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McCain and Hagee sitting in a tree...

By ! ! ! ! ! Matthew McGovern !!!!! - May 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pm EDT

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Well, it is Mother’s Day, and I am tired of getting e-mails from Hillary, Bill, and even Chelsea. Scrapbook photo’s showing how much Chelsea loves her mother, How Bill is so proud of Hillary for being able to breed a child, and Hillary, for being able to produce a child who loves her so much.

To be fair, if it were not for these e-mails, I would not have really believed that Hillary was a Mother, and not just a politically fabricated one. But that misses the true point of this missive. Hillary is done when it comes to this campaign, and now she must step aside.

The focus now for the Democratic Party, and as should be for Hillary as well, is to begin on McCain. Johnny “Jungle Rot” McCain, who has vowed to run a clean and negative free campaign, is starting his dirty republican ways, vis-à-vis his “uncontrollable” 3rd party surrogates.

Even though Sen. Obama has not sought the endorsement of Hamas, he has received it. And, according to McCain, he should have something to say about such an unsought endorsement. The fueling of terrorist fears, ignorant questioning of Sen. Obama’s Christianity, and justifications for the White Vote to question whether a man named Barack Hussein Obama should be the president of a John Smith white country, shows the true colors of our GOP opponent.

What about Rev. Hagee? Well, here is just a tidbit:

Hagee on Hurricane Katrina: "All hurricanes are acts of God because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that." [NPR Fresh Air, 9/18/06]

Hagee on Islamic Beliefs:
Fresh Air host Terry Gross asked if Hagee believed that "all Muslims have a mandate to kill Christians and Jews," to which Hagee replied, "Well, the Quran teaches that. Yes, it teaches that very clearly." [NPR Fresh Air, 9/18/06]

Hagee on African-Americans:
The San Antonio Express-News reported that Hagee was going to "meet with black religious leaders privately at an unspecified future date to discuss comments he made in his newsletter about a 'slave sale,' an East Side minister said Wednesday." The Express-News reported:
"Hagee, pastor of the 16,000-member Cornerstone Church, last week had announced a 'slave sale' to raise funds for high school seniors in his church bulletin, 'The Cluster.'
"The item was introduced with the sentence 'Slavery in America is returning to Cornerstone" and ended with "Make plans to come and go home with a slave." [San Antonio Express-News 3/7/96]

Hagee on Catholicism:
"Most readers will be shocked by the clear record of history linking Adolf Hitler and the Roman Catholic Church in a conspiracy to exterminate the Jews." [Jerusalem Countdown by John Hagee]

Hagee on Women:
"Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick. Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with a terrorist." [God's Profits: Faith, Fraud and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters, Sarah Posner]

"[T]he feminist movement today is throwing off authority in rebellion against God's pattern for the family." ["Bible Positions on Political Issues," John Hagee]

Hagee on LGBT Americans:
"The newspaper carried the story in our local area that was not carried nationally that there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades. So I believe that the judgment of God is a very real thing. I know that there are people who demur from that, but I believe that the Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment." [NPR Fresh Air, 9/18/06]

Hagee on Iran:
"The coming nuclear showdown with Iran is a certainty," Hagee wrote [in 2006] in the Pentecostal magazine Charisma. "Israel and America must confront Iran's nuclear ability and willingness to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons. For Israel to wait is to risk committing national suicide." [The Nation, 8/8/2006]

And what might be McCain’s response to an endorsement from Rev. John Hagee?

"Well I think it's important to note that pastor John Hagee who has supported and endorsed my candidacy supports what I stand for and believe in. When he endorses me, it does not mean that I embrace everything that he stands for and believes. And I am very proud of the Pastor John Hagee's spiritual leadership to thousands of people and I am proud of his commitment to the independence and the freedom of the state of Israel. That does not mean that I support or endorse or agree with some of the things that Pastor John Hagee might have said or positions that he may have taken on other issues. I don't have to agree with everyone who endorses my candidacy. They are supporting my candidacy. I am not endorsing some of their positions."

And Reverend Wright was a problem? Let us see what kind of people really don’t have a problem with race, and are willing to take to task anyone, of any background, who is “associated” with someone who makes comments that are seen as offensive.

We shall see!

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