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More Signs of Christian Right Undeadness
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dgilgoff
John McCain’ nomination for president once represented the waning of the Christian Right after the high watermark of its influence in 2004. Then Sarah Palin, a darling of the movement, became John McCain’s veep pick. The movement seemed to have some influence left after all. And the AP reports a mostly overlooked story about the…
Palin’s Record as a Christian Candidate
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dgilgoff
Challenging her biographer’s claims that Sarah Palin hasn’t brought faith and values issues into her political campaigning to date, The New York Times reports that Palin campaigned as a Christian candidate even while running for mayor of Wasilla: The traditional turning points that had decided municipal elections in this town of less than 7,000 people…
God-o-Meter Q&A With Sarah Palin’s Biographer
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dgilgoff
There’s been lots of confusion and questions about Sarah Palin’s faith life since John McCain picked her as his running mate last Friday. God-o-Meter caught up with Kaylene Johnson, author of the new book Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment on Its Ear to set the record straight. An important note: Johnson’s…
The Very Christian Republican National Convention
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dgilgoff
So you thought the Democratic National Convention was Christian, with its kickoff interfaith gathering, its caucuses for people of faith, and its closing benediction by an evangelical church megachurch pastor, was drenched in faith? You ain’t seen nothing yet. God-o-Meter tuned into the Republican National Convention tonight for a random hour–on C-SPAN, where the absence…
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