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McCain Can't Quit John Hagee: Right Wing Televangelist Blames Hurricane Katrina on Gay Pride and More [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 12:33 PM on March 5, 2008.


Horrible Hagee highlights, like saying God will send terrorists to attack America for supporting a two state solution in Israel/Palestine.
McCain Can't Quit Hagee

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There's been a lot of chatter over the last few days about John McCain's embrace of Pastor John Hagee, who's well-known for a history of anti-Catholicism and claims that God will send terrorists to create a "bloodbath" in America for its support of a two state solution in Israel/Palestine. So what is it exactly that Hagee's said and just how much has McCain cozied up to him? We thought we'd put all the choicest moments into one quick video so you could take a look and make up your own mind.

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Tagged as: religious right, mccain, hurricane katrina, hagee, catholicism, religious intolerance

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.


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Very interesting!
Posted by: The Big Raven on Mar 5, 2008 2:45 PM   
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Another blowhard endorses another blowhard hmmm.............john mcain is the greatest whore he will hug anybody thats how hard-up this warmonger gut spilling traitor wants to be "the man" the whole thing is SHAMEFULL!
Peace

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what a coinkedink
Posted by: Joe on Mar 5, 2008 3:23 PM   
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me and gramps was talking today about politics and this guy (i think. gramps said his name was higgins.) came up. this is the big guy preacher with the powerpoint presentations (i think that's the same guy). anyway some time in the past (accoriding to grandpa) he was talking he was talking the same ol talk about world war and bush being the right leader for the job.

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They've landed!!!
Posted by: Farkle on Mar 5, 2008 3:27 PM   
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Why do these most of these holy-roller gurus have that overfed, baby-smooth moon-face? Is it a stunted Y-chromosome? Do they all go to the same esthetician for their facial waxing? Are they some kind of cloned alien race sent to earth to bollox things up for humans? Seriously. Fat, white baby-faced moon-pies, the lot of them. Look at their photos: Ted Haggard, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, John Hagee, Jim Bakker, Karl Rove, etc. They have no facial hair and they the same supercilious fatty smirk. I think my alien clone theory is the most plausible.

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Shh
Posted by: Jeanne on Mar 5, 2008 4:18 PM   
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This should be trotted out after McCain is officially the candidate. Since Hillary looks like she'll pull off taking the democratic nomination, it might be the only difference between the Republican and the Democrat -- who has got the worst fanatical, ignorant, and bigoted stable of endorsements.

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Global warming and fundies
Posted by: kelt65 on Mar 5, 2008 5:03 PM   
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I wonder sometimes if the only thing that might bring these people around to 'believing' in global warming might be that they can get away with blaming it on us gays.

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oh, just an FYI
Posted by: kelt65 on Mar 5, 2008 5:15 PM   
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The 'gay ghetto' area of New Orleans had no flooding, nor did the French Quarter. The population primarily affected - more than anyone else - was poor blacks (as most people already know).

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McCain and Hagee are made for each other.
Posted by: wisegalah on Mar 6, 2008 4:21 AM   
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Why not marry them off to each other?
The look like a couple of old queens to me.
But really where do you bred these creeps?

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The God Patch.
Posted by: Mr. Heathen on Mar 6, 2008 5:51 AM   
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Got uncertainty or pain? Take this script, lay it in there and keep moving. Someday, science will reverse engineer these diseases and find it was all caused by one fundamental error- FSR, or, "faulty stupidity response". Please, Dr.Phil(s), tell these people it's ok to be stoopid.

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» RE: But Dr. Phil, Posted by: Beepath
SECOND DAY OF COVERAGE ON ALTERNET
Posted by: VZEQICVA on Mar 6, 2008 6:39 AM   
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Why all the press? This guy is a disgrace. He's not running for anything. Why is his face still in mine? Anna

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Double standard
Posted by: mike1997 on Mar 6, 2008 8:16 AM   
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Imagine if Obama had answered the questions about Farakans' endorsement the same way McSame has answered the questions about Hagee's endorsemeent. The press would be in an uproar and Obama would be finished as a candidate. So what's the difference between Farakan and Hagee? Farakan hates jews and gays Hagee hates catholics and gays. Why isn't McSame held to the same standard as Obama? Must be that darn liberal press again?

