So Long to Public Campaign Financing?

By Henry Neufeld

I had mixed emotions about Barack Obama’s choice not to accept public financing of campaigns. On the one hand, as an advocate of free speech, I believe that public financing and campaign spending limits are a threat to free speech precisely where it needs to be most free. But on the other hand, I [...]

October 20th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed

Not About Joe the Plumber

By Henry Neufeld

The furor over this poor guy has illustrated to me one of the problems of presidential campaigning in America. It’s not about analyzing policies to determine who they impact, to what extent, and for what purpose, nor indeed it is about whether the policies will accomplish that purpose. It’s rather all about engaging people’s [...]

October 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

The McCain Campaign and Comebacks

By Henry Neufeld

In an article on MSNBC discussing how Obama is moving into some traditionally Republican territory, I found this quote:

McCain, for his part, was returning to the argument that Obama’s credentials are too thin for the White House, his campaign and the Republican National Committee releasing ads focusing on experience and judgment.

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October 16th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed

But Can a CONSERVATIVE Vote for Obama?

By Henry Neufeld

I find it rather easy to answer the question of whether a Christian can vote for Obama. To summarize, a Christian can be politically liberal or even socialist, for that matter, and would presumably vote his or her beliefs. There is no requirement that a Christian be an American style conservative. Thus it should [...]

October 11th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

How Much Pandering and to What End?

By Henry Neufeld

I’ve been very disappointed in the way this campaign has gone. Not that it’s that much more nasty than any other campaign. As I recall from previous elections, things get pretty emotional and nasty. My disappointment has been in the candidates who could have done much better for the country.

Obama made a mistake, [...]

October 10th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed

How a Christian can Vote for Obama

By Henry Neufeld

Laura at Pursuing Holiness has a post titled How can Christians support Obama?. She begins:

I am frustrated almost beyond belief that any Christian can support Obama. . . .

She then outlines the reasons she has for believing that we cannot support Obama and provides links, describing these points as “well-substantiated.”

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October 9th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Christianity, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

Not Watching the Presidential Debate

By Henry Neufeld

. . . was very relaxing.

I actually never watch these debates because they are more a tribute to those who plan the event than to anything that either candidate is capable of saying. I would like to see a debate which allows the two candidates to confront and challenge one another. The real [...]

October 8th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed

Borrow, Spend, and Rescue

By Henry Neufeld

The senate has passed the bailout bill, and the house is expected it soon. I greet this event with seriously mixed emotions.

I do believe that responsible legislators, should there be any, needed to support quick action, and because the action was quick, and because it was in response to a crisis, it is [...]

October 2nd, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

Seeing What We Expect

By Henry Neufeld

I was interested in watching the reactions to the debate the other night. No, I didn’t watch it, so I’m not going to give any opinion about who won or lost, or who was right.

But in the blogs to which I subscribe I found two posts that were very interesting to me. The [...]

September 29th, 2008 | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Christianity, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

Whither the Budget Deficit

By Henry Neufeld

Up, folks, always up.

Those who know me as a moderate (which I prefer) or as a liberal (which I am often called) may be surprised to know that I started my political activism by working in the campaign of Ronald Reagan in 1976 when he ran against Gerald Ford. It was the first [...]

September 23rd, 2008 | Tags: | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed
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