The Great White Hopeful?

October 11th, 2004

Once again, John Kerry panders to black voters by taking to the pulpit:

The Democratic presidential nominee attended two church services Sunday, instead of his usual one, worshipping first with Haitian Catholics and then with Baptists, where the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton tied his election to the civil rights struggle.

“We have an unfinished march in this nation,” Kerry said at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, as many congregants waved fans handed out by the campaign with his slogan, “Hope is on the way.”

I thought the line of a hymn that comes to mind was “build your hopes on things eternal”, and not on presidential nominees who flip-flop.

“The double-minded person is unstable in all of his waysâ€�, a passage from the Epistle of James, also comes to my mind for some reason…

Related: Commentary from baldilocks, Ramblings’ Journal, La Shawn Barber, and Discriminations.


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6 Responses to “The Great White Hopeful?”

  1. DarkStar on October 12, 2004 October 12, 2004 - 4:46 pm

    Do you complain about pandering when Bush panders to “Cubans” in Florida by speaking Spanish or verbally bashing Castro?

    Why should a politican, running for national office, speak Spanish when the ballots are in English?

  2. Renee on October 12, 2004 October 12, 2004 - 5:38 pm

    When I read this “hustle festival” in both the Washington Post and Times I wanted to puke.

    It really defies the common sense test that Black “Christian” Pasotrs would allow John Kerry, Jesse Jackosn and Al Sharpton in their pulpit… let alone addressing their flock.

  3. D.C. Thornton on October 12, 2004 October 12, 2004 - 7:22 pm

    Ed, you’re reachin’ again.

    I don’t even complain when Kerry spends millions of dollars on Spanish-language ads targeting Hispanic voters — including Americans who fled communist Cuba so that they and their families can live free.

    I don’t know what the election laws are for your neck of the woods, but bilingual voting assistance is provided by most county election departments where warranted.

    As for Bush verbally bashing a brutal dictator who deserves to be scorned, spare me the moral equivalence. Did it ever occur to you that Castro has been ruling Cuba with an iron fist since 1959, denying Cubans freedom and human rights? Are you suggesting that Cuban-Americans in Florida aren’t Cuban because they risked their lives to get away from Castro?

    But getting back on topic, it upsets me when black churches allow themselves to get played when the Democrats hire enforcers like Jackson and Sharpton to intimidate churchgoers into blindly voting Democrat. I’ve yet to see black pastors I know dare to invite a Republican candidate to address a congregation.

    In general, I think politicians should stay out of the pulpit — and if churches want to maintain their tax-exempt statuses, they should put their feet down and tell politicians (regardless of party) to wait outside after the benediction to give their sales pitches.

  4. Juliette on October 12, 2004 October 12, 2004 - 7:34 pm

    Thanks for the link and a most excellent title, Darmon. :-D

  5. Alphecca on October 13, 2004 October 13, 2004 - 5:17 pm

    Elsewhere…
    Hey, Les Jones raises a good question for all of us “gun-nuts” about laws regarding firearms. He’s started a discussion about which gun laws we’d support, so head on over there and put your two cents in… Gumbo Pie rightly…

  6. Jim on October 18, 2004 October 18, 2004 - 1:49 pm

    Nevermind that Bush panders to the Christian right by wanting to add that horrible amendment to the Constitution. Only Kerry is guilty. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry! Hogwash!

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