Warming up a John McCain rally in North Carolina, Republican Congressman Robin Hayes declared: “Folks, there’s a real America, and liberals hate real Americans that work, and accomplish, and achieve, and believe in God. That’s a great comparison.”

When I saw the Huffington Post headline, “Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally,” I figured it would be a video showing a mob of intolerant McCainiacs. The video actually reflects very well on most of the McCain supporters featured here:On the other hand, this video would seem to indicate that the use of the…

I’m not defending robocalls as a genre of campagning. Nor am I saying it’s politically wise for the McCain campaign to be spending much time on the “born alive” issue. But I will say this: the language of the robocalls on born-alive is close-to-accurate and that piece of legislation is a legitimate issue for those…

A few interesting religious angles in Jane Mayer’s New Yorker piece about how Sarah Palin got picked. First, the young blogger who brought her to the attention of the conservative blogosphere was a “Messianic Jew” (a type of evangelical) who believes that “the hand of God” played a role in choosing Palin: “The longer I…

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