War on Islam

I really used to like John McCain. He definatly had the biggest sack in the Republican party when he came out and against campainging with people like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.
"Neither party," Sen. McCain said, "should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance." Really? Because John McCain is now campainging with Rod Parsley. Parsley, between acts of divine healing, has called Islam "false religion" and called upon his attendees of World Harvest Church of Columbus to wage war the faith of a "demon spirit". Here's a snippet from Parsley's book Silent No More:

"It was to defeat Islam, among other dreams, that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World in 1492…Columbus dreamed of defeating the armies of Islam with the armies of Europe made mighty by the wealth of the New World. It was this dream that, in part, began America."

So according to Rod Parsley, not only did Columbus "discover" a continent that was already inhabited by a complex society. He did so with the intent to destroy a religion, and bring the riches back home to Europe. So why is this not making national news? Rod Parsley has also advocated prosecution for people who commit adultry. He's likened Planned Parenthood to Nazis. Even now as John McCain recalls his "agents of intolerance" comment, he notes that, "when [Hagee] endorses me, it does not mean that I embrace everything that he stands for or believes in."