Daily Archives: 07/22/2008

(Community Matters) Snopes.com on Maureen Dowd column of Obama’s internet fundraising here

(Community Matters) The bouncer at a gay bar trying to ban drag queens. in Dallas

(Community Matters) Blogosphere buzz loud debating NYTimes rejection of a McCain op-ed piece as equal time for Senator Obama’s foreign op-ed piece last week.

(Community Matters) In the Washington Post

Evangelical Christians in Iowa, dominant in the state’s Republican Party, have denied Sen. Charles E. Grassley his request for a place on the state’s delegation to this summer’s Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

Political observers in Iowa saw the move against Mr. Grassley as retribution for his having tangled with evangelical pastors in his state. He initiated a Senate Finance Committee investigation of six televangelists for conspicuous personal spending.

“It’s pretty well controlled now by the Christian Alliance,” Mr. Roberts said. “If somebody came to me and wanted to be a delegate to the national party convention, I used to say, ‘Talk to the state party chairman or to Grassley.’ Now it’s very simple. You go to the Christian Alliance, and they determine who is a delegate, and you have to do exactly as they say.”

(Community Matters) Lots of blogging about each. Two: JT and Megan McArdle.