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First off, just the fact that John McCain would even think of excepting Pastor John Hagee's endorsement for President speaks volumes on McCain's character. I mean. we all know that he really has no sustainable character to speak of, but this is down right funny when you consider that Hagee believes that the Catholic Church " is the Great Whore of Revelation 17" and that the Catholic Church generally has supported the GOP over the years. McCain excepts the endorsement which I guess would mean that neither he nor the GOP thinks to much of the Catholics these days. McSenile needs to go back home to Arizona and maybe bake his head in some desert heat for medicinal purposes.
Glenn Greenwald had a bit on this earlier.
My new friends from the Catholic League emailed earlier to advise that Bill Donohue was being interviewed for tonight's program of The Situation Room on CNN. Blogs at The Washington Post and ABC News today covered the growing scandal from the anti-Catholic bigotry perspective, with the latter actually featuring the unbelievably inflammatory You Clip -- found by Ann Althouse, which I posted yesterday and which is now being distributed by the Catholic League -- of a shirt-sleeved Pastor Hagee spewing the creepiest, most hateful bile imaginable about Catholicism ("This is the Great Whore of Revelation 17").
As The Post noted, Catholics United, a less reactionary group than the Catholic League, has now also denounced McCain's warm embrace of Hagee and demanded that he repudiate his endorsement. Thus far, it is Hagee's anti-Catholicism which is being featured -- largely because when Bill Donohue issues press releases, the media jumps to cover it. While that angle has substantial political ramifications -- Karl Rove identified the Catholic vote in 2004 as the most vital to the GOP's electoral successes -- the reality is that Hagee's hateful and twisted extremism extends far beyond that realm. In sum, John McCain has aligned himself with one of America's purest -- and most powerful -- haters, and that ought to be the story here.
And it's good to see the DNC shrewdly involving itself in this:
Democrats quoted Hagee as saying the Catholic Church conspired with Nazis against the Jews and that Hurricane Katrina was God's retribution for homosexual sin, and they recited his demeaning comments about women and flip remarks about slavery."Hagee's hate speech has no place in public discourse, and McCain's embrace of this figure raises serious questions about John McCain's character and his willingness to do anything to win," said Tom McMahon, executive director of the Democratic National Committee.
Just more proof of the racist attitude and non acceptance of the Repulican Party when it comes to religions that aren't Right Wing. Maybe the Catholics will wake the fuck up this time around and ditch the Repugnicans!
