2008-01-22 A Stealth Campaign to Help Huck

2008-01-22 Talk To Action Frederick Clarkson \Mike Huckabee\Texas Restoration Project\religion in politics\Patriot Pastors\Texas Restoration Project\religious right http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/1/22/161859/715 A Stealth Campaign to Help Huck: Uncovered &ldquo;...the Patriot Pastor model was exported to Texas -- where the Texas Restoration Project is not only thriving, but serves as a national model of organizing... Their effort ... appears to be a stealth campaign on behalf of Mike Huckabee...&rdquo;  During the last election cycle, the religious right organizing of the Patriot Pastors in Ohio, led by Rod Parsely and Russell Johnson, received a lot of attention. Much less well known was the organization's meltdown in the wake of charges of electioneering in violation of the non-profit, tax-exempt status of Parsely and Johnson's churches as well as that of the original Ohio Restoration Project. But meanwhile, the Patriot Pastor model was exported to Texas -- where the Texas Restoration Project is not only thriving, but serves as a national model of organizing -- according to a pair of articles in The Dallas Morning News.

Their effort -- in what appears to be a stealth campaign on behalf of Mike Huckabee -- has so far featured "renewal" events in at least Florida, South Carolina, California and Louisiana.   