McCain meets with evangelist Billy Graham and son
John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat.
The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting religious voters and trying to reassure skeptical conservatives, visited privately with the Grahams on the grounds of Little Piney Cove in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.
"We had a very excellent conversation. I appreciated the opportunity to visit with them," McCain said after the 45-minute meeting.
McCain's visit to North Carolina was his first sit-down with Billy Graham, 89, and with Franklin Graham, although McCain and the elder Graham are acquainted. McCain's father and Billy Graham also knew each other.
The world-renowned evangelist is in poor health but apparently felt well enough to visit with McCain, who flew to North Carolina with the expectation of meeting only with Franklin Graham, who is president and chief executive of the evangelistic association his father founded in 1950.
McCain said he did not know if the Grahams would vote for him. "I didn't ask for their votes," he said, calling them "great leaders."
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Posted By: Kboogie @ 06/30/2008 2:31:22 PM
Comment: Wow!! This is interesting........
George Bush's pastor (the pastor who just married his daughter, Jenna) is an OBAMA supporter, and has just launched a PRO-OBAMA website!!!!!
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/26/pastor_who_officiated_at_jenna.html
Posted By: Kboogie @ 06/30/2008 2:29:54 PM
Comment: GOODMORNING ALL!!!!
It's been a busy weekend for politics, folks. The GALLUP POLL - which had the candidates tied for the better part of last week - now has OBAMA back up by 4pts. RASMUSSEN is showing a 6% lead for OBAMA, and REALCLEARPOLITICS has OBAMA leading by 7%.
The ELECTORAL MAP - which the GOP never missed an opportunity to reference - has McCain LOSING by 40 points.
Although, BOTH candidates have major flaws and questionable pasts, how is it that ALL of the polls are significantly one-sided? Tracking the candidates support groups reveals that McCain has no true core supporters. His constituacy is "scattered". Evangelicals are jumping ship....the far right, hard-core conservatives are ignoring his phone-calls......and, what I've been hearing is that women (as upset as they are at OBAMA) are not viewing McC as an option.
It seems McCain's past, and caveman-like attitude towards women is rearing it's ugly head. In a recent interview, McC jokes about BEATING HIS WIFE:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/mccain-gambles.html
I wouldn't think this would be such an issue if he didn't already have a history of degrading women. In a press conference McC CALLS HIS WIFE THE C-WORD:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/07/report-mccains-profane-ti_n_95429.html
You'd think that McC's disrespect toward women would only be directed towards adults, but it doesn't stop there. When Chelsea Clinton was only 12 years old, McCain directed a vebal assault towards her - a defenseless young girl:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics.bush/2008-02/msg00109.html
On top of the fact that he cheated on, and abandoned his ex-wife after she was severely injured in a car accident, to be w/ a rich, blonde heiress - I now understand why he's losing support of women by the day.
Wait.....almost forgot........OH HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!
Posted By: sharenews @ 06/30/2008 2:50:00 AM
Comment: Zombie, I usually agree with you on alot of things, but there are new bloggers that come onto this site every day that it doesnt hurt to (re)introduce a discussion to see where a blog leads to. Plus, I am guilty of doing the same a few times here and there. LOL. : - )