RNC Accidentally Mocks Messianic Lutherans

By GottaLaff

Yesterday I posted about the Facebook parody, Barack Book, and all that "fun" the commenters were having over there. Seems like that site can't stay out of trouble:

The RNC has modified a page from their "Barack Book" mock social networking site because the church they associated Obama with -- the Messiah Lutheran Church -- turned out to be a real denomination affiliated with the Missouri Synod.

The site, styled after Facebook, included a link to a real Facebook page, and next to an entry for "employer," the RNC wrote in "Messiah Lutheran Church."

No subtlety there.

Here comes the "oops". The Republicans are "oopsing" a lot these days:

But there really are Messianic Lutherans. Most of them live in Missouri. The church has branches in California and Nebraska.

Oh dear. Those states are what you might call "important" in this election. We mustn't alienate voters there, musn't we:

Since disaffiliating from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, McCain Obama has not formally affiliated with any other denomination.

This is a small point and a small mistake, but it's something that will make some McCain allies cringe. Here in Missouri, the political climate is poor for Republicans and McCain can't afford to alienate any evangelical group. His campaign can't afford the perception that they use evangelicals to mock Obama.

No, they'd never use evangelicals to mock Obama. They'd use racism, but not the evangelicals. That might be offensive.