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Wow....the monolithic, one dimensional, religious right wing voting base of the Republican Party are not going to like that. Their Taliban-like Ann Coulters, Jerry Falwells and John Hagees are the back bone of their voter base and these are the kind of people who will vote for any unqualified (like Bush) pathetic waste of skin. To get their vote, you have to claim to be pro-life (whatever that is even supposed to mean), claim to be Christian (and live opposite to Christ's teachings...Ann Coulter), claim to be conservative (and spend like there is no tomorrow), and mix religion with politics. If you are not in favor of turning the pages of American history back to the dark ages of the Salem Witch Craft Trials then it really is hard to get Republican votes. I guess McCain just commited political suicide by rejecting Hagee. Well...all is not lost. There are plenty more spineless, chicken hawk, fear and hate mongering reptiles in the the ranks of the Republican Party who are ready & willing to take his place.

Hagee withdrew his endorsement that has created long-running problems for McCain's campaign.

"Long running problems"? I confess that I haven't been following all that closely, but was it ever really a problem for anybody other than those who were desperate to find a Wright-equivalent for McCain?

Dear Fellow Americans,

Our Greatgrand Nation, the United States of America,
is facing and will face very critical, substantial
"Challenges" in the coming months, years, and decades.

It is imperative that we the people of the America
become interested, involved, and engaged in choosing
and voting for our next President.

The following criteria will guide and help us to a
right candidate. The candidate we choose must have
following characteristics:

1. A clear, candid " Vision and Mission" for our
Nations present and future.

2. A " Strong Character and significant
Integrity".

3. A sound and sustained "Presidential Temperament"
and " Judgment".

4. Less "Washington exposure" and "real
connectivity with the people and future
generation".

5. One who "Inspires us up" rather than
"Tears us Down or divides us".

6. One who is not based on sexism,
racism,regionalism,ageism, or any other ism and as
well as one who attempts to " bring us together ".

7. A foreign policy of mainly "USA Centric".

In my professional, political and personal opinion,
the only candidate that meets all the above
characteristics and has shown consistent
coolness, calmness, and connectedness { PRESIDENTIAL
TEMPERAMENT } is Senator Barack Obama.

As an independent registered voter since 1980, I voted
for Carter, voted for Reagan, voted for First Bush,
and second Bush in 2000 and in the process lost
interest in Washington politics to the point where i
stopped voting. Getting disinterested and disgusted in
our political process and stopping voting was a very
very bad decision in any circumstance, particularly
under present circumstances.

This time we can not afford to stay on the sidelines
and let "Washington" stay the same. We can not afford
to allow our Greatgrand Nation to become less than
what we are, what we were and what we can be.

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the world and sometimes 24-hour partisan divisive
media, that We the American people will set the agenda
for our future. America and Americans will be back.

These partisan media outlets are trying and will try
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Let us stay involved, engaged, and express our opinion
freely and vote. Our Nation will get it right this
time
to protect, preserve, and promote our future.

Some of these partisan media and pundits are trying
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focusing on our weaknesses to generate a bitter future
for us and our Greatgrand Nation. Our nation's people
will see thru. Unfortunately our Greatgrand Nation's
people are persistently and constantly subjected to
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knowledge.

The common and regular people do not have time to see
thru and sort thru this psychological terrorism
perpetuated by some of these partisan media outlets.

I find it tragic, unfortunate, and sad [ They probably
do not care about our Greatgrand Nation ]as they claim
that they do it in the interest OF our Greatgrand
Nation.

We the Americans should not and will not to allow
some of these partisan media outlets to
psychologically
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any other time in future.

I am sure that we will get it right this
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people.

Our Greatgrand nation needs present and future
stability, security, safety,sustained progress and
restoration of our due status in this perilous Global
World at all levels.

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Forensic Psychiatrist.
Disabled American Veteran.
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I know that my true fellow Christians will note the difference between Revered Wright's comments and those of Pastors Parsley and Hagee. Though I do not approve of the delivery of Parsley and Hagee, as they often come off angry and heated and without clarification for their remarks, I know that the thinking Christian will listen to clips of what they said and agree with the points they are making (though perhaps not all of them.) Furthemore, I know that honest folks will draw a distinction for Sen. McCain accepting endorsements from men who point out the false and evil nature of Islam (spiritually) and who have a problem with homosexuality and homosexual marriage and who do not agree with a large # of Catholic religious practices. These points are made through study of Scripture, and although these men seem to present them in an angry and unreasonable way, the Truth remains. Someone who argues that these endorsements are the same as Sen. Obama's 20 years of spiritual advise and religious activity from a racially motivated, false accusing, and visibly hateful (please watch these clips comparatively and see the difference in the messages) Rev. Wright.

McCain had my vote until this, but now he has permanently lost it.

I feel certain that John Hagee is one of God's very own preachers. The devil is useing others to attack God's few preachers that are out there. Unbelievers do not understand anything, and they are taking every single word and condemning it. IF myself or any of God's preachers say or do wrong we do have the conviction of the person of the holy spirit to correct us. We, God's preachers, do not need the corrections of unbelievers, the devil's people, to do it for God. In which unbelievers do not know the one true God, and never will. How in this world did so many wicked people decided to take God's place in this world? And these very same people are making a mess of everything, and will one day wound up in hell. How!

While I disagree with Pastor Hagee and Parsley on many things, this is a very disturbing trend to me. I see the issue here as the claim of Truth in biblical teaching, not these particular Pastors fauxpas. McCain seems to be rejecting the notion that any exclusive claim in Christianity is offensive. If that is the case then he is rejecting evangelical Christianity as that is whole point of evangelism. That there is "...salvation in no other name than Jesus Christ". We have hit a very disturbing tipping point here.

