At The Daily Beast, Micheal Medved joins the current discussion, set off by Bill Keller’s recent Times article, on religion’s role in the presidential race:
The candidates themselves should continue to ignore Bill Keller and his interrogation, not because the questions are hostile and mean-spirited (though they certainly are) or because they are profoundly difficult to answer (which they certainly are not). The problem with the whole line of discussion involves its power to distract from the central concern of all voters, which remains the sorry state of the American economy and the appalling absence of new jobs.
It makes sense for Obama sympathizers to try to change the subject (by discussing attitudes toward evolution and other irrelevant controversies) just as Republican leaders who seek to replace the beleaguered president should concentrate relentlessly on the all-important economic issues and refuse to take the religion-bashing bait.
Click here to read Medved’s take.
Tags: American politics, Bill Keller, journalism, media, religion in the U.S., The New York Times
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AMA citation:
Kaplan A. More on religion in the presidential race. The Immanent Frame. 2011. Available at: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/09/02/more-on-religion-in-the-presidential-race/. Accessed May 22, 2013.
APA citation:
Kaplan, Amanda. (2011). More on religion in the presidential race. Retrieved May 22, 2013, from The Immanent Frame Web site: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/09/02/more-on-religion-in-the-presidential-race/
Chicago citation:
Kaplan, Amanda. 2011. More on religion in the presidential race. The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/09/02/more-on-religion-in-the-presidential-race/ (accessed May 22, 2013).
Harvard citation:
Kaplan, A 2011, More on religion in the presidential race, The Immanent Frame. Retrieved May 22, 2013, from <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/09/02/more-on-religion-in-the-presidential-race/>
MLA citation:
Kaplan, Amanda. "More on religion in the presidential race." 2 Sep. 2011. The Immanent Frame. Accessed 22 May. 2013. <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/09/02/more-on-religion-in-the-presidential-race/>
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