Thursday, August 28th, 2008
[rklau / Flickr]
If Twitter and swing states are anything to go by, Michelle Obama pretty much rocked her audience on Monday night with her convention speech. The blogosphere echoed with praise, too, but also with pointed analysis and critiques. Here's a taste of it all.
John Klomp is a gay artist ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
She likes Dr. Pepper.
There aren't any CC photos of a nonpartisan Christian voter.
[Darwin Bell / Flickr]
Dee is a Christian blogger with dyslexia and dysgraphia who has taught herself to like writing. She's also a fan of theme parks and Dr. Pepper, especially if it's bottled in Dublin, Texas. Last month, ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Rick Warren [kev/null / Flickr]
You remember the Gibson/Stephanopoulos-moderated Democratic debate, right? That may have been on Mike from LeftFielder.org's mind when he decided Pastor Rick Warren was better at interviewing candidates than most network anchors. Actually, he just plain feels Warren did a great job:
In my mind [...] the real ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Outside Saddleback Church [Bjarne B. Sunde / Flickr]
Kate Stone writes an eponymous blog, and, unlike Erica, she was happy to miss the whole Saddleback frenzy while she was camping in New Mexico. She was curious to catch up on it at the end of her trip, though. After meeting a ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Erica is a journalism student from California. She tried very hard to get a ticket to Pastor Rick Warren's recent forum with Obama and McCain at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest -- and she felt rather sour when she learned that the seats had sold out at high prices (thanks, ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
KK Forss is a photographer in Ely, Minnesota. He suffers from excruciating chronic spinal pain and has been trying to get the Minnesota House to pass a medical-marijuana bill (which never came up for a vote in the last session). KK says that when he could use medical marijuana, it ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Prayers in Western Wall [beggs / Flickr]
The prayer that Obama slid into the Western Wall in Israel has been much debated since a Jewish seminary student and his friends filched it and passed it on to the media. Some people feel it was a piece of political polish written ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
[rev_bri / Flickr]
A lot of conservative Christians -- who voted reliably for Bush in the last two elections -- seem to be alienated and disappointed by McCain as their Republican option. Some, though, argue pragmatically that it's in their long-term interest to support him.
Kara is a Christian who is "determined ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
With last week's New Yorker flap and Obama in Iraq today, it seems a good time to feature this find from Sarolta Cump. It's a video made by 19-year-old Louma about what it means to be a Muslim. Directly relevant to the election? Maybe not. But vilification of Islam ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
[Garrettc / Flickr]
This is a sidebar to Ann's post about evangelical Christians who think religion and politics may be oil and water. RDemocrat blogs at BlueGrassRoots with other Kentucky Democrats. A Christian who believes firmly that religion and politics shouldn't mix, s/he was upset to see -- in Jeremiah Wright ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Christofer is 39 and has dedicated his YouTube channel to the Son of God. He doesn't understand why people are so up in arms about illegal immigrants. Jesus, he says, commanded us to help others, and with the world in the state it's in, many people have nowhere to turn ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
[stuckincustoms / Flickr]
[Ann Raber is a BallotVox co-curator.]
Evangelicals just might be the known-unknowns of this election. How will these traditionally Republican voters cast their ballots in November? It's always been assumed that their beliefs on hot-button issues like homosexual marriage and abortion dictate their votes. This year things might ...
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