Here is the kind of crap that is said at a McCain rally by the official speakers. This is the pastor delivering the invocation:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g0d3_KE5js[/YOUTUBE]

That is very thinly veiled hate-speak and the suggestion that Obama is not a Christian. He says that there are millions of non-Christians around the world praying to their Gods, Budha, Hindu, Allah that Obama wins! And then he goes on to warn God to guard his own reputation because those non-Chiristians will think their Gods are greater than the Chirstian God if Obama wins!

Holy Crap! There is so much wrong wioth this that I don't even know where to begin!

First, who is this guy to question if Obama is really a Christian or not! I am not a very religious person myself, and I don't know much about doctrine or dogma, but is a man of God supposed to question another man's committment to Jesus? I sort of thought that if a person says he has accepted Jesus Chirist into his life and that he believes Jesus Christ is his personal savior, then you sort of take him at his word on that. Is it the place of a man of God to question that? Really?

The second thing is how does this guy KNOW that all these millions of non-Christians are praying for Obama to win? And really what would it matter if they were? That is an obvious appeal to xenophobia.

And probably the most outrageous thing is this guy telling God that God needs to guard his own reputation by helping McCain win! That is fucking ridiculous! I think it is an obscene abuse of religious authority when these pastors tell their CONGREGATIONS how God wants them to vote. But to tell GOD how to vote! Where does he get off telling God that he needs to support McCain or people will think other Gods are more powerful than the Christian God! That's some serious balls to tell God who to support in the election! I wonder how God will feel about being told how to vote by this moron.

I think McCain has an obligation to disavow this kind of xenophibic, racist bullshit. He controls who speaks at his rallies, and he should tell them he doesn't want this kind of crap. And if they do say this kind of thing, he should correct them on it.