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Closed for the Season
With Election Day finally having come and gone, God-o-Meter is closing up shop till 2012--or at least 2010. Till then, get your faith and politics fix over at Beliefnet editor-in-chief Steve Waldman's blog.
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posted 4:32:33pm Nov. 19, 2008 |
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On The Religious Left, Great Expectations
The first priorities for Barack Obama's administration will be the economy and a variety of foreign policy issues. But the burgeoning religious left, which worked so hard to get Obama elected, expects some movement on its issues, including a robust White House office of faith-based initiatives, pove
posted 1:49:31pm Nov. 07, 2008 |
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Howard Dean's Vindication
God-o-Meter wrote a piece for today's Roll Call on the vindication of Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean's much-derided 50-State Strategy, which is largely about reaching out to the nation's more religious voters in the red states:
Years before Barack Obama showed that a liberal Demo
posted 2:01:06pm Nov. 06, 2008 |
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A Post-Election Chat with Ralph Reed
Amid today's talk that Barack Obama has narrowed the God Gap, God-o-Meter checked in with Ralph Reed, who spearheaded religious outreach for George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns and who pioneered such outreach for Republicans as executive director of the Christian Coalition.
What surprised you i
posted 3:09:07pm Nov. 05, 2008 |
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More Innacurate Faith Storylines From the Media
God-o-Meter is struck by the number of faith-based storylines the news media appear to have gotten dead wrong this year.
One was the line that Obama was poised to make big gains among white votes, especially evangelicals, who were undergoing a generational shift in their political thinking and reexa
posted 11:53:20am Nov. 05, 2008 |
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God-o-Meter wondered about the birth of Mike Huckabee’s new ad celebrating the birth of Jesus, so it asked Huckabee senior advisor Charmaine Yoest. Her response:
posted December 18, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Why delete comments Dan? You ar the one that asked for thoughts. I posted a comment earlier today that is now gone. Not sure why. I had trouble posting it and it did double post, perhaps that’s why. In any event, not sure why it doesn’t appear now.
posted December 18, 2007 at 5:24 pm
SPUNKY–I didn’t delete your comments on this post. I did delete some at my other post on the new Huckabee ad because the same comment had posted three times. There have been some glitches with Beliefnet’s blogs in the last couple days, so that might explain the disappearance. Let me know if you experience more problems with vanishing comments.
posted December 18, 2007 at 6:40 pm
My apologies Dan. It was the other post. I bookmarked the wrong one. I had been having trouble commenting and it finally went through that’s why the double post and then when I didn’t see any show up here I was obvious confused. Sorry.
posted December 18, 2007 at 9:59 pm
It doesn’t seem a bit…blatant? Desperation personified. Maybe if he didn’t try so hard.
posted December 19, 2007 at 11:47 am
THOMAS O–Your observation is kinda anti-conventional wisdom, which holds that Huckabee, at least when it comes to Christan/Christmas stuff, is Mr. Natural. Interesting you think he looks like he’s trying too hard.
posted December 20, 2007 at 1:27 am
On Wed Morning Joe – MSNBC – Huck made a comment about politicians thinking there were God and acting like they were running for that position. It went right over Mika and Joe’s head but I’ll bet Romney squirmed when he heard it.
I think the Dems believe they can beat Romney with Clinton and if that ends up being the contest look for the Dems to expose Mormon belefs. Romney will get beaten badly and we will have a socialist in the White House.
posted December 20, 2007 at 12:35 pm
So tell me if I’m the only one who reads it like this:
Look at me, I’m Mike Huckabee. I could be using this moment to say “Vote for me” like all of the other candidates are doing. But it’s Christmas and we should all just say “Hooray for Jesus”. And because I am saying “Hooray for Jesus” and not “Vote for me”, you should vote for me.
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