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Political Analysis: The agendas behind the publication of an October surprise book | Marvin Olasky

From Foley to Kuo: Washington buzz last week focused on a book by former Bush staffer David Kuo that hit the shelves on Oct. 16. His Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction reveals—according to the breathless Free Press publicity headline—"how Bush White House Manipulated the Christian Right."

In reality, the book and its relentless publicizing—60 Minutes, Good Morning America, and other network shows, hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles—show rampant manipulation on all sides: As Kuo put it in a WORLD interview—"everyone is using everyone and everyone has his own agenda." Because I've known Kuo for over a decade and was involved in hiring him 10 years ago to direct an organization designed to promote compassionate conservatism, he and I were able to examine some issues in our interview that have received short shrift elsewhere.