{"id":15826,"date":"2015-08-13T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15826"},"modified":"2015-08-13T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T19:48:39","slug":"nj-offers-better-than-pignocchio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/nj-offers-better-than-pignocchio\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Offers Better than PIGnocchio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the time, when we talk about NJ, my birthplace, we’re talking about one of the most corrupt politicians in the country.  I’m speaking of Chris Cristy, aka PIGnocchio, of course.  Fortunately, PIGnocchio isn’t all NY has to offer.  Cory Booker appears to be a rare and endangered species in US politics: an authentic Christian.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0813Corey\"Every day we see and hear lawmakers and people of ‘faith’ using the word of God to hurt others.<\/a> These hypocrites spew hatred and pass laws against women, blacks, Muslims, LGBT, Hispanics, the mentally ill, the disadvantaged, and the homeless. Yet, if we look at religions, we find most originate in love.<\/a> Over time, the positive messages of those religions have been twisted and interpreted to fit the selfish and extremist agendas of those who use religion to hate, bully, abuse, and kill others.<\/font><\/p>\n

In his quote, self-proclaimed Christian and Democrat Cory Booker<\/a> sums up religious extremists and hypocrisy in a way that’s hard for anyone to deny.<\/font><\/p>\n

Don’t speak to me about your religion<\/font><\/strong><\/span>; first show it to me in how you treat other people.Don’t tell me how much you love your God<\/strong><\/span>; show me in how much you love all His children.<\/font><\/p>\n

Don’t preach to me your passion for your faith<\/font><\/strong><\/span>; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors.<\/font><\/p>\n

In the end, I’m not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as in how you choose to live and give.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cory Anthony Booker<\/a><\/font><\/font> is a U.S. Junior Senator from New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Arts in sociology. Later, Booker earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. Upon returning home, he received his Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School.<\/font><\/p>\n

The Senator from New Jersey is a pro-choice, pro-LGBT advocate who actively supports education, saving the environment, voting rights, and the disadvantaged. Now a vegan, Booker is also an animal rights advocate. You can follow Booker via Cory Booker on Facebook<\/a> and\/or <\/font>@Cory Booker on Twitter<\/a><\/font>…. [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Democrats Unite<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

Compared to Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of authentic Christians), his love shines brightly.  Their faith is defined through the vehemence of their hate, the corruption of their greed, and the dishonesty of their dealings.  Booker is certainly a refreshing change!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of the time, when we talk about NJ, my birthplace, we’re talking about one of the most corrupt politicians in the country.  I’m speaking of Chris Cristy, aka PIGnocchio, of course.  Fortunately, PIGnocchio isn’t all NY has to offer.  Cory Booker appears to be a rare and endangered species in US politics: an authentic […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}