the moon's favors: McCain courted Hagee for endorsement...

Friday, May 09, 2008

McCain courted Hagee for endorsement...

Aha. This is what was lost in the static from Charlie Rose's interview with Bill Moyers last night. It begins at 42:26 on the video as they're speaking about Republicans and the endorsement of religious leaders. Moyers mentions the free ride the press gave McCain on Hagee and his delusional theology and goes on to tell us Hagee didn't go to McCain, McCain went to Hagee for endorsement. Now that puts things in a whole new focus, a place McCain can't wriggle away from.

So Google "McCain courted Hagee."
Read. For instance --

McCain Courted extremist Hagee for at least a year

Frederick Clarkson highlights the fact that Senator John McCain courted the endorsement of anti-catholic and anti-semitic preacher John Hagee for at least a year. John Hagee is also what I call an eschatophile: he's obsessed with eschatology, frequently holding forth about the "End Times" according to interpretations that no doubt 50 years from now (probably just 10 or 20 years from now) are going to appear ridiculous.

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