Dean will become more active "Christian?"

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Dean and new slant to speeches.

Dean, 55, who practices Congregationalism but does not often attend church and whose wife and children are Jewish, explained the move as a desire to share his beliefs with audiences willing to listen. His comments came as a rival, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, chastised other Democrats for forgetting ''that faith was central to our founding and remains central to our national purpose.''

Could Dean get more scizophrenic? He is a Christian but his wife and kids are Jewish? Christianity is good for him but not his kids? He rarely goes to Church?

Does anyone make sense of this?

Political analysts note that discussing religious beliefs could provide an important link to Southern voters. Greater numbers of Southern voters feel religion and politics need not be separate. An ABC/Washington Post poll released this week showed that 46 percent of Southerners said a president should rely on his religious beliefs in making policy decisions, compared with 40 percent nationwide and 28 percent in the East. The South is a potential problem area for Dean's campaign for the Democratic nomination, particularly as rivals like retired Army general Wesley K. Clark of Arkansas and Senator John Edwards of North Carolina invoke their Southern roots. In recent years, the South has been tough ground for any Democrat in the general election.

AAAAHHHH there it is. The ole "tell them what they want to hear" bit. And Sioutherners are sssooo stoopid we will instantly fall for it. :roll:

Dean himself made a decision about religion in the early 1980s, opting to leave the local Episcopal church when it sided with landowners seeking to preserve private property in lieu of a bike path in Burlington.

This is a reason to leave a church you have invested your life in?

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Dean himself made a decision about religion in the early 1980s, opting to leave the local Episcopal church when it sided with landowners seeking to preserve private property in lieu of a bike path in Burlington.

Since the Episcopal church has "come out of the closet", Howard Dean may go back. Since he agrees with their position.

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Well, I mean -- what would you expect from the same man who's entire platform consists of waiting for the current administration to fail and dogging our soldier's efforts abroad?

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I heard about this this morning.

Rainman