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wow! I thought Rev Wright was bad........BUT GEEZZ I THINK THIS TAKE THE CAKE!

I'm not voting for McCain. I'm Catholic & Disabled Vet who served as a medic at a POW site....and I can't believe he will take this endorsement AND vote against the GI Bill.

Yup, "free pass" McCain. The American news media is a complete and utter joke.

Remember, McCain is proud to have his endorsement

Hagee called the Catholic Church the "Great Whore of Babylon." Why aren't we witnessing endless video loops about this on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of corporate media?

He's white, that is the difference.

Lord, save us from your followers.

You can't take that "God Curses America" out of context. That's exactly what that sick ***** means.

Why does John Hagee hate America?

Pastor Hagee sounds just as nutty as those Westboro Batist
Church people, doens't he?

My guts recoil at the fact that his church is within driving distance from where I live.

It seems to me that the MSM doesn't EVER talk about the crazy white "pastors" and always gives them a free pass; heck and sometimes invites them on as analysts. Most of these GOP pastors are about as loony as some of the men Hitler associated with. Now I'm not pulling the race card (I'm white); just making an observation. Wright said some things that were taken out of context (and some of the things I whole heartedly agree with) and this has been in an endless loop for months. Hagee said, says, continues to say some of the most absurd things ever uttered by a "Christian" (and a "pastor" to boot) and the MSM turns a blind eye to it. Except for the Katrina thing and even then they were like "Oh he said he didn't mean it. So we'll get back to the bitter black pastor."
You know if I had been a black man living in the 50's and 60's I would be pretty damn bitter myself, between the lynchings and segregation and racism. But God Damn an America that wouldn't let me use my right to free speech reminding people of what they fought through.
I said this on a previous post, here: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Tell_Senator_Dol ...
Pastor "Zion" Hagee
He is perhaps the most racist, bigoted non-Christian pastor piece of ***** on the planet....but the MSM doesn't talk bad about GOP and Presidential "spiritual advisor's" hell bent on bringing about the apocalypse.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/28/ ...
Or how about Pat Robertson's inflammatory remarks?
Maybe Oral Roberts?
Sorry but an endorsement from any of these "pastors" is about the same as being endorsed by the Nazi party.

McCain, who had been courting the endorsement for over a year, said that he was “very honored by Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement.”

On February 29, 2008, McCain stated that Hagee "supports what I stand for and believe in."

Hagee is a douche.

“Yesterday, Pastor John Hagee endorsed my candidacy for president in San Antonio, Texas. However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee’s views, which I obviously do not."
-John McCain

The difference between Rev. Hagee and Rev. Dr. Wright is that McCain ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT HAGEE'S ENDORSEMENT AS PART OF HIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. He saw Hagee's hateful statements, and thought, "this will help me get elected, I'd better ask for this guy's endorsement."

The biggest difference is the SOUNDBYTE! The MSM needs to be given a short, under-4-second clip of somthing outrageous Hagee said! Just saying "Hagee said this, Hagee said that" doesn't stick in peoples' minds as easily as the soundbyte.
I firmly believe the main reason the Wright thing has stuck around so long is that you can play a 2-second clip "God DAMN America!" and just take off from there.

There's a big difference between Hagee and Wright here, and I'm surprised it hasn't been pointed out.

Hagee has endorsed McCain, while Wright was Obama's pastor, mentor and spiritual advisor (by Obama's admission). I'm not defending Hagee's comments in any way, but this is an attempt to equate Hagee and Wright, and there's a huge difference.

-Pie

Shut up already with this pastor-mania.

This kind of nut job religion is a crutch for too many people. People need to learn to walk (and think) on their own.

REV. JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT, JR.: Pastor inspires Obama's 'audacity'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/religion ...


"What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice," Obama said. "He's much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe as possible and that I'm not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that's involved in national politics."

FAGS FUEL HURRICANES!
/sarc

The people who cared that Obama had such a "controversial pastor" who is being flamed by the fans of the media right now into a white hot ember of News Cycle Gold and his new found addiction to the limelight -- will also NOT care about this apparent contradiction with McCain's looney religious associate.

In other words; people who are following the issues, are already voting Democratic and don't fall for this sleazy media tactic to avoid real issues. Anyone notice the 100 years war? No? Just me then.

News flash all fundementally religious folks suffer from what I like to call being retarded. Why I do not care about this news is because I never planned on voting for McCain. He is a warmonger. The problem with Obama "which I still am going to vote for because I have no Choice." is that I thought he had more sense than hanging around the likes of Wright for 20 years.

