It's really pretty simple. McCain needed to throw a bone to dominionists like James Dobson and Pat Robertson. From what I understand, that part of the strategy was wildly successful.
Before the Palin choice, Dobson was so despondent that he suggested that he might just sit out of voting in this election. Now, he is exhorting his audience to vote for Palin/McCain or the Nobama ticket. I'm sure that Palin had Ronald Reagan in mind when she used the 'city on a hill' metaphor. It's also part of the teachings of Jesus. -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:40 PM To: cf-community Subject: Palin A Christian Nationalist? (3.) Ms. Palin used the Christian Nationalist principle of "exceptionalism" in her debate with Sen. Biden and quoted Puritan leader and Christian Nationalist inspiration John Winthrop's "shining city on the hill" metaphor as the model for America in the world; but credited Reagan who, when he used the phrase, properly cited Winthrop. But What is Christian Nationalism?? ------------------------------------------------------- A political ideology that posits a Christian right to rule. Christian nationalists believe in a revisionist history, which holds that the founders of America were devout Christians who never intended to create a secular republic with a separation of church and state. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
