Jim Wallis Gives Weekly Democratic Radio Address
Jim Wallis' "non-partisan" book 'God's Politics'
From WaPo via Street Prophets
"I want to be clear that I am not speaking for the Democratic Party, but as a person of faith who feels the hunger in America for a new vision of our life together, and sees the opportunity to apply our best moral values to the urgent problems we face," the Rev. Jim Wallis said in his remarks..."We need serious solutions, not the scapegoating of others," Wallis said. "The path of partisan division is well worn, but the road of compassionate priorities and social justice will lead us to a new America."
In a statement, incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said he chose Wallis to give the address, usually reserved for politicians, "in the spirit of bipartisanship."
Wallis heads a ministry in Washington called Sojourners and has been widely viewed as part of the religious left. He rejects that label and preaches the need to bring the nation to "a moral center."
Reid called Wallis nonpartisan.
Street Prophets sounds off here. As they point out "the whole point of the exercise is to be, you know, partisan."
Bill McCartney
