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Message to Matthews

Carol Platt Liebau | March 14, 2012 7:39 PM

Just thought it ironic, in light of Greg's post immediately below, that President Obama is warning his opponents about the dangers of "using religion as a [political ] bludgeon"

"When we start using religion as a bludgeon in politics, we start questioning other people's faith, we start using religion to divide, instead of bring the country together, then I think we've got a problem," Obama told Des Moines's local NBC affiliate, Who TV.