you've got to be kidding me

with this:

"Obama Wants to Expand Role of Religious Groups"

So. Here are the deep thoughts of our Democratic nominee, ever since he clinched the nomination:
1. Supports overturning of gun control legislation
2. Speaks out against a decision restricting the use of capital punishment to convicted murderers.
3. Supports a Foreign Intelligence Act passed by Congress which "includes immunity to lawsuits for phone companies over their role in assisting in the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program" (from NYTimes.com)
4. Wants to establish the "Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships" which would allocate a cool 500 million dollars to faith-based organizations to perform community outreach.

Now, this is ludicrous bullshit for a number of reasons. What type of "faith-based" community outreach programs do you think are going to get this money? And how exactly does he plan to "prevent" these groups from using their money "to proselytize"? I will eat my own hand if someone 2 years from now tells me about a Hindu or Muslim-based community initiative that got any legitimate chunk of money from this 'Council'. There's only one prominent religious group with the combined motivation of evangelism and political leverage of the religious Right that will enjoy the spoils here, and we all know it.

So, kudos to you, Senator Obama, on your fourth pathetic display of pandering in a short 2 weeks. Apparently, your "Yes We Can" slogan, is followed by the fine print "...compromise our political ideals to shamelessly court middle American conservative voters and in doing so alienate the supporters who us the nomination, relying on the fact that they will turn out and vote Democrat simply due to their blind hope for a lesser evil." Why don't you just appoint Steve Forbes to your cabinet and unveil a new flat tax plan? Douche.