More Confusion on Top of the Cake

Reading all of the political stories on the web can give you an absolute headache. Now the Associated Press is saying that its poll puts the race dead even with Obama at 44% and McCain at 43%.

However, I have to admit I was a little confused at the way the numbers were reported. The AP stated that this was among 800 “likely voters” out of 1,101 polled. The numbers of everyone polled was Obama 47% and McCain 37%. That would mean that Obama leads among “unlikely voters” by 55% to 21%! Allow me to suggest that the Obama folks might want to work on getting these people to the polls. Enigmatically the AP also reported that Obama leads among “registered voters” by 5 points.

This poll is also showing 13%-16% still undecided which is a huge number at this stage of the game.

In the meantime Sarah Palin told James Dobson in an interview that the election is “in God’s hands.”

I knew it was only a matter of time before this came up. I’ll tell you what. If it’s in God’s hands, does that mean you’ll look upon whoever wins as God’s anointed? That’s what good old Paul claimed. Allow me to quote Romans 13:1.

Romans 13:1 - Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

If I remember correctly this was the justification for the idea that the king ruled by divine right. If you buy this one, then the American Revolution was a revolt against God’s will. Sort of makes the ideas of “In God We Trust” and “God Bless America” sound a bit silly doesn’t it?

Actually, it’s Christianity that’s silly. If there is a God he (she? it?) clearly doesn’t give a hoot whom we elect to govern the country for the next four years or are you telling me that he (she? it?) wanted George Bush in the White House?

Dang, even I consider that blasphemy.