Despite it being well known that politics and religion are the two meaty subjects that will stir up animosity regardless of what flavor you prefer, I'm going to get them both up on the table and start carving. Don't say I didn't warn you...
A presidential candidate went on record very recently with his thoughts about what in this country today would annoy or disappoint Jesus. Without getting into specifics, if I were Jesus (I'm not and any similarity is purely coincidental), I would be really annoyed that any politician thought he or she had the ability to intuitively know what would irritate or annoy me. Furthermore, if I wanted a government leader that claimed to have a direct line to the divine, I'd move to Iran or some other flavor of theocracy. Our founding fathers cagily separated the two, probably because they could probably still recall the mess that the "divine right" of kings caused in Europe.
It seems that Jesus' endorsement is now critical to become the anointed party candidate of any political entity in this country. Since Jesus is not giving interviews at the moment, we have to rely on the assurance of the candidate that he or she has in fact secured this endorsement. Apparently, Jesus is pretty indiscriminate in his political leanings, because everyone from that little Austrian corporal with the mustache forward has claimed divine approval for their domestic and foreign policies. That's just in modern times. Don't make me inflict ancient history on you.
I do think I understand why they seek this tacit stamp of approval. Think about it... "God told me to" is a pretty good excuse when things start to fall apart.
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