mercymom

1 of 42, while not a McCain supporter per se (I was all for him 8 years ago, now I'm not so sure), the main difference is that McCain hasn't sat in Hagee's church for 20 years listening to him preach. Yeah, it's cheesy seeking the endorsement, but illustrative of the stranglehold the religious right has on the GOP. fwiw, the evangelicals don't trust McCain and think he's insincere in wanting their endorsements, which of course he is. Obama needed the political blessing of the black community in south side Chicago, so he joined Trinity UCC. It has paid off for him locally, but seems to be blowing up in his face nat'lly.

McCain could never get the GOP nomination w/o a certain degree of sucking up to the evangelicals. The fact that he was never an active member of such a congregation tempers it for me somewhat, but then W wasn't a member but bought the message it seems. As a voter I'm looking for someone smack in the middle with as little religious agenda as possible, and certainly w/o some fool notion that we need trouble in the middle east to bring on the second coming and the rapture.