2008 Election
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 of [...]
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. [...]
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 candidate for [...]
Nobody’s a Winner with These Candidates
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Sarah Palin. Is this a list of the worst candidates in the history of the United States? And I don’t mean that each one is worse than everyone else before them, I mean that collectively, there is not a good choice to cast your vote for this year. [...]
Clergy Mock Tax Laws, Preach Politics
Despite laws that are clear as day prohibiting clergy from endorsing political candidates while on the clock, 33 pastors decided to do just that this week. From the Washington Post: Johnson and 32 other pastors across the country set out Sunday to break the rules, hoping to generate a legal battle that will prompt federal [...]
Third-Party President Runs Through Congress First
As the presidential debates grow closer, the calls grow louder to include Bob Barr and Ralph Nader in the process. While the rules state that a candidate must be polling at an average of at least 15% in five national polls, there are many reasons as to why this is a flawed gauge for a [...]
Sarah Palin on Religion
Continuing where I left off examining the religion of major party candidates for president, there are now two Vice-Presidential candidates whose religion needs to be examined. As with the presidential candidates, I am not looking to analyze what people think about these candidate’s religious beliefs, only analyze what the candidates themselves have actually said. The [...]
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