God’s Protection for John McCain — Tommy Espinoza, a Hispanic Democrat and friend of John McCain, said he asked John McCain how he survived prisoner of war camp. “He looked intently at me and said my fiath in god, my country and my family,” he said. Espinoza added his own view: “No man can survive…

John McCain and Evan Bayh a few years ago proposed a major expansion of AmeriCorps and other national service programs. A few years earlier, he wrote in the Washington Monthly an empassioned plea for more civilian service. I was surprised, then, that the Republican platform has no mention of expanding national service. Even though today’s…

In Denver, the evangelical preachers who offered prayers to the Democratic convention (Joel Hunter and Donal Miller) searched for creative ways to worship “in Jesus’s’ name” — and still being inclusive of different faiths. Tonight at the Republican convention, Miles McPherson of the Rock Church in San Diego, preached about how God is always watching:…

HuffingtonPost’s running a huge headline reading, “Palin Exclusive: Iraq a ‘Task from God’ “: “Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God,” she exhorted the congregants.…

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