{"id":4158,"date":"2007-12-21T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-21T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/mccains-christmas-ad.html"},"modified":"2007-12-21T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-21T07:14:00","slug":"mccains-christmas-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/mccains-christmas-ad.html","title":{"rendered":"McCain&#8217;s Christmas ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As long time readers (I know that we have a couple) know, I&#8217;m not a McCain supporter at all but I thought his Christmas ad was quite moving and it made me tear up.  <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2007\/12\/20\/video-mccain-brings-out-the-cross-for-his-christmas-ad\/\">Allahpundit<\/a> thinks he might have been pandering to Christians, reminding us that he was one of us but I don&#8217;t care if he was, I thought it was moving and was a wonderful story to share this time of year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><object height=\"373\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7WTu7drLfRc&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7WTu7drLfRc&amp;rel=1&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"373\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As long time readers (I know that we have a couple) know, I&#8217;m not a McCain supporter at all but I thought his Christmas ad was quite moving and it made me tear up. 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