John McCain Panders To Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson And James Dobson

Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.” 

Presidential Candidate John McCain

As we know McCain lost his 2000 presidential bid; the “straight talker” now feels obliged to sweet talk the intolerant religious right. McCain and Falwell are now fast friends, and the two speak glowingly of each other. McCain even delivered the Commencement address at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.

Falwell is an easy lay, all you have to do is whisper “sweet nothings” in his ear, and he will bend over backwards for you. But McCain is having a more difficult time winning over the other intolerant agents of the religious right.  

From WBIR.Com:

“Senator John McCain says he hopes to talk with a conservative Christian leader who has declared that he won’t support the Republican’s presidential bid under any circumstances.

In an interview last Thursday with a Dallas Christian station, Focus on the Family’s James Dobson said the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law has prevented Christian broadcasters ‘from telling the truth right before elections.’”

From WBIR.Com:

“In South Carolina Tuesday, McCain said he’s “obviously disappointed” with the remarks and would like to have a dialogue with Dobson.”

Instead of having a dialogue with the agents of intolerance, McCain should have a dialogue with gays who have been physically assaulted by those inspired by the homophobic sermons of Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and Pat Robertson.

McCain has demonstrated, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he’s not a “straight talker”, but a typical politician who will say anything to get elected.