On September 27, a website called Patdollard.com posted an article about President Obama's faith-based office. The article is based on an article written by Jim Towey for the Wall Street Journal on September 26. The reason that the link to the Wall Street Journal is not posted here is that it is a subscriber only article.
The article states:
"... on Tuesday President Obama and his director of faith-based initiatives convened exactly such a meeting to try to control political damage from the unpopular health-care law. "Get out there and spread the word," Politico.com reported the president as saying on a conference call with leaders of faith-based and community groups. "I think all of you can be really important validators and trusted resources for friends and neighbors, to help explain what's now available to them.""
Using the faith based office to push a political agenda is not appropriate. This is another example of our "Chicago President" who politicizes everything. The reason healthcare is not popular is that it is bad law that is going to cost tons of money and create a nightmare of bureaucratic regulations (and rationing).
The article at Pat Dollard's website concludes:
"Mr. Obama is within his legal rights to engage our country's spiritual leaders in his effort to sell health-care reform. But he should not use the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships to do so.
"If he cannot restore its focus to promoting successful programs that serve our country's poor, then he should do the decent thing and close the faith-based initiatives office.
"Mr. Towey was director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives for President George W. Bush from 2002-2006."
Think before you vote in November. We need people in Congress who are willing to stand up and stop this runaway train.
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