McCain Aides Say Hagee Endorsement Was The Result Of ‘Poor Vetting’

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McCain Aides Say Hagee Endorsement Was The Result Of ‘Poor Vetting’

In addition to having previously referred to Catholicism as “The Great Whore,” controversial pastor John Hagee said on NPR in September 2006 that Hurricane Katrina was the result of God condemning New Orleans because “there was to be a homosexual parade there” the day the hurricane hit — a belief he recently reaffirmed.

Despite Hagee’s radical and bigoted beliefs, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sought and received Hagee’s endorsement for president — one McCain said he was “very honored” to have. Since then, Hagee’s views have garnered more attention, sparking wider questions as to why McCain would accept such an endorsement.

In a recent article on the McCain/Hagee saga, Newsweek reports that McCain aides attribute the courting of Hagee’s support to “poor vetting.” But some from McCain’s own party wonder how his views could have “slipped through the cracks”:

"McCain’s aides attribute the Hagee controversy to poor vetting. But even some Republicans (not affiliated with the campaign) privately wonder how the pastor’s extreme views slipped through without notice. McCain personally wooed Hagee for more than a year."

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In seeking Hagee’s support, perhaps McCain and his staff did not “properly” vet the controversial pastor because they were taking advice from McCain’s buddy Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who just last year compared Hagee to Moses.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/05/mccain-hagee-vetting/

[babylonsister]

1. How lame and incompetent. Has McCain disowned him? nt

[annabanana]

2. bullshit. . DENOUNCE AND REJECT!! Do it NOW!

Let's have 4 solid weeks of repetition and questions and repeated renunciations followed by insinuations that the candidate might not have done ENOUGH to put the Hagee "problem" behind him. Let's ask every pundit if he "needs to do more" and have them discuss in on The Situation Room and Hardball and Morning Joe and Meet the Press. And then lets have the noise machine REPEAT THE PROCESS for another week, and then another.

Let's have that story START every program on CNN, Fox and MSNBC and have it lead the evening news every night on ABC, NBC and CBS

C'MON you corporate whores.. I KNOW you can do it.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[54anickel]

3. OMG! I'm ready to puke now, I opened the link at the end of the article where

Lieberman compared Hagee to Moses.

the linked NYTimes piece is interesting though...

The All-White Elephant in the Room

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4. There's rec #5.

Off to the greatest page.

[scarface2004]

5. or poor petting!!!

mkane is sleeping with hagee!

[opihimoimoi]

6. McCanes Staff reveals their incompetance...They are NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME

[Quantess]

7. Pretty stupid statements. (no text)

[hatrack]

8. Bullshit!! Hagee "slipped through the cracks" the way a hippo slipped through the front door

One of the foremost frothing apocalyptic nutbags on the planet, and it was "poor vetting"? Bullshit.

They just didn't think we would do any research. They thought we were stupid.

[Ishoutandscream2]

9. I second that bullshit.

They really thought a compliant media would just not delve too much into Hagee and mention he was a leader of the "Christian right." McCain and his band of fools forgot about the internets, apparently.