Vance has done the open-mouth insert Florsheim shoes again. We all know about his “Christian” book coming out. That’s pure grift. The country is not in a religious renaissance. It seems he’s trying to attract MAGA to him, but this is not necessarily a good way to do so. And again, Usha is not white, which is a horrible thing to have to say. The book isn’t going to help that. It seems pointless considering the state our country is in. By the release date, people will likely *not* have the money to buy it, since we seem to be heading into a depression. Much obliged to Raw Story:
Confusion is swirling at a small Virginia church after it appeared on the cover of Vice President JD Vance’s new memoir – despite members saying he’s never set foot inside. Members of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church say Vance has never visited, and they have no known connection to him, according to the Washington Post. “I’d have to see it to believe it,” said longtime congregant Marshall Funk, who was surprised to learn that the modest church in a rural part of the state appears on the cover of the vice president’s forthcoming memoir, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.”
Hmmmm. Why didn’t he use the church he attends now, or attended in the past? We go out and find pictures on the web for our topics all the time. This is a little different. It’s very specific, and it’s known. Plus, it’s on a *book*. He didn’t even visit this town. Well, let’s continue.
The image is used to illustrate Vance’s spiritual journey, which traces his path to Catholicism, the Post noted Friday. It features a brick church with a white steeple surrounded by trees and a glowing sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains. But locals were surprised to find the quiet congregation of a few dozen regulars thrust into the national spotlight. A spokesperson for the book’s publisher said in an email to the Post that the image reflects the region where Vance grew up.
Oooookay. Well, we know his first book was nonsense, too. He did a lot of lying in that one. It would have been fine as fiction, but he said it was the truth. Fortunately, we did not spend a lot of money on “Hillbilly Elegy” when it came out. I wanted to burn it, but we donated it instead. Let someone else be subjected to it. (I couldn’t get through it and remember nothing about it.)
“The church comes from the part of the country where Vice President Vance grew up,” Tina Andreadis, director of publicity at Harper Collins said. “He was raised in Protestant and evangelical churches; he talks about Christianity in an ecumenical sense throughout the book.” Still, that explanation hasn’t fully cleared things up for members, who noted the church sits hundreds of miles from where Vance lived. “That’s between him and God,” Funk told the Post.
Despite the confusion, a retired Mt. Zion pastor saw a potential upside, suggesting that the attention could spur MAGA supporters to help raise money for the church. “I hope they all know it’s on the cover,” Pastor Gleasanna Dixon said to the publication. “That would make them feel better.”
Well, they do know, and they’re still confused. It makes me wonder how they got the picture in the first place. Seriously! How did they come up with it? I hope everyone can see it in the title picture. I tried to find one where the church wasn’t all the way at the bottom. I will say it’s a pretty cover. Time to stop babbling. Here we are with another Vance book. Yay.
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