Machiavellian Prayer at the White House

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_moksha
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Machiavellian Prayer at the White House

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Ever wonder what that annual Prayer Breakfast at the White House is really all about?

Well, now we know:

http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/...03/857959.aspx

Jeff Sharlet's book

http://www.amazon.com/Family-Secret-.../dp/0060559799

More by him:

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525

For our atheists and a smattering of Mormons: You did not cause this axis of evil prayer circle, however I thought it interesting reading.
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_Trevor
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Post by _Trevor »

Pretty creepy, but I wonder how accurate it is. After the debacle at the New Republic, I am more wary of these kinds of pieces.
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