[lexusppd]

I find it impossible, yes IMPOSSIBLE to believe any person would make a decision as to his beliefs by hearing something from a child, whether dressed in a Penguin suit or not.

A story like this is floated for one simple reason, to outrage Conservatives and drive a wedge between him and them. It appears to work, at least here on FR because the anti McCain people are 100% willing to believe anyhting said about him from any source.

There is a pattern emerging of this sort of misinformation (possibly in this case). First the NYT tried it with a “possible” relationship he had with a lobbyist, then Huffington did the same by claiming she and 2 other provable liberals “heard” him say he didn't vote for Bush in 2000 or 2004. Now we have this. If there is a direct quote from McCain in which he claims this incident occurred AND it was the deciding factor in his decision re GW, then I will agree he is indeed suspect in more ways then I had imagined.

[Fundamentally Fair]

I find it impossible, yes IMPOSSIBLE to believe any person would make a decision as to his beliefs by hearing something from a child, whether dressed in a Penguin suit or not.

Any person? Jimmy Carter and his adviser Amy come to mind.

I'm not saying McCain is that big a bonehead, but some folks are.

Then again, I'm not saying McCain ISN'T that big a bonehead either...