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By: Building on a Religious Background | Main Street Plaza

Building on a Religious Background | Main Street Plaza — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:28:15 +0000

[...] blogs fawned all over this one-ended bridge towards the Christian Right’s private club. And I was right there on Main Street Plaza to present the view that the speech was more about exclusion than inclusion, and to direct people [...]

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By: chanson

chanson — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:56:08 +0000

One more thing to note:

I disagree with Mitt that freedom is about two hostile camps (the people of the Abrahamic religions vs. everybody else) vying for dominance. I think we can all work together. See my passionate secularism.

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By: Guy Noir Private Eye

Guy Noir Private Eye — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:16:06 +0000

SR:
I think H’s recent gains on MR (and others) are as much indicative as substantial…
There had to be a certain vulnerability there in the first place.
MR’s campaign is largely self-financed, and that’s Not A PLUS.
OTOH: Politics is much a matter of Style over Substance, so… who knows?

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By: chanson

chanson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:22:36 +0000

I’m starting to lean towards Obama myself.

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By: Seth R.

Seth R. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:17:17 +0000

Guy Noir, I assume you’re referring to Huckabee’s gain on Romney? I’m not sure he’s as big a threat as some think. Huckabee doesn’t have much of a campaign war chest. He simply doesn’t have the money to respond effectively when the attack ads start.

I heard some analysts predicting that, since no one wants to sling mud during Christmas, they’ll wait until after the holiday. Then the attack ads on Huckabee will start (and he does have a few real vulnerabilities for conservatives). Huckabee won’t have the money to place ads countering them. And that may very well be the end of him.

Romney has gotten a lot of media attention and momentum from this piece of political theater. We’ll have to see how it plays out.

Personally, I’m more interested in the supposed recent surge in Obama’s popularity (my fav to win).

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By: chanson

chanson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:43:36 +0000

Sideon — I saw your article, and in my haste this morning I forgot to add it to my list here. Thanks for providing the link.

GNPE — We’ll see. He looks like he’s doing fairly well at this point….

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By: Guy Noir Private Eye

Guy Noir Private Eye — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:09:29 +0000

same-o, folks.
how can leaders (and celebs) ‘Mainstream’ mormonism, and still have it ‘special’?

with losing 2 primaries (Iowa + N.H.), Romney will be yesterday’s news. Quote me on that.

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By: Sideon

Sideon — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:47:43 +0000

I’m afraid to say that Romney gave me indigestion to the point of a horrific rant.

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By: chanson

chanson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:18:39 +0000

tom — Glad to see you here on MSP!!!

I noticed you wrote about Mitt, and I was going to add a link to your article here in the comments.

Here are some more slackers who got their posts in late: TUIB Guy, Daylight Atheism, and The Mutt’s Nuts.

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By: chanson

chanson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:13:04 +0000

Seth R. — You’re right, the above is probably a bit too harsh. The thing is that I’m surprised so many Mormons seem so quick to want to hitch their wagon to the religious right and get taken for a ride. The religious right is happy to have the Mormon vote, but ultimately it’s led by people who don’t like Mormons (and probably dislike them almost as much as the dislike gay people, whom they’re actively discrminating against). And I think Dave has basically been warning Mormons to be wary of this alliance as well.

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