Comments on: Bush Biographer Pens Pro-Obama Book

Politico: Conservative Evangelical Author Writes About Democratic Candidate's Faith

[actornaught]

...Sounds like this book will go a long way in repudiating the Obama hate mongers on talk radio (i.e. Hannity, Limbaugh).
Posted by briannorwood at 12:15 PM : Jun 16, 2008

Nah, they''ll pry some anti-logical contortions out of it to make it sound their same old cr@p, how it verifies what they''ve been saying all along.

[husein_pasha]

This means that the biographer is a normal person

[briannorwood]

lochlan:

Actually among the hard right evangelical movement, Stephen Mansfield is actually one of the nearly sane ones.

Yes, he does believe in some wacky stuff too (like the Rapture and divine ordination of George Bush), but by-and-large, he''s a pretty smart guy.

I read his bio in Bush and found it well written and illucidating (albeit a bit scary in parts).

Sounds like this book will go a long way in repudiating the Obama hate mongers on talk radio (i.e. Hannity, Limbaugh).

[actornaught]

As long as evangelicals define themselves as one-issue voters, they will be roundly used by the ''pubs. They will be lied to and abused by them, all for an interpretation of a vague line in the New Testament. This is to the detriment of full-blooded Christian ethics and morality, far more consistent with the platform of the democratic party, and of course, liberalism.

[obama8years]

How Much Money did it Take for a book like this to be written. Money Motivates, no book is going to change my mind about Obama trinity United Church. THat church is a breeding ground of Wacko''s.

[libh8er]

Ubama is a ''post turtle'':

He didn''t get up there by himself, he doesn''t belong
up there, he doesn''t know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb arse put him up there to begin with.

[parrot123-2009]

McCain has experience but does not show good judgement on Iraq war, ecomony etc. He wants to just continue with failed policies of the past. Lost all his mojo in 2000.
Posted by macusweil at 11:51 AM : Jun 16, 2008

Which Repug wouldn''t, after all those attacks. Cheers!

[parrot123-2009]

Yet another attempt by the Obamadisciple media to portray him as a true Christian.

He''''s fooled the gullible, that''''s for sure.
Posted by Concerned08 at 11:44 AM : Jun 16, 2008

Mansfield won''t be voting for Obama but must really respect him to have written this book which is why i can''t understand why some of these Repugs aren''t Proud of a fellow American Leader being clearly Respected and embraced by both FRIENDS and FOES the world over - leaving just the Repugs as the hating few. Cheers@

[macusweil]

As Obama says it''s about judgement and setting road map for progress. Bush and the Republicans have done nothing but move the country backwards these past 7 1/2 years.

McCain has experience but does not show good judgement on Iraq war, ecomony etc. He wants to just continue with failed policies of the past. Lost all his mojo in 2000.

[fstop100]

Why is it this country can''t put a qualified person out there to run for president. We have a rookie and and old guy. I guess we have to go with the old guy.

[antoniof123]

This guy like all religious nuts is a slime.

[singingrick]

Someone being a Christian or not has no bearing on whether they are a good leader. Bush advertises himself as a Christian but is clearly the worst President in history.

[broadwayphi]

You can be Christian and progressive. Obama is. I am. Millions of us are.

Great article.

[Razzl]

Very strange--you can''t defend the hideously indefensible Tom Delay on one hand and then enthuse about Obama on the other--this guy sounds like a cheerleader for anybody who appears to be religious, whether their religion makes any sense or not. And I''m suspicious about whether he''s had a close enough association with Obama to be making such hard assertions about the depth of his faith.

And in summary, being anti-war is as "pro-life" as being anti-abortion, so choosing McCain in this election would not be a more "pro-life" choice than choosing Obama...

[wogerwabbit]

Mansfield said he will vote against Obama in November for a single reason: "Because I''m pro-life."

No. He''s not pro-life, he''s anti-abortion. If he were pro-life he would support those now living as well as those yet to be born which would mean voting to end the war.

[l8c6]

Mansfield said he will vote against Obama in November for a single reason: "Because I''m pro-life." --

But it''s o.k. for him to question if there is life after death.

Yeah, like Bush and the republicans are pro-life. Look how much blood and human suffering is on their hands. Hypocrisy of a Godless magnitude. Right wing neo cons are scum.

[lochlan-2009]

The guy sounds like a lunatic, but I guess that''s what the crazies like. Another bible sales man.