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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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There’s been some squawking from the chattering classes about the challenge this presents Obama, but God-o-Meter is shocked that so few Americans hold the mistaken belief that Obama is Muslim, given the virulence of the false rumor campaign against him. Consider that other recent polls have shown that:
posted March 31, 2008 at 1:37 pm
“One in Ten Americans Think Obama’s Muslim”
That just goes to show how very ignorant, uninformed, uneducated and stoopid 10% of Americans are.
“28-percent of Americans think “Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.”
That just goes to show how very ignorant, uninformed, uneducated and stoopid 28% of Americans are.
More statistics please. They are SO revealing!
posted March 31, 2008 at 9:10 pm
How many people believe that the war in Iraq was because of Bin Laden?
posted March 31, 2008 at 10:02 pm
A rhetorical Question: How come so many people believe in Ghosts and UFO’s but don’t believe in the visitation of Saints or the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
posted April 1, 2008 at 4:08 am
Shame to you so-called Christians who are filled with hate. Americans, this is your chance to get America healed or cry for many years. We better humble ourselves and vote for this man whether we like his color or not. God is behind him. That’s all!!!
posted April 1, 2008 at 10:55 am
Obama is the best choice. Most American still believes in Santa clause ands the Easter bunny.
posted April 7, 2008 at 8:17 am
Anyone who wants Socialism in America, please go ahead and vote for Obama.
Having experience with Socialism – even moderate levels – let me tell you, it sucks! America doesn’t need any more of it than it already has.
Less would be good!