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...Well, it will be an early present, if it is true. I'm sure we'll learn more tonight. A question, though, are Evangelicals truly so naïve as to think that the GOP is honest? (Or any politicians?) And thus, should they be surprised that, like all lobbies, they are used when they are needed and cast aside when they hinder political aspirations?
“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...
[he] writes how Karl Rove’s office referred to evangelical leaders as quote “the nuts”…How the White House hugged them…Then described them as “ridiculous” “out of control” and “goofy”…
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