McCain gets it wrong - again!

Ya know, a few years ago, John McCain might have been a somewhat effective (but not exactly spectacular) leader. But now all the Bush fart gas has rubbed off on him.

The other day, the Republican senator, talking about why he doesn't want a Muslim President, declared, "I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith." He said that being a member of the Christian religion is "an important part of our qualifications to lead."

So I guess McCain doesn't believe in the part of the Constitution that prohibits religious tests for public office. And by the way, many of the Founding Fathers were not adherents of the Christian faith: Thomas Jefferson, for instance, was a deist. But you probably knew all this - unless your school system was like mine was and they never taught these facts in school.

McCain also claimed that the "Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation." Not only is the establishment of Christianity nowhere to be found in the Constitution, but the very first words in the Bill of Rights prohibits the establishment of an official religion.

I guess McCain figures he needs to shoehorn in some more constitutional ignorance in order to rescue his floundering bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Kind of like when he said MoveOn ought to be kicked out of the country. That's got to be why he says this stuff.

(Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/29/2007-09-29_mccain_no_muslim_president_us_better_wit.html)