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  • September 2008

    • Palin Might Also Have Pastor Problems

      Radar  |  Sep 3, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Palin Might Also Have Pastor Problems

      (Newser) - It turns out Sarah Palin has a controversial preacher of her own: Ed Kalnins, senior pastor at the Wasilla Assembly of God, which the Alaska governor has attended much of her adult life. Radar compiles some of his greatest hits: On the Bush Administration and Katrina: "I hate criticisms towards the President because it's like criticisms towards the pastor—it's almost like, it's not going to get you anywhere, you know, except for hell." More »

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      Sarah Palin  • religion  • Alaska  • Christianity  • social conservatives  • pastor controversy

  • May 2008

    • Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

      MSNBC  |  May 30, 08 3:27 AM CDT

      Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has had to apologize for another troublesome preacher at his home church, reports MSNBC. The Rev. Michael Pfleger—a white Catholic priest widely known as Chicago's "renegade" priest for his liberal social activism in the city’s black community—mocked Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon, saying she squirted tears on the campaign trail because her sense of white entitlement had been punctured by Obama's success. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Trinity United Church of Christ  • pastor  • pastor controversy  • Michael Pfleger

    • McCain May Pray For Pastors to Zip It

      Newsweek  |  May 8, 08 9:33 PM CDT

      McCain May Pray For Pastors to Zip It

      (Newser) - John McCain may be heading for his own preacher problems, but at least one of his problematic pastors is clamming up for now, Newsweek reports. John Hagee, who called Hurricane Katrina “the judgment of God,” and Catholicism a “false cult system,” recently answered a request for comment by saying, “It's better that I don't.” More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Islam  • Christianity  • John Hagee  • pastor  • Rod Parsley  • pastor controversy

  • March 2008

    • Clinton Slips to New Low in Poll

      MSNBC  |  Mar 27, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Clinton Slips to New Low in Poll

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is suffering some of the worst poll numbers of her political career, according to an NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll. Clinton chalked up a personal approval rating of just 37%, the lowest since March 2001, two months after her election to the Senate. And of Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain, the poll ranked Hillary the least capable of uniting the nation. More »

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