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Obama’s new church: St. Elsewhere’s?
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David Gibson
Or St. Nowhere’s? In a report disputed by the White House, TIME’s Amy Sullivan writes that the much-anticipated decision on where the Obama’s would worship has been settled, and instead of joining a congregation in Washington, Obama will do like W. and worship at Evergreen Chapel, the nondenominational church at Camp David. This ends a long church hunt…
Nixon on Catholics: “Split down the middle”
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David Gibson
And that was back in 1973! Another fascinating bit of transcription from recently-released tapes of conversations between Nixon and Billy Graham, this time focusing on Nixon’s take on Catholics of the day. At America magazine’s blog, Jim Martin has the goods. The set-up is Graham and Nixon discussing prospects for a worldwide church body to…
Sarah Palin: Last (wo)man standing?
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David Gibson
Now that the GOP hopefuls are flaming out, is Sarah the saviour? A new Pew poll shows Palin well ahead of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich among Republicans, with 73 percent favoring her as opposed to 57 and 55 percent respectively for her next most popular rivals. Among white evangelicals–a.k.a., The Base–her positives shoot up…
GOP infidelity month: Gov. Mark Sanford
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David Gibson
From the “Department of What Was He Thinking?!” here comes South Carolina’s Republican governor and a GOP hopeful for president, admitting that his five-day off-the-radar escapade was to visit his Argentine lover–not to hike the Appalachian Trail, as aides said. Unbelievable. Or, well, all-too-believable in the world of right-wing, Bible-thumping, family values Republican politics these days.…
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