The Washington Times Errs (Again)
by: staff - Apr 20, 2007 - comments: 1
Although we had hoped that another story in the Washington Times would help to clear up some confusion, the reporter Ralph Hallow included even more errors in his Thursday, April 19, 2007, story regarding Dr. Land. The article incorrectly reported that Dr. Land had received phone calls from former Sen. Fred Thompson and his wife about the possible launch of a presidential campaign. The call was actually received by Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. Dr. Land has not received any phone calls of this nature from either Sen. Thompson or his wife. The article also incorrectly summarized Dr. Land’s predictions for Thompson. The Times issued a correction today that can be found below.
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1 On Apr 21st, 2007, at 7:27pm, eric wrote:
And so we move another step closer to a religious litmus test for aspirants to political office. It makes me yearn for the denial issued by JFK in the ‘60 campaign, when he assured America that, if elected, he would NOT allow policy to be dictated by his faith, or by his church.
But then, he was Catholic, not Baptist. It’s different when the jackboot is on the other foot....
What is needed is a candidate that rejects pandering to single-issue pressures, either economic, social or religious,, and concentrates on policies to advance the lot of ALL Americans.