While St. McCain still refuses to reject and denounce the endorsement of bigot hate-monger John Hagee (and why would he? — he actively courted him), we now know that Huck wanted Hagee’s blessing badly.
HUCKABEE: …I was disappointed that he [Hagee] didn’t support me. I think he should have. But those are his decisions.
COLMES: So you would want Hagee’s endorsement. John McCain had to come out today with another statement that he does not agree with everything Hagee said, but he didn’t renounce it in the same way that Barack Obama renounced the support and endorsement of Louis Farrakhan.
HUCKABEE: Well, look, you know, I’m not in a position right now where I’m renouncing anybody’s support, Alan. I’m glad to get every vote I can get. But I don’t have to agree with people who support me. That doesn’t mean that I support everything they stand for. Now, if you want me to renounce something John Hagee said, let me renounce something. I renounce his endorsement of John McCain. I think that was something that I can easily repudiate.
Just imagine the non-stop outrage on the right and corporate media if Obama and Clinton were not only refusing to denounce but fighting over the endorsement of Farrakhan. Saying you "don’t agree" with a bigot but that you’ll take his endorsement anyway is pretty disgusting. And in addition to being a bigot, here’s a sample of what the GOP front-runners want so badly to be associated with:
JOHN HAGEE, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005: They [Iran] intend to bring that bomb online and if they use it, you think gas is high now. Life as we know it is going to change instantly and forever and I’m telling you, you need to get your life ready to meet the son of God in all his glory. It’s going to happen, it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen.
CONGREGATION: Clap, clap, clap!
JOHN HAGEE: There are going to be people in this tribulation period who do not take…They will have their heads cut off…We are this close to the rapture of the church of Jesus Christ.
The religious right’s influence on the GOP is, once again, proven to be a creation of the liberal media.



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What does it say about Huckabee – that he is as stooooopid as McCain!
Well I agree that Huck is a better fit for Hagee’s endorsement. but whatever.
That they both represent the Republican party very well.
Ya gotta love these guys. At least they support their base. Unlike many supposedly on our side.
http://digg.com/political_opin…..Wanted_Hag
Great post Blue Texan. Huckabee is a dork who sounds good but will make fundamental changes to our constitution that would make even George blush!
Oh a little off topic more fear mongering from another wingnuttery website:
http://www.usawakeup.org/
Be afraid, be very afraid of anyone who is different than you!
Hagee eh? My mother has some of his video tapes (she LOVES her tribulation tapes) and sends him some money. He’s a total jerk off.
Blue Texan, please, save me from the Rapture. I don’t want to go anywhere with the raputurees.
Do you suppose Hagee is confusing “rapture” with Orgasm in the shower?
Rapture Hagee already….good riddance.
Fighting over the support of a someone who is a taco shy of a combination plate. Are we scared yet of the possibility of another repug POTUS?
Exactly. And that’s the key point — this is the GOP today.
I think it is getting better and better. Best thing on TV, if I could watch TV. Thanks for printing this stuff so much. It prevents me from having to see them, or duck norris working out on christie brinkie.
how do you deal with the nausea?
OT: Unanimous UN new round of resolutions against Iran….Sigh.
Hagee’s words of endorsement would serve him well in texas tomorrow if only the DEMS weren’t gonna wipe the state clean of these fools and 15th century wannabees…HA!!!!!
Yeah, it is a religious cult party led by atheists.
Weren’t the chosen ones supposed to leave before armageddon? Why don’t they leave already?
it makes me wonder just what went into Hagee supporting McCain and not Huckabee….
was it just being practical and supporting the “frontrunner”?
what kind of calculation lead to that decision?
is there some “professional” jealousy there?
is Huckabee’s lamp shining a bit brighter than Hagee’s?
Does Huck have too much national attention and need to be taken down a notch or two?
‘twould be great to have a fly on Hagee’s office wall …..
That is so true. Do they not see it? How can they not know the leaders are atheists? Boggles the mind.
