by seemslikeadream » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:23 pm
<!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-size:medium;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Rove to WH Staffer: "Just get me a f—ing faith-based thing. Got it?”</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15228489/" target="top">msnbc.msn.com/id/15228489/</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>‘Tempting Faith’ author David Kuo worked for Bush from 2001 to 2003<br> FREE VIDEO <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061011/n_countdown_christianploy_061011.300w.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br> • Exclusive: Playing Christians for fools<br>Oct. 11: "Countdown" has obtained a copy of new book that suggests the White House repeatedly uses evangelical Christians for their votes, while consistently given them nothing in return.<br>Countdown<br> <br><br>Updated: 7:57 p.m. CT Oct 11, 2006<br>More than five years after President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, the former second-in-command of that office is going public with an insider’s tell-all account that portrays an office used almost exclusively to win political points with both evangelical Christians and traditionally Democratic minorities.<br><br>The office’s primary mission, providing financial support to charities that serve the poor, never got the presidential support it needed to succeed, according to the book.<br><br>Entitled “Tempting Faith,” the book is not scheduled for release until Oct. 16, but MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” has obtained a copy.<br><br>“Tempting Faith’s” author is David Kuo, who served as special assistant to the president from 2001 to 2003. A self-described conservative Christian, Kuo’s previous experience includes work for prominent conservatives including former Education Secretary and federal drug czar Bill Bennett and former Attorney General John Ashcroft.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-size:medium;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>There are extreme elements using religion to achieve objectives</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=seemslikeadream@rigorousintuition>seemslikeadream</A> at: 10/12/06 2:23 pm<br></i>