John Piper is a single issue voter

John Piper is a self-identified "one issue voter", and here's why:

No endorsement of any single issue qualifies a person to hold public office. Being pro-life does not make a person a good governor, mayor, or president. But there are numerous single issues that disqualify a person from public office. For example, any candidate who endorsed bribery as a form of government efficiency would be disqualified, no matter what his party or platform was. Or a person who endorsed corporate fraud (say under $50 million) would be disqualified no matter what else he endorsed. Or a person who said that no black people could hold office—on that single issue alone he would be unfit for office. Or a person who said that rape is only a misdemeanor—that single issue would end his political career. These examples could go on and on. Everybody knows a single issue that for them would disqualify a candidate for office….

So it is with politics. You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It's simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or bribery would disqualify him—except that child-killing is more serious than those.

Piper goes on to say that he has a conviction to never "vote for a person who endorses such an evil [abortion]—even if he could balance the budget tomorrow and end all taxation."

I couldn't agree more. It shouldn't matter if Obama promises to feed the world's population with five loaves and two fish, and to re-plant the rain forests by the power of his voice. Because he clearly and vigilantly endorses and defends the "right" to stab babies in the skull with scissors, every Christian who thinks biblically should be able to see that he is not qualified to hold this office.

The only argument I could see that would change this would be that both of the "mainstream" candidates (i.e. the two that have any chance of winning) are equally disqualified. I have not heard any arguments about McCain that would make me think that this is the case. At any rate, even if you could convince me that John McCain wants to feed the poor into giant furnaces, emitting harmful greenhouse gasses in the process, that still doesn't change the fact that Obama is not qualified (on moral terms) to receive the vote of a sincere Christian.