The strange courtship between McCain and the religious right is discussed in a New York Times piece here.
A McCain adviser acknowledged on Monday that the campaign had failed to look into Mr. Hagee’s background adequately and said that as a result the campaign’s procedures for vetting endorsers had improved.
Mr. McCain, who does not talk about religion publicly, has a rocky history with conservative Christians. Eight years ago, he called the Rev. Jerry Falwell and the Rev. Pat Robertson “agents of intolerance.”
But as he prepared to run for president again, Mr. McCain was the graduation speaker at Mr. Falwell’s Liberty University in 2006, met with Mr. Hagee in Texas and spoke at his Night for Israel in Washington in 2007.
Should we believe that first line? If this is how McCain works with such awful advisement as this, then, once again, it is clear that his judgment is way off kilter. You don't have to look at Hagee's background to figure out who is is and the type of Christianity for which he stands. What an absurd statement. How about a simple Google or Amazon search? Why ask a guy to endorse you if you know so little about him? Seriously. Don't piss on us and tell us that it's raining! Even all the young earth creationists can't be that stupid. Here are the first three filtered hits in Amazon for "John Hagee" and it took me all of thirty seconds:
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Would you not, if you are a rational person, maybe check out a book or a website to see what these titles are all about? You don't need an FBI background check (which by the way they can get in a moment's notice and probably sent to a mobile device in seconds). So ask yourself this: Do you want a president whose administration will be this incompetent and stupid? Or do you want a president who does not care to examine the endorsements he is getting more carefully? Or, do you want someone to lead us who will continue this bait and switch crap? Aren't you a little sick of it? I hope to God, literally, that Obama does not get tainted by crap like this or something that may be even be mistaken for the stench of it. The Jeremiah Wright issues were much ado about nothing but a bunch of white folk who don't care to understand the life in the black church anyway.
C'mon McCain, stop insulting our intelligence with this tripe. Everyone's s@$# stinks including your own. Some just choose to wipe up after themselves. At this point it's too late for you to hide it since we have all caught a strong whiff.
(HT: Melissa Rogers)
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