If You’re Surprised, Raise Your Hand

Reuters reports today

Republican presidential candidate John McCain won the endorsement of Texas evangelical leader John Hagee on Wednesday, which could boost his standing among religious conservatives who have been reluctant to embrace the likely nominee.

Actually I hope it has the opposite effect. Anyone Hagee the Heretic endorses should surely be viewed with a great deal of skepticism (or scepticism, for our British readers).  Evangelicals, Mainliners, and other intelligent persons who take the advice of Hagee have abandoned rationality and probably shouldn’t be allowed to vote, drive a car, become a parent, or live outside of an asylum.