So we all know that the mainstream media are gunning hard for salacious stories about Gov. Sarah Palin.
Overpromising, underachieving (updated)
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Ignore GOP pros; listen to readers (updated)
We’re beginning to get into the next stage of Hurricane Sarah, where professionals in the mainstream press (and those who study them) have a chance to catch a deep breath and ask that question that must be asked: “What in the heckfire is going on here?”
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About that "pay grade" answer . . .
Last week I noted that Beliefnet‘s Steve Waldman listed Sen. Barack Obama’s “pay grade” answer at the Saddleback Forum as one of the reasons he’s struggling with the evangelical vote. He also cited the Obama campaign media buy of a staunch abortion rights ad that didn’t mention anything about abortion reduction. The Politico is running a list of the eight top gaffes from this campaign season. Guess what’s not on it?
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NY Times discovers power of prayer
Hold on to your hats, folks. We’re in for a wild ride. Or, rather, we’re continuing the wild ride of Gov. Sarah Palin media coverage. And Palin’s religious views are dominating the stories for the weekend. Let’s begin by looking at the New York Times piece on Palin’s religious views.
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Tempting truth about Palin, evangelicals
Amy Sullivan of Time wrote an uncharacteristically unsubstantiated story about Sarah Palin’s possible difficulty in attracting support from moderate and young evangelicals. Usually, Sullivan’s stories are marked by thorough and insightful reporting. This was not one of them.
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McCain talks God; few notice (updated)
Mark Silk’s Spiritual Politics blog notes that 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s speech Thursday night used the word “God” as much as Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden in his acceptance speech. Mark notes that the two “candidates [Obama and Palin] most identified with religion mentioned God least.”
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Analyzing those Obamagelicals
So what are evangelical voters up to this year? For a while now, we’ve been told that evangelical voters are up for grabs.
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On the count of three -- pray (again)
I recently wrote a GetReligion post about the Rev. Joel Hunter’s closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention, the prayer that ended with that “On the count of three” pray your own prayer interfaith twist.
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Define Catholic social teaching (please)
Give credit to Eric Gorski of the Associated Press. While some reporters don’t get that Catholic prelates are supposed to be able to influence the lives of those in the pews, including their votes at the ballot box, Gorski understands that they can and do.
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