Category: 2008 election
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The McCain-Palin Ticket Renews the Culture Wars
Deal W. Hudson September 5, 2008 With the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, a fatal blow was delivered to the great myth of this campaign: that religious voters, as we have been told repeatedly, have embraced a broader issue agenda, having left behind their fixation on abortion and marriage. On…
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Obama’s Political “Cloud of Unknowing”
Deal W. Hudson September 8, 2008 Appearing Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Sen. Barack Obama tried to undo the damage done by his Saddleback Church interview with Rick Warren – specifically his comment that the question of when an unborn child receives human rights was “above [his] pay grade.” “Was that phrase too flip?” Stephanopoulos asked Obama.…
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Obama’s Faltering Religious Outreach Revs Up
Deal W. Hudson September 22, 2008 This week the Obama campaign attempts to restart its religious outreach with a month-long tour of its religious surrogates, titled “Barack Obama: Faith, Family, and Values.” The stars of the tour will be Catholic law professor Doug Kmiec, ex-Congressman Tim Roemer (also a Catholic), Methodist theologian Shaun Casey, and Evangelical author…
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Praying the Rosary for the Election
Deal W. Hudson October 7, 2008 “I would exhort people to say the rosary every day for life and for the success of the election.” These are the words of Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, the retired archbishop of Philadelphia. When I spoke to him yesterday, the cardinal emphasized that he neither spoke officially for the archdiocese…
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How Will History Judge Catholics in the 2008 Election?
Deal W. Hudson October 24, 2008 The Catholic Church is often accused of complicity in a variety of moral evils, including the institution of slavery, the rise of the Nazi Party, and even the horror of the Holocaust itself. Historians differ on the degree of blame properly assigned to Catholics. But they all agree on…
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What Are We Doing?
Deal W. Hudson October 27, 2008 Last night, the Archdiocese of New York held its famous Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, with both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama as guests. I watched the coverage today – the story is all over the news, along with images of Obama and Edward Cardinal Egan sharing…
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Will “Faithful Citizenship” Win the Catholic Vote For Obama?
Deal W. Hudson October 28, 2008 If Obama wins on November 4 with the help of Catholic voters, the biggest factor in his favor will be the bishops’ own document and Web site, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” I never thought it likely that Catholic voters could be persuaded to support a candidate with both the…
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The Power of a Bold Bishop
Deal W. Hudson December 1, 2008 An article published yesterday in the Scranton Times announced, “Bishop takes his place on the national stage with his staunch anti-abortion stance.” Bishop Joseph F. Martino wasn’t the only bishop who spoke boldly during the presidential campaign, but he was noticed, in part, because Scranton is Vice-President Elect Joe Biden’s hometown.…
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Change is Coming to the Nation’s Abortion Laws
Deal W. Hudson December 15, 2008 Go to Change.gov, the website of President-elect Obama, and you find a document entitled “Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration.” Signed by dozens of pro-abortion groups, including Catholics for Choice, this 55-page document provides an overview of the marching orders for the Obama administration in removing all present…
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Mike Huckabee’s Anti-Catholic Problem
Deal W. Hudson Published January 2, 2008 Author’s note: I no longer consider Pastor John Hagee as anti-Catholic. What happened, however, with Rev. Tim Rude and Tim LaHaye remains relevant to Huckabee as a political candidate. Gov. Mike Huckabee will be a major player in the run for the GOP presidential nomination regardless of whether…
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