Noah D. Arney

Tag: us politics

  • Dobson, Trump, Faith, and Power

    The major Evangelical leader Dr. Dobson has put out a release talking about Donald Trump’s faith. Now I was under the impression that there was no “religious test… as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust”. But since Dobson brought it up… in the words of Aaron Burr in Hamilton “Ok, so we’re doin’ this”.

    His post on “Culture Watch” is available here.

    Let’s break it down:

    Only the Lord knows the condition of a person’s heart.  I can only tell you what I’ve heard.  First, Trump appears to be tender to things of the Spirit.

    Yes, that’s true. Only the Lord knows. However, the bible says a few other things about the heart:

    Luke 12:33-34: Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

    Do we want to consider where Trump’s treasure is? We don’t need to ask, he talks about it time and time again.

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  • Republican Candidate Prediction

    14 candidates step in, one steps out. Hey that could be an interesting TV show. But since we don’t do this by cage match who has a chance at winning the Republican nomination?

    Alright, I’m going to cut out anyone who polled lower than one percent on any of the polls in the last week. I’m basing that on the polls available here which is:

    • RCP Average
    • FOX News
    • Quinnipiac
    • NBC/WSJ
    • IBD/TIPP
    • CBS/NY Times

    So with that we have:

    • Carson
    • Trump
    • Rubio
    • Cruz
    • Bush
    • Fiorina
    • Kasich
    • Paul
    • Huckabee
    • Christie

    Sorry Santorum, Jindal, Graham, and Pataki you’re out, but you’ll have company soon.

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  • Who’s Buying Your Candidate?

    This info is from the New York Times’s article here. I just played with it in excel.
    Have you ever wondered where all the money comes from in the US election? Well, here’s seven of the top raising candidates and how much of their super pac money is coming from donations greater than one million dollars.
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