Is The Question Important?
Apparently not to National Public Radio. One of our readers e-mails the following:
Below is an email I sent today to two friends that I discuss political matters with. Disclosure, I’m LDS.
I did a lot of driving today so that means a lot NPR. A thought.
Identity politics include (at least): race, religion, and sex.
NPR’s talk radio today discussed the amazing opportunity Americans have in 2008 to break through the barriers of:
Race: Elect the first black person to the White House
Sex: Elect the first woman to the White House
There was no talk about breaking through the religion barrier (electing the first Mormon). I honestly don’t feel there’s too much negativity right now against Mormons (any more than normal), but I wonder why they don’t see Romney’s run as “important for America”.
Thoughts?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17988094
(Yes, the title of the story is ” Writer: America Ready for a Female President?” so I wouldn’t expect religion to be discussed, but sex and race were and religion wasn’t. Their discussion is telling, though.)
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JLFuller on 12 Jan 2008 at 8:26 am #
A Mormon running for President is a non-event for the leftist NPR. After all, to them, distention in the ranks of the religious “wackos” is a hopeful sign. They look at those who rant and rave hysterically at Mitt Romney as a good thing - something like the evil robber baron being thrown under the train by the evil slave master. I must also admit that the presence of so many who recklessly curse their brethren to hell makes me question if LDS people have a home in the Republican party. At some point, if enough people leave the Republican party, the crazy aunts in the attic really will have all the say. To this Mormon, Barack Obama is a better deal than a Mike Huckabee.