MCCAIN'S "SPIRITUAL GUIDE." (Rod Parsley)

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MCCAIN'S "SPIRITUAL GUIDE."

Yesterday at a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, John McCain was flanked by Rod Parsley, who called the candidate "strong, true, consistent conservative," according to the Columbus Dispatch. McCain referred to Parsley, who preaches the same word of faith doctrine as the televangelists under investigation by McCain's fellow Republican Senator Charles Grassley, a "spiritual guide."

Later, according to the Dispatch:

Parsley said he supports McCain because the senator will be tough on national security and "protect the unborn."

The megachurch pastor, criticized in the past for mixing religion and politics, acknowledged that McCain isn't the ideal candidate for evangelical Christians, who overwhelmingly backed President Bush in 2004.

"Yet at the same time, when you put John McCain up against Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, the ideological and philosophical differences are overwhelming," Parsley said.

In conservative circles, Parsley's considered one of the religious kingmakers in the 2008 presidential race. While he's not universally loved in evangelical circles by any stretch of the imagination, McCain is likely very pleased with the, er -- shall we call it an endorsement? Add John Hagee, the chairman of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), along with McCain-endorser Gary Bauer, who serves on CUFI's board, and Parsley, who is a CUFI regional director, and it looks like McCain is lining up the support of a contingent of the Christian right that could make McCain's off-the-cuff bomb-bomb-Iran and 100 years in Iraq remarks seem, well, prophetic.

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&year=2008&base_name=mccains_spiritual_guide

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1. While it's tempting to ridicule this, remember Parsley can deliver a lot of votes

from braindead assholes who think he hung the moon.

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2. I used to live a few miles from his church

the guy is a nut :)

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5. (cough) A "nut" is a Good Thing.

Let's remember that and try to avoid using "nut" as an epithet, OK?

This is a public service posting on behalf of the National Coalition of Fruits and Nuts, DU Chapter.

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6. Well, there are many types of nuts :)

I'm a nut for computers and sex myself, he is one of them bad nuts that can make ya sick :rofl:

You, well you are like a walnut ;)

[alfredo]

3. Any photos of Parsley with a dead girl or live boy in his bed?

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4. Naw, just the story about getting violent with a contractor build his 800k home and such

lord knows what all else he has done.

[alfredo]

7. Violent behavior is a good hook.

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8. Rod Parsley and Contractors

Rod Parsley was never accused of getting violent with a contractor. His father was accused. All charges were dropped.

[malaise]

9. He's still another parasite getting rich of tax payers money

I'm betting there's a nice scandal somewhere

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10. Prejudice

Wouldn't that be predjudice? To judge without knowledge? Isn't that what we are supposed to be against. As liberals, don't we pride ourselves on being open minded and tolerant.

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13. we? no, i think 'we' think many things many ways

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15. ???

So openminded and tolerant are bad things?

[Chovexani]

17. !

As liberals, "we" also generally pride ourselves on using proper spelling and punctuation.

PRO TIP: Next time you attempt to infiltrate a liberal message board, try a little harder to find a cliche that hasn't been done to death by the approximately 15 billion other keyboard warriors that came before you. Also, inflate your post count in the non-political section of the forum before posting obvious troll bait.

PS: Your tail's showing.

[Ikonoklast]

11. Wrong.

From 'The American Prospect'

In one case, filed in late 1992, a painting contractor who also attended World Harvest, Lewis Bungard, alleged that Parsley choked him and that Parsley's father punched him after an argument over money owed him under a contract to paint Parsley's new home, during which Bungard accused the pastor of deceiving his followers. Criminal charges against Parsley were dropped, Bungard claimed, after Parsley's handlers backed up his denial to police that he had assaulted Bungard. Parsley's father pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct. According to court records, Bungard sued not only to recover the money he was owed under the contract but to establish a court-supervised trust to ensure that money Parsley had solicited to build a home for unwed mothers and a retirement home was used for those purposes. Bungard and his wife testified that based on Parsley's representations, they had donated about $7,000, sometimes in cash or by check. Because the case settled in secret, it is not publicly known whether such a trust was ever created.


Now, go away. Parsley is a fraud and a charlatan.

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12. DIng Ding

We have a winner

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14. Allegations are not charges.

http://fcdcfcjs.co.franklin.oh.us/CaseInformationOnline/nameSearch

Please follow the attached link to the Franklin County Common Please Court. There were never any charges filed only allegations made to the Columbus Dispatch. If charges were filed and then dropped, there would still be a record of the case.

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18. oh right

you said it, you believe it, and that settles it. :crazy:

i notice you just happened to miss some of these links (unlike your useless link):

"James Parsley, now 72, was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $100. Court papers show that he admitted hitting Bungard but said he thought Bungard was about to attack his son."

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/168/story_16880_2.html

"In 1991, he and his father were charged with assaulting a painter and former World Harvest member, Lewis Bungard, in a dispute over money for work he did for them. The charge against Rod Parsley was dropped, and his father was fined $100 for disorderly conduct. Later, Bungard sued the Parsleys for money he said they owed him. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. When contacted, Bungard would not talk about Parsley."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2005/08/21/20050821-A1-00.html

Neither of the Parsleys would grant interviews in early April 1995 when The Columbus Dispatch reported:

“The pastor of the World Harvest Church and his father reached an out-of-court settlement yesterday in a civil lawsuit filed in September 1992, attorneys said. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, said Columbus attorney Clifford O. Arnebeck, who represented Lewis Frederick Bungard of Westerville.”

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16. Ken Blackwell is BFFs with Parsley

thank the Goddess that this corrupt POS is no longer SOS in Ohio. i'd bet Parsley knows BIG TIME exactly how the Ohio election was rigged and defrauded in 2004.

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=4616832

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/3/1/12739/66894

http://www.yuricareport.com/Ohio/PastorAcknowledgesPoliticalContributions.html

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=21702