McCain has been courting Hagee for months, and now that he’s the nominee, Hagee finally gave him his blessing. I don’t doubt for a second that if Huckabee were the front-runner, Hagee would’ve done the same for him.
Like Hagee says, “we are this close to the rapture”….
Okay, I’m waiting…see ya, and let the door hit you in the *ss…
No way! and that what make him so mean!
With all those collections, I’d have thought they could at least have bought the tickets…
What kind of calculation lead to the decision?
M-O-N-E-Y for his church and life style.
tehy stupid.
it sez,they are all batshit…that is what it sez to moi
I wonder if they are gonna get raptured with their clothes on or are they all gonna show up in “heaven” nekked…ewwww….Hagee nekked…oh, that would be sinful.
now THAT’S a possibility …….
I wonder if they know they are gonna get raptured to a nudist colony?
Yeah the rapture people are scary, IMO. Was having dinner with some people, and a pleasant conversation with the guy next to me about his grandkids; then the conversation turned to the state of the world, and he neatly segued into his rapture spiel – that it was written that Armageddon was coming and there was going to be widespread death and doom etc. And he was happy about it. A guy who had just been showing photos of infant grandkids. Totally creepy.
like Jabba the Hut …….
that is an apt picture imo
1,775 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Blue Texan and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
Now can we start usin’ the “F” word as in fascist to brand these bastards. They are out of the closet and the entire Republican Party is runnin’ down the streets of America in jackboots, brown shirts, black leather jackets and blond wigs!
We gotta brand this “movement” for what it is so that if in fact we swamp ‘em this November, none of ‘em will every see the light of day in politics again.
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION…FASCISTS ARE NOT GOOD FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER LIVING THINGS!!!
another likely possibility. combined with Twain’s at #23 and i think my answer has been delivered ……
speaking of scary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ablog.com/
Can you imagine people whose lives are so without joy and human love that they would want to die? It just amazes me. They never, ever consider that there might not be anything after death.
i began to understand that,as soon as the FISA,snafu,and Downing Street Memo appeared…
even Rush found hillbilly heroin,to make life worth livin,oh and little brown boys(im bad) i know
LOL!
Clever video, touches on fearmongering by both parties.
enuf already…”the world has always been a scary place” duh
And not only that, but how about those who think everyone else may as well go with them?
and dontcha love the clap on lights? hahahahahahaha
With all of Hagees constant verbal interpretations of who is who (Iran, Iraq, US) in the Book of Revelation…hmmmmmm, I wonder if he read this on the last page of the Book of Revelation:
“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.”
He just might not be going anywhere anytime soon!
hell no, I won’t go.
OT:
Since George Bush made it a priority to focus on bringing peace to Isreal and Palestine, is it any wonder they are involved in full scale conflict? The bizzaro world of Bush, up is down, black is white, torture is not-torture, war is peace…….. Sorry for the rant.
lol, yeah, that is a good one.
he could not find piece of ass,let alone middle east peace.he is a waste of food and water
It says the GOP hates gays, Catholics and Jews.
i wish a really polished version of this could be made by the guy who did the Nader one last week
Please don’t neglect the Muslims.
Yes, there is a horrendous bloodbath in Gaza ongoing as we speak. They are dropping bombs on civilians left and right. Democracy Now reported on it this morning, but MSM….crickets.
Oh no, when THEY scare us it’s evil when WE scare us it’s very real! Sheeeeet.
that and some front group to broadcast it nation wide.
Uh, this has been on CNN all day:
JERUSALEM (CNN) — Most Israeli tanks and troops pulled out of northern Gaza early Monday, and an Israel Defense Forces spokesman confirmed that the military was ending its five-day offensive operation.
offensive – what a good word
I have MSNBC on, that’s why…and they have said zero about it in the headlines. Thanks for pointing that out.
yup
remember all the subway scary alerts in 2004?
How about “victory” like that better?
