Evangelical Leaders Support McCain

Evangelical Leaders meet and decide to back Sen John McCain
More than 90 evangelical leaders representing millions of conservative Christians met in Denver on Tuesday to lament the condition of the religious conservative movement and to conclude they should get behind Sen. John McCain even if they didn’t like everything about him as a candidate.

“The alternative is so bad we must support John McCain,” said Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of Eagle Forum, adding that the leaders should have held a strategy meeting in 2001 when it was clear Vice President Dick Cheney wouldn’t run for president instead of waiting until four months before the 2008 election.....Evangelical leaders meet and decide to support John McCain

McCain in Louisville KY fundraiser

"Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, used a $2 million fundraiser in Louisville yesterday to criticize his Democratic opponent, saying that Sen. Barack Obama's "words may not be trusted."
More than 650 people paid between $1,000 and $12,300 to attend the event at the Kentucky International Convention Center, one of the most lucrative political fundraisers in Kentucky's history.
McCain said that Obama had not agreed to participate in a series of town-hall meetings that McCain has proposed, and has only recently said he would travel to Iraq. McCain also panned Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
But he saved his harshest criticism for Obama's initial promise to limit his fundraising and take public financing for his campaign, and then last week announcing that he would opt out of the public financing system......" McCain raises $2million in Louisville, KY

John McCain visits Inez, KY

John McCain Visits Inez, KY from Cyberhillbilly:
"Big day today for the small town of Inez, Kentucky, as it plays host to John McCain. Here's the text of the town's press release yesterday putting his visit into context:

The mountain hamlet of Inez, one of Kentucky’s smallest towns, is rarely at the heart of the national political scene and the subject of national media inquiries—until now.

“This is big news for a little town like Inez. We are thrilled to have Senator McCain visit our mountain home....." McCain will tour Kentucky Coal