While I agree more with Shane Claiborne’s understanding of Jesus’ politics these two clips are pure Stephen Colbert genius…
Just wait for the great closer at the end of clip 2.
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I talked with Jason Stanford, a spokesperson for the Chris Bell campaign and he got a comment from the candidate for me (it was technically for the paper, but thought it was worth sharing here):
“Today shows why this race will come down to me and Rick Perry. While the independent candidates have to get non-voters to sign petitions and spend millions build statewide networks from scratch, I’m campaigning across South Texas and uniting a proven grassroots army called the Texas
Democratic Party.”
With four candidates this fall it should be interesting.
I’m not a big fan of a number of Chet Edward’s politics, but I’m a huge fan of this:
The Texas Home of Waco Rep. (and former Belton Rep) Chet Edwards sat unused much of the time.
It doesn’t now. He has turned it over to a family that fled Hurricane Katrina.
“I wouldn’t be able to sleep knowing we had a vacant home in Waco, where there were children of evacuees,”; said Mr. Edwards, an eight-term Democrat whose wife, Lea Ann, suggested loaning out their three-bedroom house since they and their two kids spend the school year in Washington.
(reported in the Dallas Morning News)