The title of this post might seem like an exaggeration, but in fact it is literal. Pastor John Hagee endorsed John McCain earlier this year and John McCain says to this day that he is proud of this endorsement. Pastor Hagee believes Hitler was sent to drive the Jews out from under the rocks they were living in and drive them to Israel through mass extermination. Furthermore, God gave the Jews a chance to go to Israel on their own and when they didn't, he sent Hitler to hunt them down.
You don't believe it? Listen for yourself:
How can McCain still be proud of this guy's endorsement? And how did Jeremiah Wright get all that coverage when this guy is a thousand times more offensive?
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Posted May 22nd 2008 4:15AM by Cenk Uygur
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 6)
1. Cenk
Can't you even use your own material. This information was an e-mailing on May 21, 2008 of the Liberal Site Mother Jones, the credited writer was their DC Bureau Chief David Corn. He wrote this blog, you stole it.
Cenk, then you spend 6 minutes blabbing about Pastor Hagee's sermon, but you do nothing to show or prove your opening lie that "John McCains Pastor" was John Hagee.
Cenk-You well know that John Hagee is not McCain's Pastor, yet you lie about it? Why the lie? McCain accepted the endorsement of a noted Pastor in the United States, whom you do not agree with. OK. But that does not make Hagee McCain's Pastor, and you know it.
This is a sad attempt to wash out the negative ties that Obama has with his actual Pastor, Rev Wright. With making that someone who endorses McCain thus becomes his Pastor because he endorsed him. How stupid.
Is this just a sample of the lies we can expect from your mouth and other Liberal Fascists? Is this the issues "Obama" wants to debate?????????
We went from sexism vs Hillary to lies against McCain.
robert okane at 5:20AM on May 22nd 2008
2. Obama could be a recruiting tool for OBL and other Terrorist Leaders if elected President
Obama is an "Apostate". Obama in the eyes of the Muslim World is a Muslim who renounced his Islamic Faith, making him an "Apostate". Obama would like very much for people to forget his Muslim ties but it is not that easy. According to Islam and the vast majority of the Muslim world, a son of a Muslim Father is born a Muslim. Obama is a Muslim. It makes no difference if his father praticed the religion or if his mother was an Athiest. For one to renounce his Islamic faith as Obama did, by becoming a Christian, is the worse kind of "Apostate", called an "Murtad Fitri Apostate".
Obama, in the eyes of most of the Muslim world, was blessed by Allah to be born into the true faith of Allah.
What is the prescribed punishment for being an Apostate?=DEATH
Many people have been killed in the Muslim world for being an Apostate, sort of like the Muslim Honor killings.
OBL and other Terrorist leaders will love to see Obama elected a President of the USA, then, they can say "look who is leading the fight against Muslims, an "Apostate"". Hamas endorsed Obama. What a recruiting tool for the terrorists. How can Obama sit down with the non terrorists leaders of Muslim countries as an Apostate, who should be punished by death for going against Allah.
Obama and his supporters like MoveOn and Soros etc would love to brush the fatc Obama is an Apostate, but it will not be that easy.
robert okane at 6:06AM on May 22nd 2008
3. Cenk's been beating this dead horse for at least a month now.
Apples to oranges, Cenk. Apples to oranges.
bob at 6:40AM on May 22nd 2008
4. john mccain should just retire and let the younger generation try and change things for the better.
monsterat2002 at 6:59AM on May 22nd 2008
5. This is so stupid. He is not McCain's pastor. Your own little text lead-in undermines everything you are saying. If he is McCain's pastor, then the Hamas Loon that endorsed Obama is Obama's imam. Ever heard of honesty? It is a really cool concept. You should try it sometime. People respect you when you do.
John at 8:10AM on May 22nd 2008
6. I'm sorry, but ANYONE who defends this maniac is just as evil and souless as he is. Hagee and those of his ilk are nothing more than facists, pure and simple.
Just re-watched "Bob Roberts" the other night. The movie is 18 years old, but just as--if not MORE chilling-- in 2008.
It's more than apparent that America is waking up, and we're not taking anymore of this. We've had religious nuts tell us who to marry and what we can do with our bodies and destroy our economy and send our children halfway across the world to come home dead or broken.
We're not listening anymore. We don't hear you. We're ignoring you. If you ignore a bully long enough, they go away.
But Hagee DOES need to held in the same light as Reverend Wright. What needs to get done to have Hagee's face splattered all over CNN for racist comments?
J Boyd at 8:12AM on May 22nd 2008
7. Mccain is ia a Tyrant. He plans to run this country like dictator. He will not lie to the public becuase real tyrants dont lie. If he feels that all jews are evil then he will flat out and say all jews are evil. just wait and see when he becomes president.. we are all gonna be scared of him. he might even say every monday everyone must wear purple or they get arrested. He a big boss tyrant and once we give him the postion of power he will have fun with it. Hes the boss everyone hates at their jobs. Im telling you its not gonna be happy times
vito cafarelli at 8:54AM on May 22nd 2008
8. get a life you piece of shit!!!
bryan krauss at 9:16AM on May 22nd 2008
9. The Bible has a lot of things in it for the end of days that appear racial but the truth is that these aren't Hagees words they are Gods words.
dep88y at 9:48AM on May 22nd 2008
10. Well, Cartoonis Rex, I guess Keith Olberman is a liar too, since he reported this story on Countdown last night.
J Boyd at 10:25AM on May 22nd 2008
11. While it is probably fair that people point out that the lead-in "John McCain's Pastor" is misleading (and even incorrect), it might also be fair to ask a simple question of those critical of this article.
When you read conservative blogs, do you correct the bloggers when they make statements that Obama is a muslim, that he is not a 'true christian,' that he is not patriotic? Do you comment on the stupidity of the 'flag lapel pin' uproar or the ridiculous statements that he won't salute the flag?
Why are we only interested in protecting the truth when it is favoring our view of politics? Why do we put up with hate, false statements, and racism when it comes from someone on 'our side?'
deanomag at 10:28AM on May 22nd 2008
12. To commentor #12...Yes, if Olberman reported the same, he is a liar. Not that anybody watches MSNBC, the 30th rated cable news network.
CarltoniusRex at 10:33AM on May 22nd 2008
13. Liberal don't lie, they use "puffery." It's a marketing tool ... like the Jolly Green Giant that represents the vegetable product line. We're supposed to know that what they're saying is not the truth ... just grandizing to make a point. So Cenk's not really lying about Hagee being McCain's pastory, he's just marketing ... right, Cenk? Right???
WOB at 10:36AM on May 22nd 2008
14. McCain means war in Iran. Can't wait to spend $12 a gallon for gasoline.
IMO at 10:53AM on May 22nd 2008
15. John McCain went seeking this guys endorsement, Barack Obama did not ask for or seek his former pastors endorsement.What John McCain did was try to "appease" right wing evangelicals by seeking the aproval of a religious nazi.John McCain should be ashamed of himself but there is no shame with gutter politics and hypocrisy.
John at 11:16AM on May 22nd 2008