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BREAKING: McCain rejects Hagee endorsement

cnn.com — In the face of mounting controversy over headline-grabbing statements from the Rev. John Hagee, CNN has learned that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain decided Thursday to reject his endorsement.

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  • GrodyChamp, on 05/22/2008, -2/+15I love how he denounces his comments, and some of you idiots still complain about it. How long did it take Obama again? 20 years?

    There's also no chance of a positive McCain story making it to the front page of Digg. Sad.
  • GrodyChamp, on 05/23/2008, -1/+7Amazing that this only has 18 Diggs lmfao. Any McCain story that isn't BS or negative will never make it to the front page.
  • SaladCactusKing, on 05/22/2008, -2/+7The government created AIDS to infect black people with...

    'nuff said.
  • Idiggapony, on 05/23/2008, -2/+7Of course the media still ties Obama and Wright together. Obama was a member of Wright's church for nearly 20 years. Week after week, Obama sat in TUCC, listening to Wright spew hatred and lies. Obama watched while Wright put Louis Farrakhan on the cover of his church's magazine at least three times. Obama watched while Wright visited Libya with Farrakhan, and while Wright gave Farrakhan a lifetime achievement award and organized a whole evening lavishing praise upon Farrakhan (video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn-ipVJcq1U). Obama was present while Wright used his pulpit to publish Hamas propaganda, and bizarre allegations about Israeli "ethnic bombs." Obama heard "God damn America," and the business about the government inventing AIDS to wipe out black people. And still, Obama made Wright the focal point of his supposed ties to the black community during his entire career, repeatedly praising Wright, posing for pictures with him, and advertising his membership in TUCC. Obama named a book after part of Wright's sermon. Wright married Obama, and baptized his daughters. The media didn't choose to link Obama and Wright together. Obama chose to do so, and he did it repeatedly and wholeheartedly, for decades.

    None of this in any way excuses Hagee, or somehow makes him less objectionable by comparison. But it's simply incomprehensible to equate McCain's brief, ignorant, and embarrassing attempt to pander to the religious right, on the one hand, to a relationship around which Obama has fundamentally built his entire social and political identity on the other.

  • Idiggapony, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4It is quite astounding, isn't it?

    I suspect if the title had been changed to "McCain ONLY NOW rejects Hagee endorsement", it could have had a thousand diggs by now.
  • duggtodeath, on 05/23/2008, -0/+3God Damn Hagee.
  • MadKennyP, on 05/23/2008, -1/+4Good for McCain to realize this guy is a nutjob.
  • geneikillua, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2Holy *****. Wright married Obama? I didn't think that was legal yet in Chicago.
  • openj, on 05/23/2008, -1/+3He's innocent. He was working for Bush, who was working for God, who does not have to follow your laws. Therefore Rove doesn't have to follow your laws.

    You know who does have to follow laws though? You. When was the last time you stoned a child for speaking out of turn? Why do you continue to mock God by supporting equality for women? Do you think that the Bible no longer applies? You're happy when Karl Rove gets subpoenaed for violating your laws, but you pay no attention when you and everyone around you breaks God's law.

    That's why you are all going to Hell, and people like Karl Rove will go to Heaven.
  • MadKennyP, on 05/23/2008, -1/+2McCain himself admits he doesn't know how to use a computer. Most of his followers are still trying to figure out how to use the digital camera their grandkid gave them for Christman
  • RedPhalanx, on 05/23/2008, -3/+4Obama denounced Wright, and the media still ties them together
    McCain denounced Hagee, and Digg will still tie them together

  • Idiggapony, on 05/22/2008, -3/+4 McCain's initial acceptance of the Hagee endorsement was an awkward attempt attempt to cozy up to the far-right evangelical Republican base, despite his history of being a moderate. I think McCain's support of gay rights must have been a particular problem for the far-right Republican base, along with his history of explicitly criticizing extremist religious ideology, whether on the right or the left. Suddenly, faced with a primary battle that he initially wasn't sure he'd win, McCain decided to accept the endorsement of a far-right extremist, who some aid must have told him would help him win over the arch-conservatives. I'm sure he had no idea what Hagee was about, and wasn't familiar with Hagee's repulsive comments in the past. But the Obama campaign's absurd attempts to draw a comparison between the Hagee issue and the Wright issue have been going on long enough. McCain must have known better, for a while now. He should have done this sooner.
  • dubdope, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1why is it such a big deal that he said "god damn america"? he is critiquing america for its foreign policies that has created atrocities around the world.
  • brallsplp, on 05/23/2008, -1/+2It wouldn't bother me 1 bit if Obama's Preacher was simply a guy who endorsed Obama and gave money to his campaign, what bothered me is that Obama called that guy his mentor.
  • geneikillua, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1You are factually wrong. He denounced comments made by Hagee concerning the Catholic Church when he heard of them. He actually did it in a press conference and had to be reminded who Hagee was because he didn't even remember the guy, Hagee means so little to him. When he heard about the comments made by Hagee concerning the state of Israel his campaign on the same day rejected Hagee's statements and his endorsement.
  • dubdope, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1i've read that he has said that the US government is "capable" of infecting people with AIDS based on US government's previous actions.
  • inactive, on 05/23/2008, -1/+2People on Digg are younger, more tech-savy crowd. This naturally favors Obama. Also John McCain is a useless *****.
  • geneikillua, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1I think it's often amusing seeing McCain try to pander because he's so bad at it it's blatantly obvious what he's trying to do. His skills in political maneuvering and slickness are probably some of the lowest out of any presidential candidate ever, and so it will be kind of funny watching him go up against Obama who oftentimes puts Slick Willy himself to shame.
  • inactive, on 05/23/2008, -2/+1Which neo-nazi preacher will McCain drop next? He's collecting them like stamps.
  • frankingeneral, on 05/22/2008, -3/+2As an Obama supporter, I have to give McCain credit on this one...now about that other deuche bag bigot consevative pastor that's endorsed the McCain campaign...
  • inactive, on 05/23/2008, -2/+1Blah blah blah. It all boils down to the fact that white preachers can say whatever they want and it's fine.
  • kleenex1, on 05/22/2008, -5/+3"I have denounced statements he made immediately upon learning of them, as I do again today," McCain said." ......REALLY?!? He just denounced them today...4:00 MST! This has been public for months. I find this extremely hard to believe that he just learned about them. What a crock of *****!
  • inactive, on 05/23/2008, -3/+1McCain is a *****.
  • kleenex1, on 05/22/2008, -8/+4Took McCain long enough!!!...just proves he is willing to say ANYTHING to obtain approval. He must be dizzy pandering to everyone's views. It's got him so ass backwards that he doesn't remember what his own views used to be nor what he believes today....or is that just his dementia kicking in again??
  • dubdope, on 05/22/2008, -9/+3this is a good PR move by mccain.

    it's obvious that hagee's comments were wrong. however, i'm still trying to figure out what was so wrong about wright's comments. i still think obama would have survived the wrath of the lobby/special interest groups if he had been honest about what he really thought about wright's comments.

    wright said nothing wrong.

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