Apparently, Reverend Hagee has apologized for his controversial comments… about Catholics. Not about Jews, and not about gays. I’ve written about this before, and I still think it’s ridiculous that relatively few talk about McCain’s extremist links. Don’t think he’s that bad? First, here’s a video:
And if that’s not enough, a user commenting at NYT’s “The Caucus” assembled this list of links below – great thanks to you, Jake, if you read this:
- Video of Hagee’s services;
- Article on Hagee’s appearance on Fox’s “Your World”;
- Appearance on NPR’s Fresh Air, with Terry Gross (she doesn’t like him), and;
- Jerusalem Countdown, a book by Hagee.
Why does the media look the other way from this guy? Spread the word.
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I think it’s because McCain has never been particularly vocal about his faith nor seemed to be very devout. On the other hand, Obama referred to Wright as a very close associate, albeit family.
Democrats would not be feeling the need to play tit for tat if Obama had handled this better.
Posted by Progressive Conservative | May 13, 2008, 10:26 pmI think it’s just bad that McCain has gone out of his way to get this guys endorsement…
But mostly, I think people are more shocked by “angry black pastor” than the typical “crazy white pastor”.
Posted by oneiroi | May 14, 2008, 10:46 amIt ain’t an apology—it’s the usual, “I’m sorry if you were oversenitive and offended by my perfectly innocent comments…”.
McCain needs to clearly separate himself from these wackos. Talk about a double standard—Obama has a wacky preacher, but McCain is gleefully accepting support from hate-mongers.
Posted by PalMD | May 14, 2008, 8:54 pmPalMD is a gentleman and a scholar.
Posted by Ames | May 14, 2008, 9:08 pm