As troops withdrew, thousands of Palestinians poured onto the streets of Gaza, under the green banners of the Islamist group Hamas, which claimed victory over Israel.
oh ,yea. . .and the sharks
The reporter in Gaza interviewed live on Democracy Now this morning said there were planes dropping bombs this morning (our morning) and there were tons of men, women, and children dead and arms and fingers in the streets and the stench of death everywhere…or words to that effect.
GAZA CITY (AFP)
There will be no victory unless Israel kills all the Palestinians and then they will be overrun by the rest of the Arab world. They need to fix this before it blows up entirely and we should try to help them reach some sort of agreement instead of Condi making pretend visits.
Guess they’re going to have to kick Hannity and O’Reilly off the bus? What’s a good Irish-Catholic boy to do?
the “Arab world” is running no one over, give me a break.
They have weapons and planes and there are a lot more of them than the Israelis – don’t understand why you say that. Not disputing it – just wonder why.
Israel has 300 nukes.
uh, there is this certain kind of weapon Israel has and will use if they are EVER in danger of getting “run over”. You didn’t know that huh?
yes, yes! The sharks!
Thank you, I am not happy about what is going on there but I am not Hamas supporter either. They love this shit.
Could always turn the temple mount into a fake lake.
Rice is on her way there so the offensive-operation will stop (bet that mean while she’s there).
Of course, I know that but don’t think they would want to (or could) wipe out the entire ME. And where would they drop the nukes – where would they think the enemy was coming from? And if they used the nukes that doesn’t seem like “victory” to me.
You are right…it goes both ways. I just hate the violence.
the democrats have to drive home the fact that these candidates will LOOSE votes not gain them when they accept the endorsement of maniacs that rally against those in the country that are different then they are
and that’s what we have to do too, we have to galvanize the forces that these theocrats have disparaged
this country has traveled down the exact path of Afghanistan, promoting theocrats who monger hatred of any cult that is not theirs
let me tell you something;.
there is no religion in this country, there are only sects, there are Jewish sects, Cristian sects, Muslim sects
all of these want to have the power, just as the mullahs who want power, they all want everyone to follow their lead
it is a frightening what has happened to this country thanx to this administration
Israel has by far the best military in the region, certainly in quality and probably numbers as well. They have access to US-level satellite and surveillance assetts, laser-guided, & JDAM weapons, state-of-the-art armor and artillery, and one of the best Air Forces in the world…all backed up by nuclear weapons.
Nobody in the Middle East is going to just roll over Israel.
It has been my longstanding belief that anyone who believes in the rapture myth should not, I repeat – NOT – be allowed anywhere within miles of the keys or codes to nuclear weapons. I believed that from about 1962, the time of th Cuban missle crisis, after listening to some fungelical friends being happy about the crisis. I was a sophomore in HS.
Then Strangelove came out. Then – 25 years later – the fungelicals started taking over the USAF. Their control of so many nuclear weapons bothers me far more than the threat of random nuclear terrorism or small-state nuclear proliferation.
On a serious note. I completely agree.
And women…well,women who don’t hate other women…
On to: First Monday: The Siegelman Case — A Political Prosecution Exposed
I finished your thought there, LS.
Heh. I blogged on that the other day, too…the shark stories are now surfacing again…when we’ve got an economy in the sewer, homelessness, toxic world, mortgage foreclosures at an all time high, and a war going on…
That’s what the world is today
Hey Hey
People just crack me up with this stuff.
You’ve got things a little backwards.
You seem to have a hysterical notion of seethin, pullulating Arab masses swarming across the borders to kill Israelis. You must watch too much tv or something.
Israel is a state. It possesses nuclear weapons as a deterrent, and therefore also a threat, aimed at other states with whom it has competing interests. Does that answer your question?
You need to completely invert your thinking about the subject. Pay attention to who is overrunning whom, for starters.
[ModNote; let’s not rachet up the level of discourse on this subject. Thanks.]
Moderators:
Heated discourse on the subject is inappropriate on the second day of an Israeli killing spree in Gaza?