American Idol(atry): McCain-as-Jesus

Religion Dispatches by Brian Kaylor | Jun. 2, 2008 (Opinion)

As David Cook prepared for his victory on the latest season of "American Idol," the Republican state chairwoman of Georgia was engaged in paying reverence to a different type of American idol. In a bizarre moment in the world of mixing religion and politics, Sue Everhart compared Republican presidential candidate John McCain to Jesus and America to God... Full Story »

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Topics: John McCain, Religion and Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Evan Derkacz - Jun 2, 2008 - 1:27 PM PDT
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A strained argument to conclude that the woman equates America to God, then strained deductions from that conclusion. This is at the level of a nasty blogger. Ok, better spelling.

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