'd listen to any real wisdom now! The Sanford saga just gets weirder by the news conference. Brad Greenberg at GetReligion posts on a very bizarre aspect of the “ending” of this tawdry bit of self-absorbed confession/posturing with a provocative, but surprisingly not-totally-out-of-left-field, headline:

Adulterers who pray together . . .

Yikes! Will someone close to the still-Governor please tell him to stop the pathetic (let alone, bathetic–if that’s a word) public comments/disclosures? Enough already! But given the fact that he already appears to be listening only to those who tell him what he wants to hear (not so surprising in a politician, I suppose), who can expect that he’d listen to any real wisdom now!

]]> By: coltakashi http://www.article6blog.com/2009/06/30/a-complete-breakdown-in-the-religionpolitics-line/comment-page-1/#comment-13184 coltakashi Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:08 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2009/06/30/a-complete-breakdown-in-the-religionpolitics-line/#comment-13184 When people say "It's not the money (or the power), it's the principle of the thing," it really is about the money and power. Back in the 1960s, a member of Congress from Utah was caught in a prostitution sting in Salt Lake City. He was up for reelection a few months later. The people of Utah could not imagine having such a man "represent them" in Congress. What do South Carolinians want in their "representatives"? When people say “It’s not the money (or the power), it’s the principle of the thing,” it really is about the money and power.

Back in the 1960s, a member of Congress from Utah was caught in a prostitution sting in Salt Lake City. He was up for reelection a few months later. The people of Utah could not imagine having such a man “represent them” in Congress.

What do South Carolinians want in their “representatives”?

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