McCain frames War on Terror as a clash of religions...

[Newjack88]

<p>McCain may have just moved too far to the right… probably way too far to the right. The only conservatives that would like this sort of pandering would be those who attend Rod Parsley’s church.</p>

<p>I think this misstep may cancel the gains he made on Saturday at the Saddleback Forum as it should be rather apparent to evangelicals that he’s just using them and that he’s not one of them like Bush was.</p>

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On a frozen winter evening at a Town Hall meeting in a school in the Manchester, N.H., suburbs, John McCain expressed surprise and irritation with an intelligence report downplaying the threat of Iran’s nuclear program.</p>

<p>At the end of a long list of reasons to be suspicious of the Iranians, McCain declared: “And they sure don’t share our Judeo-Christian values.”</p>

<p>It seemed at the time to be an odd thing to say about a Muslim country. After all, even if there were no nuclear program, no oil, and no rabble-rousing president, Iran still wouldn’t have Judeo-Christian values. And it’s troubling to wonder if that alone would be a reason for suspicion.

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<p>[McCain’s</a> ‘Judeo-Christian values’ reference puzzles - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/19/mccains_judeo_christian_values_reference_puzzles/?rss_id=Boston.com%2B--%2BNational%2Bnews]McCain’s”>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/19/mccains_judeo_christian_values_reference_puzzles/?rss_id=Boston.com%2B--%2BNational%2Bnews)</p>

[k_amp_s]

<p>Just further shows that McCain knows jack about foreign policy (or else he is pandering along the worst lines a politician can do).</p>

<p>Expert my a** (he should know that America/US culture is more popular in Iran than in places like Saudi Arabia, Egypt - our “allies”).</p>

<p>And what does he mean by “values” - in many ways, Muslims and Jews (Orthodox) share more in “values”.</p>

[zoosermom]

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as it should be rather apparent to evangelicals that he’s just using them and that he’s not one of them like Bush was.

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<p>Believe me when I tell you that they already know that.</p>

[mini]

<p>“‘‘Our Judeo-Christian principles dictate that we do what we can to help people who are oppressed throughout the world,’’ John McCain said in a forum with evangelist Rick Warren.”</p>

<p>We see how he has helped the Iraqis, and the five million homeless refugees (including most of Iraq’s Christians) he helped create.</p>

[Hunt]

<p>Bush isn’t really an evangelical either. The only leader we’ve had who really was one was Carter.</p>

[iloveagoodbrew]

<p>Its all religious pandering for the bible belt. Honestly I don’t think Reagan, Bush or McCain gives a damn other than for pr.</p>

[mommusic]

<p>Some people would agree with him (and not just Bible belt Xtians, either.) I got a spammy political email containing a link to an article in a Spanish newspaper (translated) saying Europe is going to the dogs because they got rid of their Jews and now have Muslims instead. I won’t go into details, but the article was extremely unkind in describing the Muslims.</p>

<p>This from the lovely country that expelled its Jews in 1492.</p>