Chuck's exclusive

WWP amigo Chuck Currie called tonight to put in a shameless plug for his web log ... something about an "interview." Yeah, whatever. When WWP finally got around to checking it out, he realized that the "interview" isn't just any ol' garden-variety gabfest, but an actual nuts-and-bolts Q&A with none other than William Sloane Coffin, a towering religious leader and progressive [and sometimes radical] voice in American politics for many decades. At turns Coffin has been chaplain at Yale University, anti-war activist, senior pastor at New York's Riverside Church, author, speaker, pastor and preacher.

Speaking about the president and his faith, Coffin tells Chuck:

When he [Bush] calls himself a Christian, I think he should remember that it was the devil who tempted Jesus with unparalleled wealth and power. What does that say about Bush’s dreams about wealth and power? He has reversed Biblical priorities by making our economic policies be about helping the wealthy to acquire more wealth while abandoning the poor.

Check out what else the Rev. Coffin has to say about the president, Iraq and leadership.