Thank you everyone for your emails and response to my earlier blog post on McCain's "The One" ad. The McCain campaign has said that they meant the ad to be humorous. But make no mistake about it: this ad is directed at Christians with a very dark message.
Please join us in asking John McCain to repudiate and take down this offensive ad. Sign the petition here.
Please help us get thousands of signatures in the next 48 hours by sending this petition to every person of faith and conscience that would join us in rejecting of this kind of insulting and divisive politics.
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"Mara, why the selective outrage? Don't start a petition drive against McCain unless you start ones against Slate, Mother Jones and Hillary Clinton. After all, they're the ones who started this whole thing."
But Obama is no longer running against Clinton and never was running against Slate or Mother Jones. It's all calculated outrage. McCain will never level a criticism against Obama that won't be labeled racist, divisive, mean-spirited, a dog-whistle to the religious right, or blah blah blah.
As much as I dislike McCain's ad comparing Obama to Britney and Paris, I cannot ask him to take it down, as I value free speech too much. I may not like what John McCain has to say, but I will defend to the death his right to say it.
PhoenixOrion, be careful some future administration doesn't take you up on that offer.
I am an Evangelical and I have seen "the One" and don't see an issue with the ad at all. It's primary ethos is to criticize Obama's inherantly socialist messianic imagery (a common theme in socialist/communist historical messages). I do not doubt that some might try to make an anti-christ connection, but that is not the theme of the ad. This is another political ad - that is all.
Thank you for your work in bringing religious leaders together on issues of faith and the common good. Yes, I found the ad offensive and without substance. Rush Limbaugh is the only one I have heard call Obama "the Messiah" repeatedly. So I guess McCain is appealing to Rush's listeners? The jab was again present in Palin's crass speech at the convention. It is sad to see the Republicans, who claim to have religious values, sink to that level of degradation. Keep to the very important issues our nation is facing right now! That ad was completely without substance as to where McCain stands on any issues! It only attacks the very thing McCain cannot understand and fears the most...Obama's immense popularity with the American people. Instead of attacking it, maybe McCain should ask himself why so individuals look to Obama's ideas with sense of hope for the future of this great nation. There are many rational reasons for Obama's success with the American people. Just check out Obama's website...it's all spelled out!
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