By Judi McLeod
Thursday, February 1, 2007
God is everywhere, but leave it to the secular Nancy Pelosi Dems to claim a monopoly on Him.
"A two-year-old public relations firm called "Common Good Strategies" is working behind the scenes to help Democrats convince Christians that they should vote for Democrats of "faith". (Traditional Coalition Values, (TCV) Feb. 1, 2007).
You won't find angels sitting at desks at Common Good Strategies but only slick political strategists hired by political parties determined to drag God into the 2008 election.
Nor is it difficult to see through the Dems' latest God discovering antics. According to TCV executives the PR firm is headed by Mara Vanderslice, a 1997 graduate of Earlham College. Make that the same Mara Vanderslice who became Howard Dean's "faith advisor" who later served as John Kerry's advisor on faith issues.
Vanderslice formerly worked as an intern for Jim Wallis' Sojourners organization, a far-leftist "Christian" group that works to convince moderate or conservative Christians that Democrat policies are best for achieving "social justice".
How that explains the pro-abortion Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and Company can't be handled by PR.
For his part, Jim Wallis has been consulting with Democrat strategists for years to lure Christians away from the Republican Party. TVC's special report on Wallis reveals the consistent far left policies of the group--which have been more in line with the old Soviet Union than with America.
While at Earlham, Vanderslice was a member of the Earlham Socialist Alliance, a group that supports the release of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and embraces Marxist-Leninist political views.
For Vanderslice, Christianity is all in the "strands".
In a feature on Vanderslice in the Earlham College Bulletin, Vanderslice notes she grew up in a spiritual but not religious and politically progressive home in Boulder, Colorado. She arrived at Earlham distrustful of Christianity but after taking UN endorsed Peace and Global Studies classes and spending time in Bogota, Colombia, she became more committed to "strands" of Christianity that she found appealing.
Vanderslice has spoken at rallies held by the radical homosexual group ACT-UP and has been involved in protests against the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary fund and the World Bank.
Her group, Common Good Strategies has worked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Bob Casey, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland; the Kansas Democrat Party and others. Using God as a PR tool has been good for Vanderslice, as all of her clients won in 2006.
"Mara Vanderslice's attempt to convince Christians to vote for pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Democrats (who hid their real goals behind claims of "faith") is working--and the Republican Party should take note," says TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. "Tragically, Vanderslice's brand of `progressive' Christianity has more in common with Marxist-Leninist ideals than with orthodox Christianity."
Lafferty is praying that Christians will not be fooled in 2008 the way they were in 2006.
"Because many evangelicals voted for liberals in 2006, we face a Congress that is openly hostile to Biblical values," she says.
Meanwhile, it's not that `ole time religion' that Dems have suddenly discovered, it's a religion they describe as "Democrats of Faith" founded just in time for the 2008 election.
Now that they've surfaced, TVC will be monitoring the activities of their favourite religious PR firm and intends to publish future reports on where the PR firm gets its funding.
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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