Articles from October 2008

Rush Limbaugh: The Ostrich Treatment for the Faithful

Talk radio is a wasteland.  There are very few people on the air today who know how to hold a civil conversation without shouting at or talking over their opponent.  Fewer still are the people who actually do their homework before conducting an interview.  Journalism has taken a back seat to persuasion, “telling” people what [...]

Republican Faithful Deny The Full Power of Sin

I was rummaging through the Gallup Poll web site today and stumbled across the following, new poll. PRINCETON, NJ — A Gallup update based on more than 21,000 interviews conducted as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking in October shows that registered voters’ religious intensity continues to be a powerful predictor of their presidential vote [...]

Rev. Arnold Conrad: Shrill Shill

“He really didn’t just say that, did he?” In an election in which nothing surprises me, this was a sucker punch I didn’t see coming. I rewound the YouTube clip and listened again. “…and Lord I pray that you would guard your own reputation because they’re gonna think their god is bigger than you if [...]

Get That Woman Some Visine!

Put the speaker in a pinstripe suit topped by a head covered in Brylcreem and you could imagine the following tough-guy quote coming out of the mouth of The Great Communicator back in the early 80’s. “You have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we’re [...]