NathanATX
05-22-2008, 11:34 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/22/mccain.hagee/index.html
"(CNN) -- In the face of mounting controversy over headline-grabbing statements from the Rev. John Hagee, CNN has learned that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain decided Thursday to reject his endorsement.
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Sen. John McCain speaks in February alongside the Rev. John Hagee, a Texas televangelist.
McCain later also repudiated the support of Rod Parsley, an Ohio preacher who has called Islam an inherantly violent religion.
McCain told CNN's Brian Todd that he rejected Hagee's endorsement after Todd brought to his attention Hagee's comments that Adolf Hitler had been fulfilling God's will by hastening the desire of Jews to return to Israel in accordance with biblical prophecy.
"God says in Jeremiah 16: 'Behold, I will bring them the Jewish people again unto their land that I gave to their fathers. ... Behold, I will send for many fishers, and after will I send for many hunters. And they the hunters shall hunt them.' That would be the Jews. ... Then God sent a hunter. A hunter is someone who comes with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter," Hagee said, according to a transcript of his sermon.
In a statement to CNN on Thursday, McCain said "Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Rev. Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well."
And then... I found this response on Hagee's website:
Throwing stones at John Hagee -The Washington Times - May 15, 2008 http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/px.gif http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/print_page.gif (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:OpenBrWindow%28%27/ME2/Sites/Segments/NewsHeadlines/Print.asp?Module=News&id=E133623CCFEA4DBC900947FEF96FF867%27,%27%27,%27m enubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=500%27% 29) http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/email_page_articles.gif (http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&id=E133623CCFEA4DBC900947FEF96FF867&Title=Throwing+stones+at+John+Hagee+%2DThe+Washing ton+Times+%2D+May+15%2C+2008&tier=4) http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/px.gif (5/16/2008)
http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/px.gif Throwing stones at John Hagee by Joel Mowbray
Excerpts of the article that appeared in The Washington Times on May 15, 2008
Theologically, Mr. Hagee believes that one of the greatest sins a Christian can commit is anti-Semitism — hence the reference in the video to the drinking of the blood of the Jews. He was reminding Christians, as he often does, of the long history of Christian anti-Semitism. Mr. Hagee wastes no opportunity to teach Christians that one of the surest ways for a Christian to become a member of the "apostate church" is to engage in anti-Semitism.
For decades, Mr. Hagee has easily been one of the most prominent Christian leaders fighting anti-Semitism. To him, loving Jews as much as one's Christian neighbors is a core tenet of his faith. In his book "In Defense of Israel," Mr. Hagee wrote, "Show me an anti-Semitic Christian, and I'll show you a spiritually dead Christian whose hatred for other human beings has strangled his faith."
If anything, Mr. Hagee is obsessed with purging anti-Semitism from Christendom. Thus, the book contains a lengthy discussion of the history of Christian anti-Semitism. (It is from this section that his critics have pulled quotes to argue that Mr. Hagee is anti-Catholic. The leading critic, though, the Catholic League's Bill Donohue, this week announced a truce with Mr. Hagee.)
If only Mr. Rich had spent roughly 20 minutes to peruse the relevant chapter, he would have learned two important tidbits: 1) Mr. Hagee's criticism was directed solely at the Catholic Church's past deeds, and 2) Mr. Hagee also attacked Protestant anti-Semitism, with an in-depth exploration of Martin Luther's considerable influence on Nazi ideology.
Throwing stones from inside his glass house, Mr. Rich wrote, "Any 12-year-old with a laptop could have vetted this preacher in 30 seconds, tops." Given how far off the mark he was, it is only fair to ask of Mr. Rich: Could he not find a "12-year-old with a laptop"?
"(CNN) -- In the face of mounting controversy over headline-grabbing statements from the Rev. John Hagee, CNN has learned that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain decided Thursday to reject his endorsement.
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/POLITICS/05/22/mccain.hagee/art.hagee.ap.jpg
Sen. John McCain speaks in February alongside the Rev. John Hagee, a Texas televangelist.
McCain later also repudiated the support of Rod Parsley, an Ohio preacher who has called Islam an inherantly violent religion.
McCain told CNN's Brian Todd that he rejected Hagee's endorsement after Todd brought to his attention Hagee's comments that Adolf Hitler had been fulfilling God's will by hastening the desire of Jews to return to Israel in accordance with biblical prophecy.
"God says in Jeremiah 16: 'Behold, I will bring them the Jewish people again unto their land that I gave to their fathers. ... Behold, I will send for many fishers, and after will I send for many hunters. And they the hunters shall hunt them.' That would be the Jews. ... Then God sent a hunter. A hunter is someone who comes with a gun and he forces you. Hitler was a hunter," Hagee said, according to a transcript of his sermon.
In a statement to CNN on Thursday, McCain said "Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Rev. Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well."
And then... I found this response on Hagee's website:
Throwing stones at John Hagee -The Washington Times - May 15, 2008 http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/px.gif http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/print_page.gif (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:OpenBrWindow%28%27/ME2/Sites/Segments/NewsHeadlines/Print.asp?Module=News&id=E133623CCFEA4DBC900947FEF96FF867%27,%27%27,%27m enubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=500%27% 29) http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/email_page_articles.gif (http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&id=E133623CCFEA4DBC900947FEF96FF867&Title=Throwing+stones+at+John+Hagee+%2DThe+Washing ton+Times+%2D+May+15%2C+2008&tier=4) http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/px.gif (5/16/2008)
http://www.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/Images/px.gif Throwing stones at John Hagee by Joel Mowbray
Excerpts of the article that appeared in The Washington Times on May 15, 2008
Theologically, Mr. Hagee believes that one of the greatest sins a Christian can commit is anti-Semitism — hence the reference in the video to the drinking of the blood of the Jews. He was reminding Christians, as he often does, of the long history of Christian anti-Semitism. Mr. Hagee wastes no opportunity to teach Christians that one of the surest ways for a Christian to become a member of the "apostate church" is to engage in anti-Semitism.
For decades, Mr. Hagee has easily been one of the most prominent Christian leaders fighting anti-Semitism. To him, loving Jews as much as one's Christian neighbors is a core tenet of his faith. In his book "In Defense of Israel," Mr. Hagee wrote, "Show me an anti-Semitic Christian, and I'll show you a spiritually dead Christian whose hatred for other human beings has strangled his faith."
If anything, Mr. Hagee is obsessed with purging anti-Semitism from Christendom. Thus, the book contains a lengthy discussion of the history of Christian anti-Semitism. (It is from this section that his critics have pulled quotes to argue that Mr. Hagee is anti-Catholic. The leading critic, though, the Catholic League's Bill Donohue, this week announced a truce with Mr. Hagee.)
If only Mr. Rich had spent roughly 20 minutes to peruse the relevant chapter, he would have learned two important tidbits: 1) Mr. Hagee's criticism was directed solely at the Catholic Church's past deeds, and 2) Mr. Hagee also attacked Protestant anti-Semitism, with an in-depth exploration of Martin Luther's considerable influence on Nazi ideology.
Throwing stones from inside his glass house, Mr. Rich wrote, "Any 12-year-old with a laptop could have vetted this preacher in 30 seconds, tops." Given how far off the mark he was, it is only fair to ask of Mr. Rich: Could he not find a "12-year-old with a laptop"?