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Sunday, August 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble

The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
By Mike Madden

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  • Sunday, August 17, 2008 03:15 AM

    Made of straw? Mike, I'd like to meet Ms. Walsh.

    I think she's your editor... :-D

    http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/?last_story=/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/08/17/saddleback/

    There's a significant and not baseless sentiment (on the left and tiny libertarian pockets) that is precisely what you poo-poohed. I personally don't mind as much. For a lot of people, church doubles as a sort of community hall. But there are people like that out there, and not just ones that happen to be named Ted Rall :)

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