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| Anger as Democrats play religious card in election |
| 2007-08-23 |
| A political TV advert that accuses a Catholic candidate of calling Protestants "scandalous, depraved, selfish and heretical" has provoked fury in the US state of Louisiana. The man at the centre of the storm is Bobby Jindal, a Catholic and the Republican candidate in the race to be state governor. Democrats say the 30-second ad - running in heavily Protestant areas - simply explains Mr Jindal's beliefs with his own words. But Mr Jindal says his views have been distorted, and a letter has been sent to nine TV stations saying the advert is defamatory and asking them to stop showing it. Fellow Republicans say it is a smear campaign. The advert features an actress saying Mr Jindal does not respect other people's religions and directs viewers to a website with links to several articles Mr Jindal wrote on Catholicism. In one, Mr Jindal talks of the Catholic religion as the true Christian faith and refers to a "scandalous series of divisions and new denominations" of religions since the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. But he also wrote that the Catholic Church must incorporate the "spirit-led movements" of other Christian faiths. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #9 ha! I'm surprised that the Dems would want to call attention to this fact as it will help him get elected in LA. It just shows how little they understand the Christians they fail to represent. |
| Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-23 23:27 |
| #8 It's a brilliant poster, DarthVader. Is the image on the flag an ancient Minoan bull-jumper? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-08-23 12:00 |
| #7 Um... When I hit submit it took me to roadsideamerica.com again. But posted anyway. And twice? Mods... feel free to delete the second poster. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-08-23 10:42 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-08-23 10:41 |
| #5 Seething democrats. What's not to like? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-08-23 10:40 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-08-23 10:40 |
| #3 Democrat party, home of bigots. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-08-23 08:51 |
| #2 Captain Ed covered this, the Loser LA Democrats are very afraid of Jindal, and they should be. Lying POS's |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-23 07:50 |
| #1 So its not becuz PUTIN + SARKOZY have competing BEACH BEEFCAKE PHOTOS on the Net??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-08-23 01:39 |