The Chronicle ran an editorial on the DeLay/Patrick Republican primary victories that reads more like two editorials.
The first half of the editorial is a fairly straightforward explanation of why the two candidates won their respective races (although it doesn’t get into specific issues/policies emphasized by the candidates). The second half of the editorial is a four-paragraph digression into the Christian conservatism of both men.
David Benzion analyzed the odd editorial over at Lone Star Times, noting:
[It’s] interesting that the Chronicle’s editorial writers choose to highlight the importance of the candidate’s religious beliefs, while discounting the significance of the actual issues and positions they promoted during their campaigns.
It’s not clear to me whether this is a deliberate Chron editorial board smear of Republican primary voters (as mindless Christians with no real focus on issues), or simply the harmless ramblings of an editorial board that needs to get out of the offices at 801 Texas Avenue a little more often and interact some with some of those mysterious Republican primary voters. What do you think?
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