ANOTHER CBS/60 MINUTES/SIMON AND SCHUSTER/GOP HIT PIECE

Once again they all come together with a book – this time one that alleges Christian’s aren’t welcome in the White House. Once again, right before an election. You get a picture of the book author’s agenda with this part of the story: Part of the problem, he says, was indifference from "the base," the religious right. He took 60 Minutes to a convention of evangelical groups – his old stomping ground - and walked around the display booths, looking for any reference to the poor. “You’ve got homosexuality in your kid’s school, and you’ve got human cloning, and partial birth abortion and divorce and stem cell," Kuo remarked. "Not a mention of the poor." (CBS News) The book is, of course, from Simon and Schuster which, according to the publisher’s own website, is the “publishing operation of CBS corporation.” The author, David Kuo, is clearly obsessed with government, not individuals, supporting the poor. (Beliefnet) Testifying before the senate, he said “I believe in government’s inviolable duty to help serve the poor. This isn’t just philosophy for me, it is also theology.” (Senate) From Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: Democrats and liberals have lost sleep worrying about the power of the evangelical Christian vote. They have taken aim at the faith community with two clear strategies. First, they have mobilized a group of left-leaning, “pseudo-evangelicals” to critique our moral, political movement. At least twenty books have been written to denounce evangelical Christian involvement in American politics. (Townhall)