Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] 10 things to know about McCain (fwd)

["Jim Locke" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

Mike Miller wrote:

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9

I'm glad that McCain acknowledges the religious right.

I'm sure you are glad, but what's with these odd-ball preacher's he's been associating himself with?  That's definitely a minus for me.

As for some of what is said here, you need to take the plank out of Obama's eye first.  Heh, heh.

Obam's Rev. Wright is a big minus for Obama.

While I won't vote for Obama, I don't hold it against him that his friends, or even spiritual fathers, are wackos.  I myself have people, even some who have greatly influenced me in a strong positive manner, who are also total wackos in some aspects.

Ditto on not holding it against him, or for that matter, others associated with other candidates.
Frankly, "guilt by association" is something very easy to get caught up in if people aren't careful.
As Obama has said multiple times, if you take stupid or (I'm paraphrasing), non-P.C. statements someone says sometimes and put them in a loop, you can make anyone look "dark" for lack of a better word coming to my mind.

Someone can always say things nice publicly and really be a person will ill intentions.  On the other hand, you could be like Wright and say some negative, over-the-top things once in a while, and have good intentions at heart.

It's really important to look at the -whole- person.

On McCain:  Didn't know about his recent environmental record!  Sounds like another flip-flop.
Maybe he'll be Swift-boated like Kerry was   :)
 
 

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