I guess Santorum’s strong showing in Iowa helped them decide: After a two day meeting at a ranch outside of Houston a group of 150 Christian leaders, business leaders and conservative activists have coalesced behind Rick Santorum. Friday night surrogates from every GOP campaign (except that of Jon Huntsman) attended the meeting and made the […]
One of the biggest turnarounds in the blogosphere this year has been that of Little Green Footballs and their head honcho Charles Johnson. As this year has progressed we have seen Johnson break more and more with the wingnuts and conservatives on issues. Last night he laid out his reasons: 1. Support for fascists, both […]
There is no argument that when it comes to our politicians and their little sexcapades we have a double standard in this nation – a standard clearly divided amongst party lines. Take John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Elliot Spitzer or Jim McGreevey. These four Democrats suffered severely for their extramarital affairs. One was impeached, two were […]
Tony Perkins wanted Sarah Palin to speak this weekend at the Value Voters Summit. Well that isn’t good enough for Perkins. Even when Palin offered a video taped message, he turned it down. So what does it say about Sarah Palin when she won’t even speak in front of a group who embraces her every […]
Well if your Tony Perkins, you blame the “secular media“: It is hard not to draw a line between the hostility that is being fomented in our culture from some in the secular media toward Christians and evangelicals in particular and the acts of violence that took place in Colorado yesterday. But I will say […]
Rudy Giuliani is a problem for the GOP. The right-wing pundits try to dismiss this, but the Christian Right is making sure their concerns are known: Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is […]
Family Research Council – Protecting Family Faith and Freedom. What a damn joke!. Here is the statement they released about Foley: In response to the events surrounding the resignation of Congressman Mark Foley (R- Fla.), Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins released the following statement: “We are all shocked by this spectacle of aberrant […]
The Family Research Council has released a statement “Thanking President Bush” for his executive order today: WASHINGTON, March 8 /U.S. Newsdesk/ — Yesterday, President Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security to establish a center for faith-based aid which will be tasked with integrating faith-based groups into federal disaster response efforts. Family Research Council (FRC) […]