The ugly turn to racism in the presidential campaign presents a bold opportunity for American religious leaders--a way to promote core religious beliefs and make themselves relevant at the same time. It's time for a unified spiritual message: no racism in the booth. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
This opinion piece has no journalistic merit. It is a promotional piece for the Obama campaign and ignores the hate coming from that campaign, which is far worse than anything the Republicans have done. He does not mention the incidents last weekend in Philadelphia where one Obama supporter yelling "Let's stone her" at Palin, and the many raw sexist attacks on her and the many vicious attacks on McCain about his age. The piece sounds like Obama expressing his contempt for people who "cling to guns and religion".
