Essentially every politician in America, at the local level, the state level, and the national level, promises to work to create new jobs in his or her jurisdiction. This seems to be regarded as the highest service a politician can render to constituents.

Although almost every politician can be likened to celebrity Kristy Alley of Cheers and her lasting battle with the heavy weights indorsing Jenny Craig as solutions too effecting issues. As America can see from her present state has not prevailed. Our law makers are following by example and are not helping any issues by allowing these amnesty bills pass in the Senate for illegal aliens.

A recent Heritage Foundation study concluded that each illegal alien household headed by an illegal alien without a high school degree (most illegal aliens); costs U.S. taxpayers $18,000 a year. You can't possibly believe that the United States needs this illegal labor, can you?

Twenty-three million lower-skilled Americans cannot currently find a job. There is no need to keep illegal workers in this country.

Oh wait. I know the answer. It was the greedy politician John McCain, which is why he doesn't deserve support in his run for President.

I agree that his 'Christianity' was empty, and when the truth about the concentration camps came out postwar Germans flocked to churches and rededicated themselves. Jails are full of Christians – look at BTK, a deacon. Christians murder and rape every day, and they steal and embezzle and lie. But they are forgiven!

I rather liked Lincoln's response when he was asked what church he belonged to, it was that he belonged to no church and would not join one until he found one that practised what it preached.

What religion am I, I am an American, that is all that you need know.

SO now i under stand why he opposes troop cuts. Even dont like the General and Bush recomendation to cut the surge. If it was up to him he start the draft to keep the war going.

to him this is the CHRISTIAN CRUSADE. keep the course the CHRISTIANS will reclaim the holy city of the middle east down with Islam.

Bush Clone on steriods.

Have a great Tuesday!

Your most important thing has nothing to do with what people want to see in a presidential candidate.

You've turned into puffery and irrelevance. Retire somewhere.

I too feel that McCain was answering a question posed by a citizen. He explained his religious background truthfully. He stated that he was a Christian. End of comment.

He did not say which denomination he belonged to at present or if he belonged to any. What is all the hype about? What difference does it make?
You will not be any closer to knowing the man or woman by knowing their religous denomination. There are Saints, Criminals and Rapists among all.

What "cheeks" will you turn and how this time will depend on which way the poilitcal wind is blowing?

Listen, to be Christian is someone who follows Jesus, do the things that Jesus told his followers to do, just to say that you are a Catholic,Baptist, Pentecostal, Anglican, etc. doesn't make you a Christian. Hitler was Catholic if I'm not wrong but he was not a Christian because the things he practice were contrary of being a Christian.

It is true that John McCain was making a statement about his universal Christian faith being more significant to him personally than the specific denomination in which he worships. It was not a political statement.

It is also true that being a Christian doesn't make one more or less qualified to be President of the United States, but for the many millions of American voters who worship Christ, a candidate's faith is an important discriminator. For those who are believers, the notion that a person can separate the faith that defines their values and how they make sense of the world from their daily actions is laughable. If your belief system doesn't govern your actions, it's not much of a belief system.

I understand the hostility toward Christianity that's being expressed here because we all fall short of the high standard that Christ set for us. We need to be less proud and more humble, even as we participate in the political process. Thanks for the opportunity to respond.

#1 Most of the above responses are taking his comment out of context. He is saying that as far as religion goes, it does not matter what denomination he attends, he is a Christian. He is not saying that that qualifies him to be President.

#2 Anyone who claims "I am an American" and slams McCain, do some research and you will find he has sacrificed way more for America than you have.

#3 Hitler was not a Christian.

This poor guy just keeps hurting himself. I only wish the media wasn't so intent on keeping him alive.

Yep, being a Christian is the most important thing, in the end...

Good for you, get a gold star and go to the head of the class.

The most important thing for me is that I'm an American and that I care about this country and I'm tired of people waving their religion around just as high as the flag to justify every nasty thing they're doing.

I don't care what religion you are. Be a good American and retire.

Sorry McCain, but you choose to run for president in a religious-sponsored-faith-based party, therefore, you will have to keep talking about it, just because in other for you to win, you have to cateer for your audience: the religious-based conservatives of the GOP....

even though, as we all know, being religious have nothing to do with being competent, right George!!!???

Religous extremists (christian, muslim, judaism, strangely not Buddahism)always think that they have the right religion and the right way of interpreting that religion. Then they want to impose it upon the rest of us, thinking they are doing us a favor.

If McCain recently came out as a Baptist, I'd say it is only fitting. He has become one of the biggest panderers to the religious right.

Religion has nothing to do with governing a country. It may guide your values (no problem there) but the rest of us do not need to know that or how often you pray.

Religion is one of those distraction issues to me. I do not care what religion someone is. But I also do not want religion to be the basis for every decision. For those who can't see it, that is the Mulsim world's problem. The people who flew the planes into the WTC were very religious people – so blinded by it that they killed themselves and hundereds of others in their beliefs.

So please, keep your religion to yourself, and let's talk about real issues. Like how do we end the war in Iraq, how do we deal with illegal immigration, how do we bring jobs back to America?

I will not vote for someone based solely on religion. In fact, religion is more likely to turn me away from a candidate, especially if that's the only reason they are giving as to why I should vote for them.