Hagee: Some key informatics from John Hagee, the wackjob evangelical
preacher who is backing John McCain's campaign from Texas:
Towelheads are coming! "Islam in general -- those who live by the Koran
have a scriptural mandate to kill Christians and Jews."
New Orleans is Sodom! "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."
I'll get you, Potter! "As millions of people anticipate the release of
the
latest Harry Potter book and film, we're reminded once again of Satan's
ongoing attempt to deceive and destroy. The whole purpose of the Potter
books is to desensitize readers and introduce them to the occult."
This is no worse than some of the inflammatory comments Farakkhan has
dropped over the years--but given a minor toasting (as oposed to the
full-panini-press Barack Obama got on Tuesday evening) on Hagee's
comments,
McCain said, "all I can tell you is that I am very proud to have Pastor
John
Hagee's sup****t." Not a rejection or denouncement in sight.
The sad thing is McCain was on the right track with the "agents of
intolerance" jab. But his unscrupulous desire to tack right for his
general
election campaign threatens a backslide into levels of intolerance that
just
curdle the mind.
--Dayo Olopade
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/28/hagee/index.html
***"***** about the Afghan war until the Iraq war starts."
I wildly sup****ted that invasion, I only *****ed that we didn't send
more
troops and more money.
***"You don't have to live with the consequences of your actions."
That's a strange thing for someone who sup****ted the Iraqi invasion to
say
to someone who opposed it.
***"The world was made by doers and not losers who sit around *****ing
and
moaning about every little thing that is allegedly going poorly."
You mean like Wall St. screaming at Ben Bernanke to bail them out?
