On The Front Lines
David Kuo, Former Special Assistant to President Bush, Speaks out in OldSpeak Interview Against Marriage of Christianity and Politics
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.--In an interview with OldSpeak, the online journal of The Rutherford Institute, Washington insider David Kuo, whose connections include some of the most powerful political names in America, speaks about the marriage of faith and politics under the current Bush administration and the dangers associated with acting as if God and politics are synonymous--issues that he explores in his book Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction.
As Kuo explained in the interview with John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, "Jesus' gospel is not a gospel of politics. It is not a gospel of a political agenda one way or another, left or right. Much of the anger from Christians originates with the impression that taking a legal position defending a civil liberty is not only bad law but bad policy and a form of heresy--even a form of blasphemy. And that's a really alarming trend."
David Kuo, former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and second-in-command of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, has authored several books, including the New York Times bestseller Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, which provides readers with an inside glimpse into the seductive life of Beltway politics, explaining how Christian voters are used and manipulated by politicians and how President Bush's own Christian faith was used to entice Christian leaders and voters. During his time in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Kuo worked to provide federal funds and resources to hundreds of faith-based charities across the country to help serve the poor and those in need. Kuo has also worked for other leading conservative political leaders including Jack Kemp, Bill Bennett and John Ashcroft. Kuo has also brought a compassionate conservative voice to numerous speeches he has written for well-known conservatives such as Pat Robertson, Senator Bob Dole, Congressman J.C. Watts and Ralph Reed. Kuo relinquished his position as a top official in the Bush Administration to lay bare the façade about Washington politics.
