Truth - Al Franken [130]
Jim Towey fretted over the fate of the faith-based program under a President Kerry in the June 12, 2004, issue of World magazine, in an article titled “A Lasting Legacy?”
Luke Bernstein’s e-mail was reported by the Associated Press in a June 2, 2004, article titled “Pennsylvania Political Push for Bush Could Cost Churches Tax Break.”
The Associated Press reported the strange case of Chan Chandler in a May 8, 2005, article titled “N.C. Church Kicks Out Members Who Do Not Support Bush.”
Cal Thomas’s column, “John Kerry’s Catholic Problem,” was published on the Internet on April 26, 2004.
Presumptive ex-Catholic Sean Hannity weighed in on the Kerry-Communion debate on The Sean Hannity Show on April 12, 2004.
A CBS News poll conducted May 20–23, 2004, found that 28 percent of American Catholics felt that abortion should not be permitted.
Bob Novak tangled with Paul Begala about Bob Casey on the June 28, 2004, episode of Crossfire.
Michael Crowley wrote about the Bob Casey Myth in his September 23, 1996, New Republic article “Casey Closed.”
Russell Shorto’s excellent piece in The New York Times Magazine tracking the anti-gay marriage movement ran on June 19, 2005, under the headline “What’s Their Real Problem with Gay Marriage? It’s the Gay Part.”
The Internet Archive preserved Bob Jones III’s letter to President Bush just as it appeared on the Bob Jones University website. You can read it at web.archive.org/web/20041113005205/http://www.bju.edu/letter.
Alan Abramowitz’s analysis of the religious vote appeared in a post on Ruy Texeira’s blog on November 6, 2004. It’s still available at www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/donkeyrising/archives/000930.php.
The Ray C. Bliss Institute study is available on-line at pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=55.
Charles Stewart and Stephen Ansolabehere’s analysis, “Truth in Numbers,” appeared in the February/March 2005 issue of the Boston Review. It’s available on-line at www.bostonreview.net/BR30.1/ansolastewart.html.
Paul Weyrich is quoted in a documentary by the BBC’s Adam Curtis, The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear, which originally aired on October 20, 2004. You can watch the whole documentary on-line at www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares. It’s mind-blowing.
James Dobson made his claim to a mandate in his January 2005 Focus on the Family newsletter.
The New York Times article on November 4, 2004, detailing the victory lap of the religious right was titled “Some Bush Supporters Say They Anticipate a ‘Revolution.’ ”
Chuck Colson’s reality check came in his November 8, 2004, syndicated column, “It’s Not Payback Time.”
Chapter 8: Al Franken Talks About God
No notes.
Book Two: Seeds of Collapse
Chapter 9: “A Great Political Issue”
One thing I didn’t mention in the chapter is that the House Committee on Government Reform actually subpoenaed Terri Schiavo. On March 18, the day the feeding tube was to be removed, subpoenas were issued for Michael Schiavo (who was to bring with him the “nutrition and hydration equipment in working order”), three physicians who had treated Terri, and Terri herself. The subpoenas were eventually quashed on account of ridiculousness.
Leon Fuerth’s New York Times op-ed “Looking for the Next Tsunami” was published on January 7, 2005.
President Bush’s response to the tsunami was discussed in a December 29, 2004, Washington Post article, “Aid Grows Amid Remarks about President’s Absence.”
Richard Cizik’s comments were reported in the March 21, 2005, New York Times article titled “Supporters Praise Bush’s Swift Return to Washington.”
ABC News has the text of the Schiavo memo at abcnews.go.com/Politics/Schiavo/story?id=600937&page=2.
The official poll archive of The Truth ( with jokes) is www.pollingreport.com.
PowerLineBlog.com’s asinine case for the phoniness of Brian Darling’s memo can be viewed on-line at powerlineblog.com/archives/009929.php.