Tuesday November 7, 2006
Tuesday November 7, 2006
Books: Zach Nielson posts a frustrated 5-part review of "Can We Rock The Gospel?" He didn't like it a whole lot more than I did.
Humor: This morning's Foxtrot asks a question I've wrestled with too.
Church: Carl Trueman shares wisdom on the Ted Haggard scandal. An on the topic, Slice responds to my article from yesterday.
Politics: Can someone give me a quick and dirty overview of just what today's U.S. elections are all about? I feel like an ignorant foreigner here with all the news pages splashed with updates about this election!
Comments (8) »
1. Leslie
November 7, 2006
10:04 AM
Quick and dirty run down about our election?
Will we stay in Iraq or not? Will we continue to fight terrorism?
Yes—vote Republican
No—vote Democrat
2. Gregory Pittman
November 7, 2006
10:40 AM
Leslie’s run down was indeed quick and to the point, even if much oversimplified.
They’re simply mid-term elections (mid-term meaning the election cycle between the cycles where the president is elected). By year six of a presidency, there is almost always a move against the sitting president and his party. The ramifications are large for both parties because the Republicans are in control of both houses of Congress and the White House. Democrats want to wrestle some or all of that power away, and polls indicate they may get at least a portion of their wish. Most conservative folks around the country are disgruntled because their party (presumably the Republican party) has failed to live up to some of its conservative ideology. So the concern is that conservatives will stay home and not vote.
Here in South Carolina, especially in the Charleston area, there are many important local races that have made the polling places very active. I predict the turnout will be higher than expected in South Carolina.
3. Tom Chantry
November 7, 2006
11:05 AM
Gregs synopsis is good. What adds further significance to almost every U.S. election any more is the multiplication of ballot initiatives, essentially direct legislation by the voters. In Wisconsin today we are voting on initiatives to specifically outlaw homosexual marriage (not a current practice in Wisconsin - the initiative is intended to preempt judges) and to recommend the reinstatement of the death penalty. Eight states are voting on the homosexual marriage issue, while several also face initiatives dealing with state funding for embryonic stem cell research. These initiatives have become a wild card in the elections, becausue they often draw greater voter turnout than would otherwise be expected in a mid-term election.
4. Jabbok
November 7, 2006
12:49 PM
For a complete, detailed, laborious, tedious, time-consuming, on and on and on and on answer…. call my mom!
5. Gregory Pittman
November 7, 2006
1:09 PM
LOL! Jabbock, I am apparently your long-lost brother.
By the way, Tom, SC is also one of the states voting on a marriage amendment.
6. wfseube
November 7, 2006
2:22 PM
The post on Slice is not surprising, nor is the meta. Many of the comments contained therein are symptomatic of the same hypocrisy that Haggard suffers from.
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bill
7. Brendt
November 7, 2006
8:48 PM
Yeah, I’ve wrestled with the Batman/Joker question too.
8. Brendt
November 7, 2006
10:07 PM
I’m jealous, Tim. You’ve now joined the Society of Pastors, Authors and Bloggers Who Are Misrepresented at Slice (SPABWAMS). It’s a pretty illustrious group, and I hope to one day be important enough to be counted among them. ;-)
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