Too many evangelicals and religious conservatives are too preoccupied with values and faith and pay no attention to competence. We don’t apply this approach to anything else in life, including choosing a pastor.
Mark DeMoss, former chief of staff to Jerry Falwell and now a leading Christian public relations executive, as quoted in Steven Waldman’s article on Beliefnet, Sarah Palin: A Big Gamble for Religious Conservatives.
Via digby on hullabaloo.
Of course there is the continual trinity of political competence, fund raising, politics (with all the compromise, untruth and evasion that requires) and generally last and least, taking care of the publics business while considering ethics and goods like freedom.
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September 3rd, 2008