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Friday, February 29, 2008

News McCain & the anti-Catholic bigot

Posted By on Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:29 PM

During the last Clinton-Obama debate, NBC's Tim Russert got so worked up while "pressing" Obama over the Louis Farrakhan endorsement, I thought his head would explode. I'd like to know if Russert plans to be as belligerent the next time he speaks to John McCain. Specifically, I want to see whether Russert, or anyone else in the national media for that matter, will confront McCain about his endorsement by Rev. John Hagee, a well-financed and notorious anti-Catholic bigot.

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Hagee, an evangelist in San Antonio, came roaring out of his mega-church pulpit for McCain this week. He's a strong supporter of Israel — or rather, he's part of that odd group of rightwing Christians who "support" Israel's right to exist because they want it to be around so it can be destroyed during the Second Coming, thus justifying their bizarre interpretations of Revelations (I swear this country is going nuts). He also hates Muslims and gays, of course, thinks U.S .foreign policy should be designed to bring about Armageddon, and believes Americans' sins brought on Hurricane Katrina. In other words, like many members of the religious right, his religion has driven him batshit crazy.

Beyond his Rapturous beliefs, Hagee has also written at length about the Catholic Church, calling it "an apostate church," "The Great Whore," a "false cult system," and, of course, "the anti-Christ." Believe me, Catholics are not a voter bloc McCain wants to piss off.

Hagee has a right to be as ignorant and bigoted as he pleases, but you'd think someone — oh, say, Tim "Bobble-head" Russert — might want to ask John McCain whether he accepts Hagee's support. Oh, that's right, he doesn't have to ask. McCain actively sought Hagee's support and even appeared at a news conference with the anti-Catholic extremist to accept his endorsement two days ago.

Now, imagine if Obama had sought Farrakhan's support, and then held a news conference with him to accept an endorsement. You're right — Obama's candidacy would be completely down the toilet. McCain, however, won't even express disagreement with Hagee's anti-Catholic rantings, much less denounce them. Somebody needs to confront him on the issue and ask why he's cavorting with such a nasty hate-monger.

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