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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (18943)	12/12/2007 8:47:10 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224749

Good. You're down predicting Edwards and Huckabee will win Iowa. Lets see how your predictions turn out.

To: American Spirit who wrote (18943)	12/12/2007 9:55:17 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 224749

Perkins and Gary Bauer, key players in advancing the Christian conservative agenda in Washington, said they knew virtually nothing about McCain's religious life. Pressed on the issue in the interview, the normally garrulous McCain haltingly -- "I just pray the way most people pray" -- but convincingly described a rich and fulfilling spiritual life. Learned in childhood. Deepened in Vietnam. Nourished today by a redemptive Baptist church, daily prayer, generally in the evening, sometimes holding hands with wife, Cindy, occasionally reading a family Bible, always seeking "guidance, comfort and wisdom in almost every aspect of my life." McCain was raised an Episcopalian in a family that "observed our faith openly and without reservation." In his memoir "Faith of My Fathers," McCain recalled the religious model his father provided: "(He) was devout, although the demands of his (naval officer) profession sometimes made regular church-going difficult. ... My father didn't talk about God or the importance of religious devotion. He didn't proselytize. But he always kept with him a tattered, dog-eared prayer book, from which he would pray aloud for an hour, on his knees, twice a day." Comparing his practices with his father's, McCain said ruefully, "I'm not as devout or as good."