The difference is that McCain was not a 20year long member of his church and Hagee was not his spiritual adviser and was not working on his campaign. He just endorsed him you morons.

***** scary. Please let these people die soon...

I bet if you look through this website's archives they have an article somewhere about how we need to stop with the Reverend Wright stuff and focus on the issues. Gotta love it. Also, blame the Hillary camp for everyone making such a big deal out of this.

McCain gives his standard answer "That's nonsense"! But he won't throw this so called Pastor under the bus like Obama was forced into doing. I guess it's McCain attempt to keep the religious right wackos in his corner...He's going to need them if voters discover the website "www.vietnamveteransagainsjohnmccain"! I'm doing my best to put it out there!

Stupid religion freaks. . .I thought elections where about politics.... guess I'm wrong.

I wonder if Sean Hannity will cover this? Hmmmmm.........

This isn't "political news." It would be great if we could keep the Obamaspam in the "2008 U.S. Elections category." That would help to make sure that the people who are interested in it are sure to see it, and the people who aren't interested don't have to. Thanks!

As someone pointed out in a comment above

MCCAIN WAS NEVER A MEMBER OF HAGEES CHURCH FOR 20+ YEARS

I think Hagee's a lot worse than Wright. He seems to think that he's one of the instruments to bring about the Apocalypse, and just as bad, sees Christianity's Rapture talk as a revenue stream.
Don't fall for this guy!

But we're not scared of white people.

If you say that you're not voting for Obama solely "because" of Wright and switching sides to McCain if Obama wins the nomination, then you're just looking for an excuse not to vote for a black candidate. There's no other reason...

Yep, we're cursed and doomed ... not by god ... but by the fact that we have too many people willing to follow charlatans like this who presume to speak for god.

Any of you guys hear that clip of Billy Graham talking about Jews on the Daily Show last night? The dude was a ***** adviser to like 7 Presidents.

McCain and his staff actively sought out Hagee’s endorsement, he appeared and campaigned with Hagee, he said he was proud to be backed by Hagee. McCain, who had been courting the endorsement for over a year, said that he was “very honored by Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement.” On February 29, 2008, McCain stated that Hagee "supports what I stand for and believe in."

one blames 9/11 on our past foreign policy, the other blames it on the gays. hagee is way crazier.

You're missing the point. Hagee is white, and talking about gay people being an affront to nature itself. That's called "get out the vote talk" in SUV-land. Granted, both him and Wright are buffons selling different flavors of the same crap... just different market segments.

Maybe the 11th time you post this it will get some traction, but I doubt it.
Apparently, people who aren't so easily confused see the difference between someone who warns against harmful conduct out of concern for America, and someone who mockingly and spitefully disses America.

There was a soundbite on NPR's Fresh Air--it just doesn't get played on TV like the Wright stuff did: "All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are -- were recipients of the judgment of God for that. The newspaper carried the story in our local area that was not carried nationally that there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades. So I believe that the judgment of God is a very real thing. I know that there are people who demur from that, but I believe that the Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment. And I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans." -Hagee [NPR Fresh Air, 9/18/06]

i feel dirty digging this, but hey, turnabout is fair play.

Hagee is NOT McCains preacher, McCain did not solicit Hagee's endorsement, Hagee was not McCains spiritual advisor. Jeeeze people. I know you want everyting about Obama/Wright to go away, but try to stick to facts.

McCain won't get any flack for it
The repubs and Clinton supporters milked the Wright thing because the worst thing they had against Obama were the words of someone else.
Honestly, I wish McCain would just go back to making frozen juice

This not news, gawd, white preachers can't be held accountable for what they say or do or how many presidential candidates they associate with. Thats why none of you will ever make it as a journalist.

So I guess we have no choice but to vote for Hillary since she's only one with a pastor/priest that doesn't have anything negative to say about our country. Either that or she doesn't go to church as much as she used to since God didn't keep her husband's pecker in his pants.

Speaking of which, people seem to question Obama and why he didn't see this coming from Wright. That knowing someone for 20 years somehow means you know everything they're going to do and how they'll respond to certain situations. Okay, fine. So did Hillary have the clairvoyance to know Bill was going to cheat? That he was going to lie to the American people?

Obama's straight and married so there's little chance Wright and he ever shared a bed for 20 plus years.

Finally, someone get Elizabeth Hasselbeck off the friggin' air. She got kicked off of Survivor so she's no stranger to being in exile.