In our brand-new primary election night webcasts — we've done three of them now — we have some freedom that we have never before had. It's the ability, through Focus on the Family Action, to discuss openly the strengths and weaknesses of the presidential candidates. If you haven't "tuned in," I hope you will do so next Tuesday evening, the night of the Florida primary, when we'll be on again, at 8 p.m. Mountain Time (10 ET). You can reach us via CitizenLink.com.
Not everyone, however, is happy with what we're doing. In fact, Time magazine's online blog seems to have determined that our comments about one of the candidates, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, were overly critical, and that our comments about former Gov. Mitt Romney were too friendly.
Therefore, ta-da! Time is speculating this week that our comments constitute what it calls a "stealth endorsement" of Romney, whatever that is.
You'll find short summaries of our webcasts at CitizenLink.com. Check them out for yourselves and you'll see what Tony Perkins, the president of FRC Action, and I have been saying. However, these videos are summaries only, and even though we'll be adding to them regularly, for our complete comments you'll need to click onto each of the first three post-primary webcasts. These also are archived on CitizenLink.com.
First of all, rest assured that we have not been endorsing any candidates, either "stealthily" or otherwise. Our comments are what they are — a review of what the candidates, both Democrat and Republican, are saying on issues we think Christians care about.
By the way, something else is happening here. I believe the mainstream media doesn't quite know how to deal with alternative media such as ours. They've always considered themselves to have the corner on commentary, and now that we are able to reach our audience directly, rather than through them, and to say directly to our audience what we want to say, they have no pigeonhole to put us in.
So, our straightforward discussion of the candidates and the issues leaves them flummoxed. All they can do is imagine that somehow we're trying to send subliminal message to our audience, to make an "endorsement" without really make an endorsement.
It's a new era indeed. We can talk directly to you, and the media can only scratch their collective head and wonder what's up. We're lovin' it, and I hope you do, as well. And I hope you'll be with us next Tuesday night, on your computer.
