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Evangelical: Rove's office called evangelicals 'The Nuts' [VIDEO]
According to Steve Benen, a damning new book by David Kuo -- former high-ranking official in Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives -- reveals that Bush's plan for social betterment through the religious community "was a charade," and "a political ploy."
Kuo appears to be one pissed off evangelical. And no wonder:
"National Christian leaders received hugs and smiles in person and then were dismissed behind their backs and described as 'ridiculous,' 'out of control,' and just plain 'goofy,'" Kuo wrote. He added that Karl Rove called some of the nation's most prominent evangelical leaders "the nuts."
Keith Olbermann got his hands on a copy of the book... watch his report above.
Tagged as: books, bush, olbermann, evangelicals, rove
Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.
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