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Originally Posted by jcmd62
When are you going to figure out that you don't need to prove nor does it matter if God really exists. What matters is what you can make people believe and most importantly how you USE God.
Just ask Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggert, Bennie Hind, Catholic Priests.....
So George W. says he prays to God to give him strength and guidance......Yes he really relied on the religion issue......being the focal point of EVERY discussion.......bullshit!
The whole election was based on two questions...Is Terrorism a real threat to Americas security and Freedom? and which candidate will do a better job protecting us from this threat should the nation decide a threat exists.
Jobs, the economy, religion, stock market, TAXES, all of it was ALWAYS secondary to Terrorism and the war on it. Republicans knew this was the #1 issue in this election and the Democrats never figured it out. They never gave the American people a viable alternative to fight terrorism than the way the war was already progressing. Hell Kerry had so many different spins on how he would or wouldn't fight the war on terrorism that you couldn't be sure whether he would stay the course or pull our troops out and run away with our tails tucked.
George may be a dumbass but he was firm and never waivered from his stand on Terrorism and the war on it. Right or wrong the American people decided that Terrorism exists and presents a clear and present danger to our citizens both at home and abroad, and they elected the Candidate that they felt would better protect us from this threat. Its clear that the American people like that we are taking the fight to the terrorists and not sitting around with our heads buried in the sand waiting for the next attack like we did for 8 years under Clintons pathetic presidency.
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The devil is in the details
"I think it is sinful of them to encourage pastors and churches to engage in partisan political activity and run the risk of losing their tax-exempt status," said Steve Rosenthal, chief executive officer of America Coming Together, a group working to defeat Bush.
The instruction sheet circulated by the Bush-Cheney campaign to religious volunteers lists 22 "duties" to be performed by specific dates. By July 31, for example, volunteers are to "send your Church Directory to your State Bush-Cheney '04 Headquarters or give [it] to a BC04 Field Rep" and "Talk to your Pastor about holding a Citizenship Sunday and Voter Registration Drive."
By Aug. 15, they are to "talk to your Church's seniors or 20-30 something group about Bush/Cheney '04" and "recruit 5 more people in your church to volunteer for the Bush Cheney campaign."
By Sept. 17, they are to host at least two campaign-related potluck dinners with church members, and in October they are to "finish calling all Pro-Bush members of your church," "finish distributing Voter Guides in your church" and place notices on church bulletin boards or in Sunday programs "about all Christian citizens needing to vote."
The document was provided to The Washington Post by a Democrat. A spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites), Frank Keith, said, "It would be inappropriate for the IRS, based on a limited set of facts and circumstances, to render a judgment about whether the activities in this document would or would not endanger a church's tax-exempt status."
He pointed out, however, that the IRS on June 10 sent a strongly worded letter to both the Republican and Democratic national committees, reminding them that tax-exempt charitable groups "are prohibited from directly or indirectly participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office."
That warning came one week after The Post and other news media reported on a Bush-Cheney campaign e-mail that sought to identify 1,600 "friendly congregations" in Pennsylvania where Bush supporters "might gather on a regular basis."
The IRS letter noted that religious organizations are allowed to sponsor debates, distribute voter guides and conduct voter registration drives. But if those efforts show "a preference for or against a certain candidate or party . . . it becomes a prohibited activity," the letter said.
Milton Cerny, a tax specialist in the Washington office of the law firm Caplin & Drysdale who formerly administered tax-exempt groups for the IRS, said there is nothing in the campaign instructions "that on its face clearly would violate" the law.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...19082_2004jun30
posted this earlier this year..
