Comments on: What’s Wrong is Wright

By: What’s Wrong is Wright | The Doctor Is In

What’s Wrong is Wright | The Doctor Is In — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:02:49 +0000

[...] snowballing interest in Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s minister and mentor, I am re-posting this essay from May 2007, when Hillary was the presumed nominee, and Obama just a charismatic [...]

By: Sunday Suggestions | The Doctor Is In

Sunday Suggestions | The Doctor Is In — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:16:05 +0000

[...] those who adhere to orthodox and historical Christian faith and teaching, and those who follow racial demagogues, wrapping the wolf of socialism in the sheep’s clothing of [...]

By: Hootsbuddy

Hootsbuddy — Sun, 27 May 2007 02:35:53 +0000

FWIW my most heavily read post of all time regards Barack Obama and religion. Out of curiosity I did some homework in December and since then Google searches that include "Obama" and "religion" keep listing my post, often on the first screen. Traffic has slowed in recent weeks to about twenty-five to thirty percent of all hits, but that still reflects a lot of curiosity. My personal views regarding religion and politics bore most readers and annoy the rest, so I don't often express them. The post is unremarkable, but it has made a good traffic builder.

By: Vicki Small

Vicki Small — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:04:10 +0000

Every president I can remember, even vaguely, from Eisenhower on, has professed faith in Jesus, or more generally (for some) in God. Clinton and Gore made quite a spectacle of themselves in their first campaign, appearing at some evangelical gathering in Tennessee (or other area around there). My memory for the details is vague, but they both made the claims.

I’m not sure if I think GWBush campaigned on his faith, or was just open about it when asked. He did get a strong following in his campaigns from people, including me, who thought he would lead more than he has in returning some conservative values to our culture.

Reagan–I know, I’m not taking these in order–spoke often of God, I believe.

Of course, our founding fathers and their successors used to speak often and publicly about Divine Providence and made many other references to our need, individually and as a nation, to follow God and live according to His commands. While that’s not the same thing as campaigning on faith, it does put the lie to those who claim the Constitution prohibits any connection between government and religion. It just isn’t true.

None of which relates to the point of this post, but there it is! ;o)

By: karrde

karrde — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:56:36 +0000

Vicki–

I am too young to remember this, but I believe that Jimmy Carter was the first President in recent history to win a significant following due to his religious claims.

My own Dad admits to voting for Carter because Carter was a believer. (Considering my Dad’s age, that would not have been his first Presidential election.) I don’t know how much personal faith played a role in the Carter campaign.

It’s been noted elsewhere that Carter was the first person to tap the mainstream evangelical vote. However, Carter’s lackluster performance led to the rapid rise of men like the late Jerry Falwell, who took the voting members of the evangelical Christian community in a vastly different direction politically.

Since that time, though, no President has campaigned on his faith.