Lieberman Points to Clinton and Carter as Possible Role Models

Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode XIX

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, whom many think to be the most "moderate" of the Democratic presidential candidates, opines in WaPo, Nov. 27, about the current crop of Democrats mostly keeping their religious faith out of their campaigns:

The nine Democratic presidential candidates all consider themselves religious, though most keep their faith and spiritual views to themselves when campaigning.

Their silence stands in contrast to President Bush, among the most overtly religious presidents in generations, and could undermine the Democratic nominee, as polls consistently show that voters want to hear more about faith from their national leaders.

Democrats "have been very hesitant to talk about faith . . . and in doing so we have lost a connection with a lot of people," said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), an Orthodox Jew and one of only two candidates who frequently talk about God. Long-shot candidate Al Sharpton, an ordained minister, is the other. "Democrats ought to pay attention to the fact that the two Democrats who have been elected president since [Lyndon] Johnson were Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton . . . and both talked a lot about their faith," Lieberman said....

How about that, Faithful Reader? Lieberman has to point to (ha! Ha! HA!) Carter and Clinton as role models. Carter, who goes around the world — literally — bad-mouthing the USA every chance he gets. And Clinton, who couldn't get Jeb Bush defeated in Florida last year nor help Gray Davis hold onto the governor's mansion in California last month.

I may be mistaken, but ISTM that this article is basically advice to the Democrats on how to do better in next year's election. Does WaPo give advice to Republicans on how to do better in next year's election?

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sun. 11/30/03 09:09:41 PM
Categorized as Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode & Political.

Hollywood Stabs a Traitor in the Back

Showtime airs The Reagans tonight.

A traitor? Ronald Reagan?!? You bet! First, he was a Hollywood liberal Democrat turned conservative Republican. Oh, my. Then, he presided over the downfall of the Soviet Union, which was supposedly communism's greatest contribution yet to human society. How dare he?

To Hollywood, Ronald Reagan isn't just a traitor: he's a traitor times two.

Tuesday's CyberAlert details (items 4 through 10) how Ronald Reagan is defamed, and Showtime's viewing audience bamboozled, by the miniseries.

See also my CBS Punts:

.... Showtime will show it "uncut". And the VHS and DVD editions will also, I'm sure, be "uncut". This is only a partial victory: they'll still get their hit piece out, when fewer people are paying attention....

Look for VHS & DVD versions to show up in the stores next year, most likely in late summer or early fall in the heat of the presidential campaign, with little publicity.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sun. 11/30/03 06:54:01 PM
Categorized as Media & Political.

Three from Morrison II

Poems from Masterpieces of Religious Verse.

The Things of the Spirit

Thank God for life!
There! A meadowlark sings! Do you hear it?
For the sigh of the heart,
The contagion of laughter,
For the longing apart,
For the joy that comes after,
For the things that we feel
When we clasp, when we kneel—
Thank God for the sharing,
The caring, the giving,
For the things of Life's living.

Thank God for the riches
Of flowers in the ditches,
For the roof from the weather,
The fireside together,
For the step at the portal,
For the love we have treasured,
For something unmeasured,
For something immortal,
For our grief, for our mirth,
For heavens on earth,
For the things of the spirit!

There! A meadowlark sings! Do you hear it?

Douglas Malloch (1877-1938)

I Thank Thee, Lord, for Strength of Arm

I thank Thee, Lord, for strength of arm
To win my bread,
And that, beyond my need, is meat
For friend unfed:
I thank Thee much for bread to live,
I thank Thee more for bread to give.

I thank Thee for my quiet home,
'Mid cold and storm,
And that, beyond my need, is room
For friend forlorn:
I thank Thee much for place to rest,
But more for shelter for my guest.

I thank Thee, Lord, for lavish love
On me bestowed,
Enough to share with loveless folk
To ease their load:
Thy love to me I ill could spare,
Yet dearer is Thy love I share.

Robert Davis (b. 1881)

God, You Have Been Too Good to Me

God, You have been too good to me,
You don't know what You've done.
A clod's too small to drink in all
The treasure of the sun.

The pitcher fills the lifted cup
And still the blessings pour:
They overbrim the shallow rim
With cool refreshing store.

You are too prodigal with joy,
Too careless of its worth,
To let the stream with crystal gleam
Fall wasted on the earth.

Let many thirsty lips draw near
And quaff the greater part!
There still will be too much for me
To hold in one glad heart.

Charles Wharton Stork (b. 1881)

Masterpieces of Religious Verse (1948), ed. James Dalton Morrison, ## 369, 370, 380.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sun. 11/30/03 02:23:07 PM
Categorized as Sunday Poetry Series.