On the eve of the Democrat National Convention I think it is a good time to look at the silliness of the campaign topics. Last weekend the two candidates met with Rick Warren, founder and Pastor at Saddleback Church in California. They had conversations about their faith and issues relevant to his congregation and many other Christians. It illustrated several things to me:
1. Barack Obama is a lawyer and answers questions like a lawyer.
2. The format favored John McCain so we will not see it again in this campaign.
3. Very few people changed their minds about who they support.
The more important point made by the event is that the candidates' focus groups have told them you need to pander real hard to the Christian vote. They saw the success Bush 43 had and are trying to duplicate it. However, we are not stupid! The best I can tell Bush found God and tries to live his life in a Christian manner. Like the job he has done or not, I believe he lives his faith.
Obama on the other hand seems to be blowing which ever way the wind does. How can you be such a staunch supporter of abortion rights and call yourself a Christian? It's the walk that is important, not the talk.
McCain is also suspect in that he is unapolagetic for his transgressions of the past, running around on his wife dieing of cancer with his current very wealthy wife. Does this sound like another John we have heard of recently?
The bottom line is that true Christians are going to probably vote for McCain while holding their noses. Strictly on the abortion issue. The casual Christians will likely vote for Obama because they have rationalized that argument in a similar manner as he. Could be a close race!
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