God, Pastors And Candidates

To begin with I will not go to the Rev wright stuff, that has been playing ad naseum by the media and surely everyone has formed an opinion on him and his comments.  Moving on!

Farrakhan has endorsed Obama, it was not a sought after endorsement and Obama has distanced himself from the leader of the Nation of Islam, but it was a story for awhile and help fuel the “Obama–The Muslim” email.  A thinking person would not see the connection between his name and a religion, but then thinking was the key word.  It is a FALSE claim!

Let us speak of Rev. Hagee, this is a pastor who has belittled the Catholic Church, even to calling it derogatory names.  And it is an endorsement that McCain actively sought to help solidify his support among social conservatives.  But yet not much of a story within the mainstream media.

And now this from a Rev. Paisley another sought after endorsement by McCain.  This quote is from the Washington Times:”In March 2008–two weeks after McCain appeared with Parsley at a Cincinnati campaign rally, hailing him as “one of the truly great leaders in America, a moral compass, a spiritual guide”–Mother Jones reported that Parsley had urged Christians to wage a “war” to eradicate Islam in his 2005 book,” Corn adds. “McCain’s campaign refused to respond to questions about Parsley, and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee declined to denounce Parsley’s anti-Islam remarks or renounce his endorsement. At a time when Barack Obama was mired in a searing controversy involving Reverend Jeremiah Wright, McCain escaped any trouble for his political alliance with Parsley, who leads the World Harvest Church, a supersized Pentecostal institution in Columbus, Ohio. Parsley, whose sermons are broadcast around the world, has been credited with helping George W. Bush win Ohio in 2004 by registering social conservatives and encouraging them to vote. McCain certainly would like to see Parsley do the same for him–which could explain his reluctance to do any harm to his relationship with this anti-Islam extremist.”

Now someone please take the time to explain this to me?  Why the disconnect in the reporting?  Is it accidental?  Or is there a plan in the media?

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