Karl Rove Loves Jesus After All

[The Night Owl]

Karl Rove refutes atheist Christopher Hitchens' claims

by Speroforum

Karl Rove defended his Christian faith against allegations of being a nonbeliever by British atheist and author Christopher Hitchens. Known for his acute debating skills and acerbic wit, Hitchens wrote in an April 26, 2007 New York magazine article that Rove “is not a believer” and that the former adviser to President George W. Bush said “I’m not fortunate enough to be a person of faith.” Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to Bush 43, took issue with this classification.

In an email exchange with Kamy Akhavan of ProCon.org, Rove wrote "I called Mr. Hitchens after he made his erroneous statement and as the true gentlemen he is, he apologized. He has seen a quote in which I remarked on my admiration for the faith of White House colleagues which I felt was deeper and richer than mine and misquoted it. I am a practicing Christian who attends a bible-centered Episcopal church in Washington and an Anglican church in Texas."

Akhavan called and emailed Hitchens to confirm this information, but as of the early afternoon of February 25 had not received a response. In a release, ProCon.org declared that it was unable to find a retraction or contradiction of Hitchens’ claims regarding Rove’s religious affiliations. Rover, then, agreed to have his views published so as to clarify the public record. This was not covered in his authobiography, entitled Courage and Consequences: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight.

Rove's biography was annotated with the above information http://undergod.procon.org/view.source.php?sourceID=010559

http://www.energypublisher.com/a/49285/Karl-Rove-refutes-atheist-Christopher-Hitchens-claims

I'm posting this only because I think it's illustrative of Karl Rove's arrogance. When Rove said that he is "not fortunate enough to be a person of faith," it was perfectly logical to assume Rove meant he is not a believer. Now, he wants us to accept that what he meant is that he is not a strong believer. But that's not what he said and Christopher Hitchens did not misquote him. What a phony!

[Zoeisright]

1. Well, he certainly needs practice.

Being a Christian SHOULD mean following the teachings of Christ.

Which Rove doesn't do. At ALL.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. "Being a Christian SHOULD mean following the teachings of Christ."

Yes, it should.

But in modern American Christianity, it almost never does.

Christianity is whatever its adherents do, not what they SHOULD do.

People who actually want to follow the teachings attributed to Jesus need to pick a new name. They let their original name be stolen.

[Deep13]

2. When is he going to emulate Matthew the tax collector...

...(which in those days was just a legalized extortionist) and pay back everyone he cheated starting with the damage caused by stealing the 2000 election?

[yellowcanine]

3. "I am a practicing Christian who attends a bible-centered Episcopal church in Washington"

In Washington DC "bible-centered Episcopal church" is code for "homophobia part of Leviticus centered church".

[Kennah]

5. Jesus loves you, Karl

The rest of us think you're an asshole

[JohnyCanuck]

7. ....and an inveterate liar. n/t

[The Night Owl]

8. ...and an invertebrate! {EOM}

[malaise]

6. He probably believes that Jebus is keeping

him out of prison.

[drmeow]

9. He doesn't think about him and prison

in the same thought but if he did I think he would falsely believe that "justice" is keeping him out of prison because he does not believe he did anything wrong.

[Taverner]

10. "not fortunate enough to be a person of faith," = I'm in the closet and I'm not coming out