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What would Matthew 25 do?

Run an ad about Obama in the hometown of one of his most harsh critics, apparently.

The Matthew 25 Network, the new pro-Obama PAC, has released a new ad to run on Christian radio in Colorado Springs, the hometown of James Dobson and his Focus on the Family. It’s the first ad run by the network, which is headed by Mara Vanderslice, a young, but experienced hand at Democratic faith outreach.

To tinkling piano music, a female announcer says: “You know it’s an election year when certain people start grabbing headlines by attacking the faith of Presidential candidates. With all these stones being cast at Senator Obama, it can be hard to know what to believe. But in Luke, Jesus taught us that we must listen to what a man says because “out of the overflow of his heart, his mouth speaks.”


The ad then runs tape of Obama talking about the importance of faith in people’s lives, including his own.

Anyone want to guess who the “certain people” are?

The ever-insightful Mark Silk ponders the ad here.

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