That Dreaded Affliction of Mainline Protestants

It's hard to imagine what goes through a campaign manager's head when his candidate says to him, "Harry, tomorrow, I'm going to tell the Methodists, the Presbyterians, the Lutherans, the Disciples of Christ, the United Church of Christ, the Episcopalians, and the American Baptists that they aren't real Christians -- about 25 million people." Does the manager reach for the Tylenol or the Jim Beam? That is essentially what the Senator said in 2008 when he was campaigning at Ave Maria University in Florida. Here are his words.

"We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it."

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