HBO’s Game Change: Showcases Painful Ignorance of Sarah Palin, Misses Religious Overlap

'What Game Change Misses: It was John McCain’s inability to connect with the religious right, and the need to one-up the historic moment of an African-American presidential nominee, that got the ball rolling. Clearly in need of a conservative Christian on the ticket, and not being the favorite of evangelicals like James Dobson for his previous stances on social issues, McCain decided to tack toward Pentecostals, gaining endorsements from John Hagee and Rod Parsley. Those short-lived fiascoes left him in search of endorsements from prominent Christians.'

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