July 01, 2008
They all laughed...
..when I suggested that George W Bush was the visionary and that following presidents would have to follow the templates he created...
AP / JENNIFER LOVEN: Obama to Expand Bush's Faith Based Programs
Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — support their ability to hire and fire based on faith...
The grownups lead, the children follow...
Posted by John Weidner at July 1, 2008 11:03 AMAnother reason to chalk up for me NOT to like Obama...take Bush's brilliant ideas and eshew them, then take his worst ideas (from my point of view) and expand them...gah...
Posted by: Ethan Hahn at July 2, 2008 08:05 AMHopefully it will be flung back at him when he claims that McCain is just another Bush.
I've never decided what I think about Faith Based Programs. On one hand it is indisputable that many of then do a better job, for less, than secular alternatives. And the interpretation of the constitution that claims we can't give funds to them is both both false and stupid.
On the other hand, while I see no plausible danger of faith-based groups corrupting the republic, I see a big danger that government funds may corrupt the groups. If you start sending me a fat monthly check, I'll probably start to discover that your ideas have a lot more merit than I had previously supposed... (I'll try the experiment, if anybody's willing) ;-)
Plus what government agency is going to.........discriminate? Say against nice innocent faith-based Wahabbists? Or Scientologists? Or Wiccans? They may do so at first, but then a Dem gets in the White House, or donations are made to congressmen.....
