Obama Focuses On Christian Faith In Texas Push Card
By Vince Leibowitz on Feb 29, 2008 in 2008 Presidential Race ![[Post to Twitter]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter.png){kind=icon}
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In the red state of Texas, not even presidential candidates are immune from the desire to remind Texas voters just how close they are to their Lord and Savior.
Case in point: Barack Obama’s “Faith. Hope. Change” push card being circulated in Texas. The front of the piece shows Obama at a podium in a church with organ pipes and a cross as a backdrop. The back notes in large letters that Obama is a, “committed Christian,” and talks about his conversion in language Texans are more accustom to seeing from Republican candidates:
“…he visited a local church one Sunday. That day Obama felt a beckoning of the spirit and accepted Jesus Christ into his life.”
The only phrase lacking to make it 100 percent typical of language used by Republicans is the lack of the evangelical-Christian concept of being “born again.”
Why does Obama find it necessary to push his Christian bona fides in Texas? It is for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, in Texas, there are more “conservative” Democratic voters than their probably are in other states. Second, it is because of the fact that–thanks in part to the Internet–the rumor that Obama was once a Muslim is a tough bell to unring. Obama, in fact, addresses these claims on his website on a page entitled, “Obama has never been a Muslim.”
I would be curious to know what parts of Texas the push card is being distributed in. I found it in East Texas, and wonder if it is being similarly circulated in more liberal areas like Austin. If it is, it could turn as many people off as it would attract in other parts of the state.
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Here’s a recent quote from Bill on Hillary:
“The other candidate, Hillary, says you should vote for me because I’ve spent a lifetime driven by my religious convictions and my personal upbringing in the belief that my job was to see that other people had the same chances in life that I’ve had and we need a change-maker for other people in the White House…I believe that’s the better side of the argument.”
Looks like Obama isn’t the only one emphasizing his “religious convictions.”