A “powerful group of Christian leaders” agreed yesterday that if the Republican Party runs the pro-abortion Giuliani, they will consider nominating a third-party candidate.
In my News Releases posting, I was writing about how actions are sometime less important than getting media coverage, and I think the situation is this now. All articles written on the topic highlight that this mysterious group of Christian leaders, who actually discussed this question at a secret meeting, are considering running a new candidate, and they don’t even who that would be. All they wanted was to get the issue out to the public and see what happens. I don’t think that Giuliani will be nominated after this, so they basically achieved their goal without taking any actions.
The reporting is also a bit weird. All news articles mention that this was a top secret meeting and only anonymous sources are quoted, which makes the story a bit blunt. Also, a “powerful group of Christian leaders” sounds like some secret freemason society.
And I found something interesting: what The Moderate Voice did on its website was that they simply copied and pasted the story from Salon.com. Is it legal? I mean, for example, in case of our second assignment, could I just write a lede and then say: “this is how The Ithaca Journal wrote about the meeting,” and then copy and paste? If a news article is out, can just quote it? Or be like, “quote,” said John Doe in an interview he gave to the NYT? (So basically I’m stealing only the quote ☺)
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You're right -- a lot of times politics is just about making threats. The Republican and Democratic parties want to nominate candidates that ALL of their voter base can rally behind.
But while Giuliani's pro-choice stance is certainly something Republicans will have to look past, I don't know how much it's really hurting him. I think that he was still at the top of the polls, even after you posted this blog. I could be wrong...I claim ignorance when it comes to politics.
I think it's interesting how a group of anonymous people could possibly sway the republican party nomination with news of this secret meeting. However, I think there are too many issues today for a candidate to gain support from all the sectors his or her party.
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