Monday, March 29, 2004

I expect a whole lotta nothing from the media on this story (click here) where Kerry uses an offhand reference to the book of James to claim that Bush has an empty faith. He didn't mention him by name, but even a cursory look would tell you who he was referring to:

"Kerry never mentioned Bush by name during his speech at New North Side Baptist Church, but aimed his criticism at "our present national leadership." Kerry cited Scripture in his appeal for the worshippers, including James 2:14, "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?"

"The Scriptures say, what does it profit, my brother, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?" Kerry said. "When we look at what is happening in America today, were are the works of compassion?"

Now you know if Bush used one of the many obvious Scriptures to attack Kerry as a hypocrite for waffling this way and that on every issue, the media would be all over him. Amazing that a man who is a) allegedly Roman Catholic and b) rejects most roman catholic teachings, would be quoting Scripture, especially since he clearly has no idea what the Scriptures say on a lot of issues. Why isn't anyone investigating why he can give a political stump speech at a church? Where is the ACLU crying separation of church and state? One can only imagine that if Bush were in a predominantly white middle class church and gave a similar speech, the self-appointed media paragons of truth & virtue would make hay of it for weeks to come.

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