Miller: Moderate Clergy Disappointed in Obama – Lisa Miller – Newsweek.com.

Other faith leaders are more pointed. Obery Hendricks, author of The Politics of Jesus, used to dial in to regular conference calls between the administration and prominent clergy, but recently he’s stopped, citing frustration and fatigue.

“Is he listening [to religious leaders]? Frankly, I don’t know. They have the influence of window dressing.” The White House, he adds, is “patronizing and condescending,” especially to black clergy. “Many of the ministers feel that way.”

No, he is listening to his BlackBerry.

Of course, he listens to certain groups, but not many.

Obama does not play games he hasn’t rigged. The base he will never betray — the anti-gay black religious Left, Muslims and illegal aliens — is comprised of groups that are nation-building: morality is just their cover story for destroying people who are not on board with making babies for them.

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