Last fall, president George W. Bush issued orders allowing religious groups to apply for federal grants to perform a wide variety of social services. Today, Fresh Ministries is putting $1 million of this manna from Washington to good use in inner-city Jacksonville, Fla., offering job training and counseling to teenagers, substance abusers, and newly released prisoners. The new money will show them "that there's a different door they can go through and make a real success of their lives," says Reverend Robert V. Lee Ⅲ, an Episcopal priest who runs the program. Get ready for many more such stories in the runup to the Nov. 2 election. While his first campaign ads sound the theme of strong leadership, the self-proclaimed War President plans to resurrect his 2000 campaign theme of "compassionate conservatism," say White House aides. They reason that a compassion agenda, Round 2, will appeal to swing voters and independents wary of Bush's attack strategy in the culture wars against gay marriage and abortion. That's why Bush, speaking on Mar. 3 at a White House-sponsored convention of religious leaders in Los Angeles, promised to expand the federal dollars available to church groups to include nutrition, foreign aid, and veterans grants.
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机译：去年秋天，总统乔治·W·布什（George W. Bush）发布命令，允许宗教团体申请联邦赠款，以提供各种社会服务。如今，新鲜食品部正从华盛顿拿出100万美元用于在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔市中心地区的使用，为青少年，吸毒者和新释放的囚犯提供职业培训和咨询服务。负责这项计划的主教牧师罗伯特·李五世牧师说，这笔新资金将向他们表明“他们可以通过另一扇门，使他们的生活真正取得成功”。在11月2日大选前夕，准备更多此类故事。白宫幕僚说，虽然他的首个竞选广告听起来很像是强大的领导力，但自称为战争总统的计划是恢复他2000年的竞选活动主题：“富有同情心的保守主义”。他们认为，第2轮的同情议程将吸引摇摆的选民和独立人士，警惕布什在针对同性恋婚姻和堕胎的文化战争中的进攻策略。这就是布什在3月3日于洛杉矶举行的白宫赞助的宗教领袖会议上发表讲话的原因，布什承诺扩大对教会团体的联邦拨款，包括营养，外援和退伍军人的津贴。
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