McCain fearful of hypothetical Muslim US president

In an interview earlier this week about religion and politics, John McCain hinted that Muslims should reconsider their religion before running for president:

"I admire the Islam. There's a lot of good principles in it," he said."But I just have to say in all candor that since this nation wasfounded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I prefer someonewho I know who has a solid grounding in my faith."

In other words, John McCain does not want someone that is different than him to become president.  Maybe a question worth asking is whether someone who believes that fear will triumph over tolerance is really qualified to be president?

Comments

[Jon]

What happened to my post? I'm sure I submitted one for this issue.

[aravella]

Jon,

If you are referring to a comment and there was a link in the comment, it is easy to overlook the "confirmation request" (Enter the characters box) from Type Pad. If you miss it and click "post" the comment will not be added. I've missed a couple myself.

Type Pad used to pick up most comments with links and required a confirmation. If that isn't the case, type pad has been know to "screw up" here and there.

Tony

[granny]

"this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles" = John McCain, dazed and confused, again.