{"id":201,"date":"2007-12-27T12:45:19","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T12:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/12\/mccain-announces-catholics-for.html"},"modified":"2007-12-27T12:45:19","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T12:45:19","slug":"mccain-announces-catholics-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/12\/mccain-announces-catholics-for.html","title":{"rendered":"McCain Announces Catholics for McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7WTu7drLfRc&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7WTu7drLfRc&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object>John McCain today announced a new coalition of Catholic supporters headed by some big names, including Kansas Senator\/former presidential candidate Sam Brownback and former Kansas Governor Frank Keating. From today&#8217;s press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;.Former Governor Frank Keating (R-OK), also National Co-Chair of Catholics for McCain said, &#8220;John McCain can uniquely appeal to Catholics with his strong, 24-year pro-life record, his stand for traditional values and school choice, his proven leadership in defending America, and his demonstrated ability to appeal to independent-minded voters. These are exactly the type of qualities that Catholic voters will be looking for in 2008.&#8221;In a joint statement, Governor Keating and Senator Brownback added: &#8220;In this election, with so much at stake, we need a leader who will help transform history to extend and uphold the rights and dignity of each and every child of God. John McCain is that leader.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>God-o-Meter is surprised to see McCain is making such a serious last-minute play for conservative Catholic support, but it knows it shouldn&#8217;t be. Though he denounced the Religious Right as &#8220;agents of intolerance&#8221; in his 2000 presidential bid, McCain told Beliefnet this year that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/220\/story_22001_1.html\">U.S. is a Christian nation<\/a>, released a Christmas ad (above) with more explicit cross imagery than <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/12\/new-huckabee-ad-celebrates-bir.html\">Mike Huckabee&#8217;s<\/a>, and claims a stronger pro-life record than any top-tier Republican candidate besides Huckabee. If McCain manages to clinch the nomination, God-o-Meter knows it will be because of, not in spite of, strong support from traditionalist Catholics and other religious conservatives.<!--more-->8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McCain today announced a new coalition of Catholic supporters headed by some big names, including Kansas Senator\/former presidential candidate Sam Brownback and former Kansas Governor Frank Keating. 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