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» RE: Double standard Posted by: mordcha81
PUZZLEMENT
Posted by: spratling on Mar 6, 2008 11:02 AM   
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One has to wonder about the mindset of those who keep people like Hagee in business, big business, I would think. Are they just predisposed to hate and judge and follow their "holy politicians",who hide behind a pseudo-religious facade? Hagee & Co., in turn, bring their votes to the compromised politician to acheive their deranged ends. How effectively this video exposes the duplicity and hypocrisy of McCain. I hope he loses the entire Catholic voting bloc, but more importantly, the election.

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God will not be mocked, even by so-called Good Christians!
Posted by: Sidra on Mar 6, 2008 12:02 PM   
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The pipeline that so-called 'Good Christians' like Bush, Hagee, Pat Robinson, etc., etc. have to God and Jesus must be EXTREMELY corroded since they obviously can't hear clearly what Spirit is saying! Statements from right-wing Christians about God punishing America because of a 2-state solution to Israel/Palestine; or because of America's progressive past after WWII up to 2000 BB (Before Bush) of supporting the rights of women, people of color, people with disabilities, Gay people, the right to worship or not as we wish including Moslems and other disparaged religious/spiritual groups in this country like Wiccans and Pagans, are morally wrong! As an ex-christian who walks her own spiritual path, I have come to believe that ALL mainstream religions are man-made institutions designed by the elite to control the hearts and minds of the masses -- but I support your right to worship or not as you determine what is right for you! The most consistent message I get from Spirit (aka, God, Goddess, Yahweh, G_d, Allah, etc. -- pick the name you like best) is that IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT YOUR RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS ARE -- WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART AND MIND AND HOW YOU TREAT ALL OF SPIRIT OR GOD'S CHILDREN (including ALL of humanity regardless of their religion or spiritual beliefs, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, geographical location, age, degree of intelligence or physical attractiveness, rich or poor, etc., AND Mother Earth and ALL other lifeforms on Earth and other planets throughout the universe!) We truly all are brothers and sisters in Spirit! There is one thing I do agree with Hagee on though, and that's that Spirit will probably punish America . . . but not for the reasons he propagates -- Spirit may punish us for the transgressions committed by the Bush Crime Syndicate which many of the American people have either endorsed or if they didn't endorse the invasion and continued occupation, at the least have abdicated their responsibility as citizens of the USA and children of God/Spirit to protest in-mass, and endorse impeachment and prosecution of Bush&Co for the crimes they've committed against humanity, and therefore Spirit, in our Name! Spirit, or God if you prefer, will not be mocked, even by so-called 'Good Christians' who believe that they are the only chosen people -- not! I believe America will be punished severly for the illegal, immoral invasion of Afganistan and Iraq, which has resulted in the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent people (INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN AND BABIES), millions of wounded and traumatized people w/o access to critical medical assistance, several million refugees on the verge of starvation, major destruction of the Iraqi infrastructure (except for the oil fields or course), etc. etc. Wake up America -- we must repudiate this evil that resides in the highest seats of our Government and provide humane assistance to the peoples of Iraq and Afganistan, who have suffered greatly because of the crimes committed against them by this meglomaniac regime in the White House! Out with Bush and don't allow ANYONE whether republican or democrat to sit in the White House unless they recognize the responsibility America has for her transgressions against humanity!

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Why???
Posted by: Doubtom on Mar 7, 2008 5:19 AM   
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Why is any space given to this fat tub of lard steeped in ignorance? Why? Why? Why?
Are we so bereft of commentary that we have to resort to such ignoramuses? When watching this clown speak, nothing is so obvious as his need for a padded room. It is nothing short of amazing that idiots like Hagee have any audience at all much less a loyal following. This nation is in dire straits when con artists like Hagee can flourish and have an effect on our politics. This guy should be led away in a straight jacket, if one could be found to fit his well-fed corpulence. Selling snake oil has always been financially rewarding.
How embarrassing that the world should see what passes for leadership in America!
If the world trembles, it is largely due to our easy acceptance of ignorance in high places. In a saner nation, this idiot would be committed.

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