Released today:
Nine evangelical leaders: some but not all from the evangelical Left, are unhappy that the networks seem to think Democrats are godless. Following the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, only Republicans were asked if they were born again or evangelical whereas Democrats were not. Many of the signers were folks who have fought to have faith concerns taken seriously by Dem leaders.
A copy of a letter to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX and the Associated Press is here.
Two observations: I know that folks on the evangelical Left like to pride themselves as being egalitarian, but why are all nine of the signers men? C'mon guys, mix it up.
Also, it's almost amusing to see how evangelicals and politicos are fighting to get on each others' dance cards. I remember the days back, say, 25 years ago, when no one in American politics wanted anything to do with evangelicals, much less count them as a significant voting bloc. Now they're the category de facto for the Republicans and du jour for the Democrats.
UPDATE: A week ago we talked about the ever-traveling Cardinal McCarrick. Where is he today? The Gaza Strip.
— Julia Duin, assistant national editor/religion, The Washington Times
Comments (1)
Your comments on this story largely dodge the issue being raised by the nine evangelical leaders. It concerned the inequity of the polling used by the media group following the primary. That inequity seems to be based on false assumptions about the religious commitments of large segments of the voting public. Thus it leads to a distorted analysis of the background of the voting.
Are you supporting the nature of the polling done?
Do you agree with the criticism of the polling offered by the nine?
Are you trying to dismiss the criticism as irrelevant?
Posted by Asinus Gravis | January 13, 2008 8:28 PM