A few days ago, God-o-Meter mentioned it was on its way to interview Ron Paul at his Bob Jones University appearance. That interview fell through, but GOM sat down with Paul yesterday in Charleston for an illuminating chat about the high quotient of ministers in the Paul family, how the Congressman’s religion helped shape his…

Ron Paul, the candidate who recently quoted Sinclair Lewis’s line that “when fascism comes to this country it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross,” is speaking at the fundamentalist Bob Jones University this evening. God-o-Meter will try to make it. Of course, university chancellor Bob Jones III has already endorsed Mitt Romney.

On Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends today, Ron Paul answered a question about whether Mike Huckabee’s new Christmas ad takes religious politicking too far thusly: Well I haven’t thought about it completely but it, you know, reminded me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says when fascism comes to this country it will…

Yes, God-o-Meter realizes the headline from yesterday’s straw poll among conservative evangelical activists in South Carolina is that Mike Huckabee won. God-o-Meter was more taken, however, by Ron Paul’s commanding second-place finish, collecting 179 votes out of roughly 600 cast—well ahead of third-place Fred Thompson. Unlike Huckabee, Paul phoned in his message (Rudy Giuliani was…

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