Sounds like double speak to me

Sen. Barack Obama is talking big talk about "courting evangelicals" for the democratic party, he says that faith should not be left at the door concerning politics, but says that right wing leaders "must accept some ground rules for collaboration" and recognize the importance of the separation of church and state. He also goes on to tout his own faith and makes fun of election year Christians in his own party giving the example, "Nothing is more transparent than inauthentic expressions of faith: the politician who shows up at a black church around election time and claps - off rhythm - to the gospel choir." He speaks in generalities mostly and fails to acknowledge the issues that keep most devout evangelicals away from the Democratic party in the first place. The largest issues of faith that come into political play right now are Abortion and the Homosexual agedna both of which the Senator supports as you can see here and here. In my mind the Obama saying "importance of seperation" means very broadly that whatever faith issues he disagrees with are out of bounds but those that he doesn't are ok. I respect the mans right to seek our lord and saviour in his own way and by God's own timing he may find Him. But it is disingenuous of him to "court" evangelicals by faith in common, without really addressing the issues that are most important to them. So in closing Senator Obama I have this to say regarding your new found revelations...

"Sorry Charlie"
"Silly Rabbit Tricks are for kids"
and finally, "Give it to Mikey, he hates everything" for all the liberals out there!

I had to include Howie in this as well after I saw this. The Dems must be serious about this evangelical thing or they would not be going to so much trouble. The problem as I described above you see is that they want you to see the cute, furry little puppy while ignoring the 800lb gorillas in the democratic room. Dean in this article says things like "This is a moral nation, and we want it to be a moral nation again." Huh? And "we need to come together around moral principles, and I'm talking about moral principles like making sure no child goes to bed hungry at night." In a comment on Deans appearance at the religious conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday Republican National Committee spokesman Josh Holmes rightly points out “It's nice to see that Howard Dean's hostility to the religious community ends when people of faith vote Democrat. Which is exactly right on the money and the major problem the Dems are going to have in 06 and 08. The fact is people of real faith don’t vote Democrat and people like Howard Dean, Al Gore,Nancy Pelosi,Ted Kennedy,Chuck Schumer, and Hillary Clinton are the reason they don’t, not the liberal's lack of communication on the "faith" issues they believe to be important.