Politicians "Play the 'God' Card"

As part of its series Focus on Faith, today's USA Today carries an opinion piece by Tom Krattenmaker titled Playing the 'God' Card. He argues that "religious-talking Republicans have brought ... hypocrisy charges on themselves in their rush to position their party as God's chosen." He continues, "It hasn't taken long for events to demonstrate how silly God's-on-our-side political rhetoric can end up looking when things go south." But, he says, "Democrats also have gone to the religion well in their quest for political gain and have sometimes looked just as ridiculous."