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Not a great week to be a Republican
Published: September 1, 2008 at 11:45 AM (MST)
So, let's sum it up....
John McCain's pick for Vice President is someone who: Hey, Republicans, don't forget that, technically, she isn't the VP nominee yet. It's not too late to give Mitt a call. On the subject of the GOP convention, let's not let this fall down the memory hole: That's Stuart Shepard of James Dobson's Focus on the Family urging Christians to pray for "torrential" rain during Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last week. Now that Hurricane Gustav is leading the Republicans to cancel part of their convention, should we file this under "Irony"? Or, perhaps, Christians who fell for this ought to mark this as a lesson in humility and keep their mouths shut next time an evangelical preacher tells them what to pray. Read Matthew 6:5-15. Robert Niles also can be found at http://www.themeparkinsider.com From Robert Niles on September 1, 2008 at 8:20 PMWhere is the hate and distortion here?This is very much about journalism - which highest calling is to identify the corrupt, the dishonest, the hypocritical, the ignorant and the dangerous, ideally *before* they have a chance to come to political power. Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin deserve tough, honest, scrutiny by journalists before November. Three of those four have endured that. Now, it is the fourth one's turn. And, at this point, Ms. Palin seems to be failing miserably. It's good journalism to say that. It's bad journalism to ignore it.
From a reader at 12.144.131.182 on September 2, 2008 at 9:41 AMI've been reading your blog since before USC dropped it, and I do enjoy reading it.All good points about Palin, but I do have one bit of criticism. In the poll you reference with a question about the Pledge of Allegiance, the question had to do with "Under God," not when the Pledge was written. They are two dates separated by about 62 years. It's pickyuny, I realize, however when pointing out the flaws, it's probably a good idea to point out the flaws accurately. From Robert Niles on September 4, 2008 at 10:01 PMThe problem with the Pledge thing was Palin's answer - specifically her reference to the founding fathers, with the implication that they had a role in the crafting of the Pledge, which was written many, many years after the last signers of the Declaration had died. That's what I was pointing out.This journal entry has been archived and is no longer accepting comments. |
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From a reader at 64.12.116.132 on September 1, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I subscribed after the OJR was dropped by USC. I thought Sensible Talk was about journalism. What a disappointment to see it join the hate and distort brigade. Then again, maybe it is about journalism. And I'm no fan of McCain or the Republicans.