When Sen. John McCain appeared on ABC's This Week this past Sunday, he was asked his opinion about the endorsement he received from Pastor John Hagee. Despite Hagee's long history of, well, insane views about religion and politics - including claims that the Catholic Church is the "Great Whore" and that Hurricane Katrina was god's response to a planned gay pride parade - here's what McCain said:
STEPHANOPOULOS: So was it a mistake to solicit and accept his endorsement?
MCCAIN: Oh, probably, sure. [...]STEPHANOPOULOS: So you no longer want his endorsement?
MCCAIN: I'm glad to have his endorsement. I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything. And thanks for asking.
Leaving aside the nonsensical "anti-anything" bit, I'd love to know why McCain is allowed to take such a ludicrous position. It would be one thing if we were talking about a few random comments that Hagee had made in the past but never repeated, but that's not what we are talking about at all.
Here's Hagee just yesterday on Dennis Prager's radio show:
HAGEE: Yes. The topic of that day was cursing and blessing. ... What happened in New Orleans looked like the curse of God, in time if New Orleans recovers and becomes the pristine city it can become it may in time be called a blessing. But at this time it's called a curse...
PRAGER: Right, but in the case, did NPR get, is this quote correct though that in the case of New Orleans you do feel it was sin?HAGEE: In the case of New Orleans, their plan to have that homosexual rally was sin. But it never happened. The rally never happened.
PRAGER: No, I understand.
HAGEE: It was scheduled that Monday.
PRAGER: No, I'm only trying to understand that in the case of New Orleans, you do feel that God's hand was in it because of a sinful city?
HAGEE: That it was a city that was planning a sinful conduct, yes.
No doubt the liberally biased elite media will turn this into the firestorm of controversy it deserves, right? McCain once railed against "agents of intolerance," but now he condemns their remarks while happily accepting their help and support. What a maverick! What an honorable man!
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