R'uh R'oh, Scooby: "Evangelical leader smacks McCain for lack of ‘principle’"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Evangelical leader smacks McCain for lack of ‘principle’

http://coloradoindependent.com/8807/evangelical-leader-smacks-mccain-for-lack-of-principle

Richard Cizik, the chief lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals, was named one of TIME's 100 most influential people.

Richard Cizik is one of the country’s most powerful and outspoken Christian evangelical leaders. He happens to be a Republican, and he has known the GOP’s presidential nominee for many years. “I thought John McCain was a principled person,” Cizik says. “But John McCain has backed off, not just on climate change but on torture and a sensible tax policy — in other words, he’s not the John McCain of 2000. … He seems to be waffling on issue after issue.

It’s not illogical for someone to conclude that John McCain is going to be more like George Bush than John McCain is going to be like John McCain in 2000.”

Characterizing the GOP’s presidential nominee as an unprincipled waffler is strong stuff from the man who oversees governmental affairs and is the chief lobbyist of the 30-million-member Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Evangelicals. But Cizik — named this year by TIME magazine one of the world’s 100 most influential people — is no stranger to controversies that come from strong convictions.

Over the past several years, Cizik, whose organization represents 45,000 churches from 59 denominations, has emerged as a passionate leader in the Creation Care movement — efforts by Christian evangelicals to respond to the perils of global change.

[Stop Cornyn]

1. Who cares? That Richard Cizik guy is JUST a community organizer.

[southern_belle]

2. kick

[curious one]

3. What's going on here? The base is revolting!

[mcctatas]

4. IMHO...

The repuke's base has always been revolting...

[firedupdem]

5. I hope that message is spread to all evangelicals! n/t

[galaxy21]

6. Evangelicals aren't that right wing

Take away gay marraige and abortion and they'd have nothing in common with the republican party. Mike Hukabee drove most republicans crazy because we was, apart from social issues, not at all conservative fiscally.

I remember reading a quote from one young evangelical who was pissed at Bush and thinking of voting democrat: "I voted for Bush thinking he'd end abortion, instead we ended up with Katrina, the Iraq war and tax cuts for the super rich."

[Cha]

7. Wow! These are some Creds Cizik has!

Thank the Universe that he's able to see through mccain's lies and cares that he's LYING.

I guess palin's lies aren't impressing him, either.

[PufPuf23]

8. Evangelicals spread mental illness and delusion

and deserve no more respect nor positive attention than John McCain.

Tax their asses!!

All 59 denominations and 45,000 churches.

Vote Obama-Biden!!