>From today's Cav Daily from tne University of Virginia:
"More specifically, his attachment to President Clinton and his
ludicrous abuse of the truth ('I created the Internet' and 'no
controlling legal authority' among them) hurt him significantly.
Enter Joseph Lieberman."
"The Gore campaign, however, has crossed the line of
respectability in its almost daily use of Lieberman as the token
religious guy."
Apparently not all those young skulls are filled with mush.
ML/NJ
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=5103&Date=Sep+6+2000
God, Gore don't make divine combination
By Seth Wood
Cavalier Daily Columnist
AS A GENERAL rule, newspaper columnists choose not to focus on
vice presidential candidates during a major campaign season. The
reason for this is obvious. Vice presidents generally do not play
a major role in the administrations of their ticket mates.
A vice president does not directly have the responsibility to do
anything, save preside over the Senate and await the President's
death. However, in the case of the 2000 Democratic ticket, the
vice presidential candidate has assumed an almost-omnipresent
role.
He has helped to resurrect the seemingly-lifeless Gore campaign
from the tombs of political irrelevancy. In fact, what this vice
presidential candidate has done amounts to nothing less than a
miracle. I refer, of course, to God.
To be truthful (He'd want it that way), God doesn't hold the
official vice presidential post with Al Gore. That spot currently
belongs to Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman. However, that fact
shouldn't fool anybody. While Lieberman functions as the current
earthly Veep nominee, Gore would like to convince the
all-powerful one Himself to join forces with the most qualified
presidential candidate since Adlai Stevenson.
For those who might think that God would never want to involve
Himself in a political campaign, Team Gore thinks otherwise.
After all, imagine the press conference for such an announcement.
They could probably even convince Jimmy Carter to attend.
Furthermore, think of the new campaign signs. Of course, Gore's
name would stay on top, but God's name would just fit perfectly
on the sign. Despite how good a guy he is and all, Lieberman's
name is a bit long. God just fits much more snugly.
For those thinking this idea may be a bit of a lark, Lieberman
has shown Gore's desire to have God campaign with him at almost
every speaking engagement. Joe can't let a moment go by without
invoking a psalm, a piece from the Talmud, or some sort of
religious text.
Team Gore may even have God's endorsement for a few policies. On
"ABC This Week," Lieberman was quoted as saying that the
Democratic prescription drug plan agrees with the Bible's
commandment to honor thy father and thy mother. One can't get
much stronger an endorsement for policy.
If the sarcasm has not adequately permeated this column, allow me
to clarify. What the Gore team has done over the past month with
regard to instilling religion into the daily, public operation of
a political campaign has been nothing short of disgusting.
Prior to selecting Lieberman as his earthly vice presidential
nominee, Gore found himself at the losing end of every national
poll, despite being in office during one of the nation's
strongest periods of economic growth. The reason for such a lack
of support was fairly clear: Gore lacked character.
More specifically, his attachment to President Clinton and his
ludicrous abuse of the truth ("I created the Internet" and "no
controlling legal authority" among them) hurt him significantly.
Enter Joseph Lieberman.
Prior to his nomination, Lieberman's convictions in following his
beliefs as an orthodox Jew contrasted sharply with Gore's own
aforementioned character problems. With his religious
credibility, Lieberman literally brought Gore out of the depths
of the Clinton brothel and into a more sanctified, respectable
light. Although Lieberman's pick was clearly a political one
designed to distance Gore from Clinton, it is an understandable
choice.
The Gore campaign, however, has crossed the line of
respectability in its almost daily use of Lieberman as the token
religious guy. Knowing that Americans, by and large, like the
notion of God in a broad sense, Gore has appeared virtually
nowhere without his trusted religious friend.
Recently, Gore stated, almost awkwardly, that he thought about
the question, "What Would Jesus Do?" before making policy
decisions. (As George Will stated on Sunday's "ABC This Week,"
"What would Jesus do about ballistic missile defense?")
In these cases, the Democratic Party has elected to instill
questions of religion directly into a campaign, so that a voter
may choose between the issues on health care, education and
whether or not the president and vice president will go to Hell.
This is not a good thing.
Although religion (or lack thereof) plays a part of everybody's
daily life, it should not be something of a constantly-public
nature. While the public is entitled to hear of the principles
(religious or otherwise) that will help shape politicians'
viewpoints, the candidates themselves do not need to invoke the
name of God in reference to every other issue or action.
In the past, Republicans have scarcely mentioned the name of
Jesus without unleashing a Gomorrah-like storm of controversy.
The standard of leaving religion as a largely personal matter has
made sense in the past. The Democratic ticket should place less
of an emphasis on attempting to convince voters of their piety
and more of an emphasis on convincing them of their sincerity and
commitment to a list of attractive issues.
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