Is Saint McCain Beyond Redemption?

Cenk Uygur tells us the following here…

Reverend John Hagee has called the Catholic Church the "Great Whore." He has said that the Anti-Christ will rise out of the European Union (of course, the Anti-Christ will also be Jewish). He has said all Muslims are trained to kill and will be part of the devil's army when Armageddon comes (which he hopes is soon). John McCain continues to say he is proud of Reverend Hagee's endorsement.

Reverend Rod Parsley believes America was founded to destroy Islam. Since this is such an outlandish claim, I have to add for the record, that he is not kidding. Reverend Parsley says Islam is an "anti-Christ religion" brought down from a "demon spirit." Of course, we are in a war against all Muslims, including presumably Muslim-Americans. Buts since Parsley believes this is a Christian nation and that it should be run as a theocracy, he is not very concerned what Muslim-Americans think.

John McCain says Reverend Rod Parsley is his "spiritual guide."

Well, then, I'm glad these “men of God” will have an opportunity to communicate these beliefs (with “straight talk” McCain in tow) to an upcoming gathering of their peers, and that would be at the “Compassion Forum” at Messiah College in Harrisburg on Sunday the 13th (noted here).

Oh, wait; I just reread this press release, and it notes the following…

Senator McCain has thus far declined the invitation, which is still open.

Gosh, I wonder why.

I mean, I know McCain is the de facto Repug nominee for president and it’s not as if primary votes actually matter to him at this point.

But he’s the candidate of the high-minded, holier-than-thou, values-voters-comprised Republican Party for Christ’s sake (oops – sorry). How can he even imagine passing up this chance to meet with other spiritual leaders and watch them utterly eviscerate interact with these self-righteous phonies upstanding spiritual counselors?

I’ll ponder this as I turn on my cable news channel this evening and see the thousandth or so rehashing of the Rev. Wright “scandal” (or perhaps something just as stupid – and Cenk’s question in the headline is absolutely appropriate).

Update 4/13/08: No mention that John W. McBush blew off the invitation here, but of course the headline is over an utterly laughable charge of "elitism" against Obama by Clinton - unbelievable (no, on second thought - typical).