Mega-Church Pastor in Texas Backs McCain

mimo2005 · 02-28-2008, 08:00 PM

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Yesterday, though, the equally fringe, radical and hateful (at least) Rev. John Hagee -- a white evangelical who is the pastor of a sprawling "mega-church" in Texas -- enthusiastically endorsed John McCain. Did McCain have to jump through the same hoops which Russert and others set up for Obama and "denounce" Hagee's extremism and "reject" his support? No; quite the opposite. McCain said he was "very honored" to receive this endorsement and, when asked about some of Hagee's more twisted views, responded: "all I can tell you is that I am very proud to have Pastor John Hagee's support."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...ain/#more-4374

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...tml?view=print

Obama rejects/denounces endorsement from black bigot (Louis Farrakhan), McCain embraces endorsement from white bigot (John Hagee). White bigots are part of the core Republican base.Religion shouldn't even be brought up in politics.

**40sondacurb** · 02-28-2008, 09:43 PM

Beggars cannot be choosers. Independents and centrist are already swinging to Obama, so w/out the nut job vote all he has is the the Bible Belt and Utah (oxymoron?).

mimo2005 · 02-29-2008, 06:05 AM

UPDATE: Catholic Groups Angry at McCain Over Endorsement

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The president of the Catholic League blasted John McCain on Thursday for accepting the endorsement of Texas evangelist John Hagee, calling the controversial pastor a bigot who has "waged an unrelenting war against the Catholic Church."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...022804231.html

bry623 · 02-29-2008, 10:35 AM

I am the base of the GOP and I am not a racist.

mimo2005 · 02-29-2008, 01:02 PM

McCain said he was "very honored" to receive this endorsement and, when asked about some of Hagee's more twisted views, responded: "all I can tell you is that I am very proud to have Pastor John Hagee's support."

yustr · 02-29-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bry623

I am the base of the GOP and I am not a racist.

Are you sure?

**Drew1369** · 02-29-2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mimo2005

Obama rejects/denounces endorsement from black bigot (Louis Farrakhan), McCain embraces endorsement from white bigot (John Hagee). White bigots are part of the core Republican base.Religion shouldn't even be brought up in politics.

Yet he doesn't renounce the support of his own bigotted pastor... but I guess you can't be a bigot of you're not white...

**EnglishPaul** · 03-01-2008, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Drew1369

... but I guess you can't be a bigot of you're not white...

No, you're 'repressed'.

02-28-2008, 09:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
40sondacurb #64 & #36 BACKBONE Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,721 OS: xp	Re: Mega-Church Pastor in Texas Backs McCain Beggars cannot be choosers. Independents and centrist are already swinging to Obama, so w/out the nut job vote all he has is the the Bible Belt and Utah (oxymoron?). __________________ Donate to keep the forum running "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" -George W. Bush Last edited by 40sondacurb : 02-28-2008 at 09:44 PM.

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