Faith and Politics

[venerable_bean]

I quite enjoyed watching Barack Obama's speech on Faith and Politics. I find it refreshing to listen to someone who is intelligent, articulate, and appears to look at varying people's viewpoints.

Barack, as a member of the United Church just made evident my need for looking to Holy Tradition in my personal religion, as well as the need for

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[osbick_bird]

I'm all squeeishly fangirly about Barack Obama. The art of rhetoric has been lost from our political dialog for a long time. Language is such a powerful tool, and this administration unfortunately does not seem to know its ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to using it--its communication with the American people seems to consist of speaking in inarticulate half- or untruths, saber-rattling, coded messages to the fundies, and platitudes so vague as to be meaningless. Having someone in charge that can actually communicate meaningful ideas eloquently and movingly would be hugely refreshing!