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Originally Posted by example1
One of John McCain's "spiritual guides":
"In fact, I will tell you this: I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore."
http://www.motherjones.com/washingto...ual-guide.html
He has to completely throw this guy out, right? Again, "silly season" in politics is here. He seeks this guys support because he helped Bush get elected in Ohio. |
He has thrown this guy out. He's on the record stating he categorically dissociates his campaign from any offensive remarks, similar to what Obama did. The difference being, of course, McCain has no other relationship beyond politics. Obama does, and that is what we all want Obama to explain. He did explain it, but it only brought up more questions - at least to those not looking to excuse him at the first opportunity.
For this to be apples / apples, you need to get McCain's 20 year pastor saying something offensive. Anything short of that is an attempt to diffuse scrutiny through false claims of identical behavior on the other side. This is politics 101, which works on the masses, but don't try and sell it here.