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Now you can annoy everyone even more with...campaign ringtones!

Monday May 12, 2008

posted by David Gibson @12:07pm Permalink email icon Email This arrow Add to »


The evil geniuses at Slate have come up with a series of cellphone rings that will leave those around you with no doubt about your political views. They include Hillary's laugh (I'd use other descriptors), John McCain calling a young questioner a "little jerk," and of course Jeremiah Wright's ringing "God damn America!" There is Obama's "Yes, we can!" motto and, for balance, Hillary's "Shame on you, Barack Obama!"

The ultimate in sound-bite campaigning. Of course, whether this will hurt or help your candidate of choice is the real question.

Via RNS' blog.

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'Cuse me Mr. Gibson, this is dang interestin', but, uh... what does this have to do with Pope Benedict XVI's visit to America? Pauli

Posted by: Pauli | May 15, 2008 11:13 AM

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The last update to the Benedictions blog was in April 2008. We welcome your comments about the Pope and Catholicism in general in our Catholic forums.

David Gibson is an award-winning religion writer who specializes in writing about the Catholic Church, which he joined as a convert at the age of 30. He is the author The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World. He also wrote The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful are Shaping a New American Catholicism. He has written about Catholicism for leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, Boston magazine, Fortune, Commonweal, and America. Gibson worked in Rome for Vatican Radio for several years and traveled frequently with Pope John Paul II. He later covered religion for The Star-Ledger of New Jersey. He has co-written several recent documentaries on Christianity for CNN. For further information check out his website at dgibson.com.

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