If the polls don’t reflect Obama’s star power maybe it is because he makes stupid decisions, like touring around with this guy.
“Don’t call me a bigot or anti-gay, when I have been touched by the same feelings,” McClurkin went on. “When I have suffered with the same feelings. Don’t call me a homophobe, when I love everybody … Don’t tell me that I stand up and I say vile words against the gay community because I don’t. I don’t speak against the homosexual. I tell you that God delivered me from homosexuality.”
In general, I think Obama may be on to something by trying to reach out to an increasingly disillusioned evangelical community. But he can’t do it in such clumsy ways. The key to winning over evangelicals is to convince them to put your issues ahead of culture war issues. That way, once you are in office they won’t expect you to do anything about abortion or ‘the homosexual agenda’. They knew you supported the progressive point of view on those issues and they voted for you anyway. Obama is capable of doing this right, but this has not been a good week for him.
