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Q+A: David Iglesias

The Christian lawyer at the center of the U.S. attorneys scandal speaks out about his firing, faith, and future.

Interview by Sarah Pulliam | posted 8/13/2008 10:37AM

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It's not an easy task. What I'm going to look at is not only social issues —the pro-life / pro-choice thing is important to me — but also, Is this candidate going to help the poor? Are they more focused on those accused of crime or victims? Are they going to spend more recklessly? Our spending is out of control. Our national debt is the greatest it has ever been. We have got to get fiscal health. The Republicans have spent more money than the Democrats. I'm looking for a candidate who's a lot more positive, civil political candidate and not one who's trying to tear down the other.

Do you have plans for the future?

I'm an adviser to a very large consulting group that does consulting to law enforcement. I have no plans to run for office. It would take a miracle to get me back into the political world. It has become a lot more difficult because of the infusion of money, which is an inherently corrupting thing. It's becoming more and more uncivil and nasty and brutish, and I don't want to get back to that world.

My ultimate obligation is to the Lord and to doing right, not just some generalized sense of right and wrong. I just really want believers to understand that our obligation is to the Lord, and not to a party. A party does wrong from time to time, and it needs to be held accountable.

Related Elsewhere:

In Justice: Inside the Scandal that Rocked the Bush Administration is available from Amazon.com and other retailers.

Weblog highlighted the U.S. attorney firings last spring.

Iglesias's 2005 homecoming speech at Wheaton College is available in audio (RM | WMA).

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Bob A

Posted: August 22, 2008 5:17 PM


I like the Q&A format on issues like this. And I commend Christ-followers who seek, stand for and defend the truth. And we believe in the rule of law as a government. Neither of the two major political parties should attract our affiliation if it means we can't disagree with specific behavior.

Skye	Posted: August 15, 2008 10:08 AM

This should be a wake-up call to American Christians that think their responsibility is to elect a "Christian" into office. For the past 30+ years we have banked on political messiahs to lead us into Christendom, all the while doing nothing but going to church and (maybe) paying out tithe. It's time for us to realize that politics will not save America. Period. WE are called to be salt and light to this earth, the political constructs of man are not. Paul told us to pray for our leaders so that we would live peaceful lives and could easily spread the gospel, and aside from that the Bible tells us to stay out of politics. We are citizens of another Kingdom, foreigners in a strange land, and Paul tells us it is improper to deal with "civilian" affairs when we are members of a higher kingdom. We should fight for social justice, for the poor and the oppressed, but we must realize that Politics will only go so far. In the end, only God has the right to lead, and we are simply human.

Dale	Posted: August 14, 2008 10:42 AM

Iglesias doesn't mention that U.S. Attorneys serve at the behest of the President and that Clinton had fired over 40 Republican Attorneys during his term in office. Of course that wasn't "Political". And there was voter fraud in New Mexico, lots of illegials got registered to vote and Democrats won't prosecute them because they vote dumbocrat. That's the real perversion of government. And it doesn't take much courage to stand up for what the media culture and democratic party want you to do and then go write a book about it to make money. CT ought to be ashamed.

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