I am not a "John Hagee" advocate. Hagee made an exaggeration or hyperbole to drive home a point of view. The Prophet Ezekiel envisioned a living group of people coming from a valley of dry bones. Out of the Holocaust ovens, came the Israeli nation. The British Government is responsible for the Holocaust as the German Nazis. After the British gained Palestine at the end of World War I, they only allowed 5,000 people a year to migrate to Palestine. If they would have opened the gates, the Nazis would have had an option to their final solution. The only political leader John Hagee should openly support is the one who said his government was not of this world: Jesus Christ.

Hagee probably should not have endorsed McCain in the first place. However this makes it even more important that he select someone like Gov. Huckabee as his VP nominee. If he selects either Guilianni or Romney I will not vote for McCain, both have poor records on social conservative issues.

McCain just got my vote back. So, Todd, I guess we cancel each other out.

The only thing that matters in politics is being elected and staying in office. Clearly Hagee is a liability with the voters that McCain needs, the independents who frankly would never set foot in a church other than to attend their mother's funeral and only know of Hagee from what they see on the news, a madman frothing at the mouth spouting what is, to them, self-evident lunacy.

And, realistically given the choice, the number of actual votes McCain may lose by this would not be enough to elect the town garbage commissioner.

My understanding is that the McCain campaign wooed Hagee for a year...apparently without a thought on what he has said and done, or maybe someone in the campaign knew and approved of his statements and actions?

Having watched a couple of Hagee sermons over the years, the man has probably said and done plenty of disgusting, bigoted things, poor thing. Hobnobbing with Hagee and Parsley shows very poor judgment.

Let's see, I remember him calling Sen. Clinton and Oprah witches...and hinting about what the Bible allegedly says to do with witches. A few very dubious science "facts." Blind, foaming at the mouth, rabid homophobia. Tacit threats of face cancer, or some other horrible God smiting of his critics. Declaring that it's God's will that Christians seize the land of their enemies and throw them into chains forever...really brave words to broadcast from a former Confederate state.

However, these are from my memory, out of context maybe, and how trustworthy is that? And, I may have misinterpreted them...though I don't think so. The man, in my opinion, is congenitally High F scale, I think. Pobrecito.

And the latter isn't the only slavery thing he's advocated...he had a Slavery Returns to America fundraiser that drew local controversy and criticism, according to the internet. Of course, Hagee blamed the hubbub on the evil "politically correct" busybodies. Being ever the victim of "others" for what he himself does... the poor, poor thing.

In any case, if I may risk face cancer...if God can change "homosexuals" into ex-gays, why can't God change Hagee from morbidly obese to ex-obese? Sure, it's hard to lose weight, but...as God's regent on Earth, a natural leader of the supernatural, born-again race, he should be an example of God's power, not a walking example of Earthly excesses, even if his obesity is of no fault of his own. Hey...what's that tingling, hot feeling in my face? Oh...rosacia, which I've had for years.

If memory serves, I once saw Kenneth Copeland go on ecstatically over the glories of God's supernatural, born again race. The I saw him again explaining to a couple of Black men not to take it exactly as I took it...and still do. Naked racism as God's will, somewhat subliminally coded as being of a supernatural sort.

Pat Robertson's Regent University once advertised that it's the place to go to learn how to be God's regent...never mind that a regent is one who rules in the name of the sovereign who out of touch, immature or incompetent. What kind of trinitarianism is being taught there, anyway?

Hagee, in my opinion, was wrong to endorse McCain or any other political candidate for that matter.

Christian leaders should have political opinions and views, and should exercise their right to vote for the candidate of their choice. They must however operate beyond the partisan if they are to speak to all candidates and call all to account for their stewardship.

When a leader emdorses one candidate over another, he runs the risk of being accused of bias, forfeits the opportunity to speak clearly to that candidate's short-comings, is considered biased and partial by the other side, and may find himself forced to defend the failed policies of the candidate he favours.

Endorsing a particular candidate may also present difficulties for the leader's congregation, some of whom will undoubtedly hold differing views, and others who may be conflicted. There is potential for friction to develop and doubts to arise. Worst still, is if the leader's preferred candidate turns out to be a moral failure, the leader is often faced with the dilemna of either renouncing that candidate, or excusing or apologising for his failures.

Religious leaders must stand for truth and righteosusness, and must speak clearly and uneqviocally to issue of good governance and morality. Wise leaders should therefore refrain from partisan politics and public endorsements.

John McCain's rejection of John Hagee shows again his ability to act like a cowboy..shoot first and think later. His ignorance of christian issues comes from his private disdain of evangelicals.He doesn't know how to think things through. Pragmatism and utilitarianism are the main filters he employs. Moral relativism is a major plank in his belief system. How can the Christain Church flock to his illogical,angry,defiant and ill conceived rantings. His atttacks on Obama will boomerang back on him because like his predecessor he doesnt think things through. Conceptually weak and driven by angry individualism he represents a dangerous alternative.

I think that what it all boils down to from a religious standpoint is whether we want a black Muslim, who has been in a racist church for 20 years and pldeges allegiance to Africa--not Ameriaca--in the Whitehouse or do we want a lukewarm Christian(at best)who does the "political 2-step" ? ......food for thought. I think Christians will have to forgive McCain for his "political 2-stepping" and pray for him since we don't have a reasonable alternative candidate.