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<DIV><SPAN class=906245713-12042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>David,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=906245713-12042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=906245713-12042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>I
agree that the DNC message is an insult to Christians. But I was almost as
irritated at Cizik, who apparently thinks "evangelicals" are the only ones who
believe in the resurrection of Jesus.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=906245713-12042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4><STRONG>Art</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=906245713-12042007> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
David Franke [mailto:dfranke00@comcast.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 12,
2007 9:25 AM<BR><B>To:</B> dfranke00@comcast.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW: The
Rothenberg Political Report - Dean's Empty Definition of
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<P>By Nathan L. Gonzales <BR><BR>Two recent press releases from the
Democratic National Committee reflect the party's continuous struggle to
understand evangelicals in America. <BR><BR>A March 30 press release
entitled "DNC Offers Passover Greetings" included a joint statement by
Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Vice Chair Susan Turnbull. The release was
appropriate and timely and included their definition of the event,
though it ignored the religious aspect. "On Monday night, Jews around
the world will begin celebrating Passover, a week-long holiday that
commemorates the Israelites' freedom from persecution and slavery."
<BR><BR>Then, a week later, the DNC celebrated Easter with another
statement from Dean, including his definition of the holiday. "Easter
Sunday is a joyful celebration. The holiday represents peace, redemption
and renewal, a theme which brings hope to people of all faiths."
<BR><BR>Dean's Easter statement seems to bend over backwards not to
mention Jesus and demonstrates either a misunderstanding of the
evangelical community or a fear of alienating other voting blocs with
religious talk. <BR><BR>"This press release, absent any reference to
Jesus, without whom the Easter resurrection story is meaningless, is
apparently a sad reflection of a 'lowest common denominator' religious
outreach of the Democratic party," said Richard Cizik, Vice President of
Government Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, "Wake
up and smell the Easter lillies! This kind of outreach will not pass the
smell test of any evangelical." <BR><BR>Frankly, Webster's New World
Dictionary, which is not regarded as a particularly spiritual or
political source, has a better definition of Easter: "an annual
Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus." <BR><BR>The
DNC statement is striking, particularly since Democratic outreach to
evangelicals is on-going (including Dean's speech at Eastern University
just last week) and the importance Democratic strategists have put on
using the right language to appeal to evangelicals. Democrats like to
point to recent conservative evangelical leaders' attacks on Cizik as
evidence that they are making progress, but based on Cizik's comments,
evangelicals aren't moving en mass toward the Democratic Party anytime
soon. <BR><BR>Dean and the DNC simply missed the target this Easter. The
press release was astonishing because it's sole purpose was to
acknowledge a religious holiday, yet it was painfully-worded to avoid
being religious. If this press release was part of the Democratic
Party's outreach to evangelicals, they probably would have been better
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