Shots from Both Wings…

There’s been quite a bit of dust kicked up recently over the political consulting of Common Good Strategies, a group headed by Mara Vanderslice and Eric Sapp. Some on the left say they’re selling out progressivism. Others on the right say they’re communists in sheep’s clothing. The debates offer a window into the highly charged ground that CGS is treading. Must be interesting to take hits from both your right and your left…

“Mara Vanderslice’s attempt to convince Christians to vote for pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Democrats (who hide their real goals behind claims of ‘faith’) is working — and the Republican Party should take note,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “Tragically, Vanderslice’s brand of ‘progressive’ Christianity has more in common with Marxist-Leninist ideals than with orthodox Christianity. I pray that Christians will not be fooled in 2008 — as many were in 2006. Because many evangelicals voted for liberals in 2006, we face a Congress that is openly hostile to biblical values.”

Traditional Values Coalition, February 1, 2007

Casey should have ignored Vanderslice’s reckless counsel for a variety of reasons, including that there was no reason to seek additional support from those who would never provide it. Contrary to Vanderslice’s notions, engaging the leadership of the hard Religious Right does not demonstrate respect for “people of faith.” Instead it sends a clear message of capitulation to the long discredited Aristotelian notion of inherent inequality. Any continued acceptance of this unnecessary strategy of pandering will have its ultimate end in the furthering weakening of liberal democracy.

Frank Cocozzelli at Talk2Action, February 4, 2007

One Response to “Shots from Both Wings…”

1. Bob Cornwall says:

   February 5, 2007 at 7:45 pm

   The TVC rhetoric is just a bit scary. To call Sojourner’s far leftist and akin to Marxist-Leninist views is just bizarre.