Are 'Compassion Forums' Relevant?
Monday April 14, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
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The God-o-Meter (pronounced Gah-DOM-meter) scientifically measures factors such as rate of God-talk, effectiveness—saying God wants a capital gains tax cut doesn't guarantee a high rating—and other top-secret criteria (Actually, the adjustment criteria are here). Click a candidate's head to get his or her latest God-o-Meter reading and blog post. And check back often. With so much happening on the campaign trail, God-o-Meter is constantly recalibrating!God-o-Meter blogger Dan Gilgoff is Beliefnet's Politics Editor. A former political correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, he is author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War.
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After eight years of Georgr Bush,many viewers choose to be atheists. Bush a man of war has no resemble of a christian. I think if king kong said he was a christian,and ran as a republican.he would get the majority of christian vote. Most church goers are bonified republicans no matter who or what is the candidate. God-o-meter is pro GOP,and nothing else.
But since the Christian voters seem to want someone who has the same values that they do (as the exit polls seem to indicate), isn't this type of forum important? Maybe if they got someone like you in there to ask the questions that would illicit the information the voters are looking for.
Sometimes I thank the Higher Power and Almighty that GWB listens to is really Dick Cheany on the intercom. Conversion by the sword never really works in theology or Politics.
How about the religious leaders' questions, though? They did a great job of connecting faith to policy in a pointed way on some of the most important issues the next president will face.
Stranger and stranger...
Dan headlines this "Barack Obama", and then has a tag/link to "More on Barack Obama" and, although it doesn't affect Barack Obama's God-o-mania rating (stays a "7"), the ONLY examples given in the article are about "unanswerable theological questions" posed to Hillary Clinton (and he even throws in some interview Q's & A's posed to George W. Bush who, I might remind you, is NOT running in this election), and the fact that "Clinton didn’t have to answer anything about creationism or Ten-Commandments-on-display or even the federal response to polygamy." (Nor should she have to - they shouldn't even be being posed!)
WHAT has this to do with Obama's God-a-rama rating apart from the fact that he also participated in the forum - a totally unnecessary and probably UN-Constitutional event.
What right does anyone have to ask in a public forum “Does God want you to be president?” in a country that "promises" that "there shall be NO religious test to hold public office"???
Most distasteful and most alarming.
As usual, unfortunately.
And this forum ain't the only thing "yawn-inducing". This whole All God all the time thread is equaly yawn inducing, if the amount of comboxers is any indication. Why not save Time some money and stop this unnecessary, UN-Constitutional exercise altogether?
As there would be very few people watching, it would seem to make sense for the candidates to avoid them. Fewer chances to make mistakes and more time for the real business of fund raising.
A lady sitting in first class saw the cockpit door open, she was incredulous to see that the pilot was reading,
very concerned she asked a flight attendant, “Miss, why is the pilot reading? Isn’t he supposed to be flying?
“The woman fainted when the flight attendant said, "oh well, he’s just studying for his pilot license."
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