Who Is Rod Parsley?
On February 26, 2008, just a week before the Ohio Primary, John McCain announced at a rally in Cincinnati that televangelist Rod Parsley was his “spiritual guide.” This was an important “get” for McCain because Parsley is the pied piper of the religious right in Ohio, and McCain had been struggling with those in the Religious Right and fellow uber-conservatives, and he also needed to end Huckabee’s constant needling. McCain can now put a small checkmark in the religious right voting box…but that checkmark comes with some HEAVY baggage… As I live just down the road from Parsley’s church and home, this hits home for me in a big way, and I felt compelled to prep a diary on the subject. Also, I’d promised Anastasia, Meteor Blades and some others in a few diary comments that I’d follow up with a diary on this. So, if you’re interested, read on below the fold for additional details and for an excellent link to videos of McCain’s “big toe” and spiritual guide, Rod Parsley (aka, the Parsle
