McCain Linking Obama to the Antichrist?

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And I wonder why they call August the "silly season". Remember this ad?

According to the WSJ:

The ad has provoked a growing debate on the Internet over whether it is playing with apocalyptic themes. Those ideas are chiefly shared by fundamentalist Protestants and some other evangelical Christians. Among their expectations: the ascension of a false prophet, a one-world government and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Critiques of the ad started surfacing earlier this week when Eric Sapp, a Democratic operative, circulated the first of two memos pointing out images that he believed linked Sen. Obama to the antichrist.

"Short of 666, they used every single symbol of the antichrist in this ad," said Mr. Sapp, who advises Democrats on reaching out to faith communities. "There are way too many things to just be coincidence."

McCain campaign staffers have taken to calling Sen. Obama "The One" in reference to what they see as his self-aggrandizing speaking style.

But as the article also quoted Tim Lahaye, who said that Obama definitely could not be the Antichrist, because the Antichrist is not American. Who's Tim Lahaye? Well, he co-wrote the "Left Behind" series, so he should know!

Your attention please! Obama is not the Antichrist, although some of his staffers are extremely whiny and sensitive.

Filed Under: Barack Obama, Ads, 2008 President

Tagged: ads, Barack Obama, BarackObama, John McCain, JohnMccain, one, silly season, SillySeason, viral video, ViralVideo, wtf, youtube

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