The Political Inquirer

A reader sent this to me via e-mail. I told you people that the Republican nominee should be called Saint McCain of Arizona.

Before electing delegates, a steady stream of state Republican leaders spoke to the convention. Party Chairwoman Sue Everhart, who spoke first, was one of the few to mention the name of the current Republican president, George W. Bush.

Everhart, like almost all the others, praised McCain. She at one point likened McCain’s years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam to Jesus Christ’s suffering on the cross.

“John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross,” Everhart said. “He never denounced God, either. I’m not trying to compare John McCain to Jesus Christ, I’m looking at the pain that was there.”

Everhart and others, including Gov. Sonny Perdue, warned their fellow Republicans that the party has much work to do to prepare for November.