To make the Democratic Party everything it can be, we need to win back as many of the "Bush Christians" as we can. Winning them back will be vastly easier with a good working knowledge of their codes, memes and frames. Clinton knows this. MLK knew this. Bush sure as hell knows it.
I firmly believe that the hero of the Gospels is Bush's true political nemesis.
Here's a suggestion that I hope you all take seriously: get out a good version of the Bible, like the NIV, and read the Gospels (the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) through a political frame. Jesus was one of the most effective political motivators of time. He led, he dodged bullets, he promoted social causes, he framed the debate, he turned his opponents back on themselves. I'm not proselytizing (at least not intentionally); I really think this is a useful thing to do, and it only takes a few hours to read on the top narrative level. Read on and I'll tell ya why.
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