2008 Election
It’s Official: Franken Steals Senate Election
After nearly two months of speculation, it’s official — Al Franken has stolen the election from Norm Coleman in Minnesota.
The amazing thing isn’t that an election can be stolen so blatantly in this day and age, it’s that it can be done after everyone was told it is going to happen. Everyone in their [...]
Mormons and Prop 8 - Crossing a Tax Exempt Line?
Proposition 8 in California was perhaps the most talked about ballot measure in all of the 2008 election. The prop overturned the legality of gay marriage in California, making it once again illegal for same-sex couples to be wed.
I am not an activist, and this topic is not my highest priority (sorry gays), but [...]
Religion and Politics Report Card For the 2008 Election
Religion and politics butted heads several times in the 2008 election season, impacting the presidential vote, Senate races and of course ballot measures. So what was the final score of the religion in politics season?
Electing Representatives
Secularism Defeated Religion
Starting at the presidential level, the only religious issue was that many non-religious folks, and many non-Republicans [...]
How to Steal an Election, Minnesota Style
Remember when Norm Coleman narrowly defeated Al Franken in the Minnesota Senatorial race on election day? Coleman eeked out a 700-ish vote victory out of over 2 million votes cast.
But a funny thing happened on the way to re-election. Coleman’s victory is well on its way to becoming a defeat, with no recount [...]
Why I Voted For John McCain
I’ll admit, I fell into the category of undecided for far too long in this election. In most years, I would agree with the idea that if you didn’t know who you were voting for a month before the election, then you likely weren’t informed enough to be casting a quality vote.
This election changed [...]
Atheists Apparently Still OK to Discriminate Against
If we’ve learned anything in this election, it’s that atheists may be the final group of people in the United States that it is okay to discriminate against. Muslims are apparently still in the running, but atheists are fair game to all, and supported by none.
Take for instance the Senatorial race in North Carolina, [...]
Please Make This Election Go Away
I can’t take it anymore. Please make this election stop. Make it go away.
This campaign has been going for two years (really since Obama ran for Congress). I can’t take the commercials anymore. I can’t take the late night talk shows anymore. I can’t watch The Daily Show or Colbert [...]
Is Sarah Palin Running for President?
Is it me, or has this campaign turned into Obama vs. Palin? I can’t recall hearing the phrase “Biden Campaign” yet, but have lost count of all of the times I’ve heard someone mentioning Sarah Palin’s campaign.
Look, I don’t like the idea of Vice-President Palin either. But I also don’t like the idea [...]
What If Obama Loses?
What if we wake up on Wednesday and read “McCain Wins” on the top of our newspapers?
I say this not out of concern for a John McCain presidency, since I think that both candidates are going to be failures as president, but out of concern for the reaction that we’ll see in this country.
First off, [...]
The Religion Guide to the Presidential Election
To many people, religion is a key ingredient in what makes a good president or government. In the United States, many mistakenly feel that this is a Christian nation, and should be governed as such. Since that’s not the case, and the Constitution is clear about a separation between church and state, each [...]
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