All the talk about Obama's minister Wright and his big mouth. But hardly a squeak about McCain's extremist endorsers and guides.
After the endorsement from one bigot, Hagee, which McCain was personally grateful for, comes Mr. Parsley, who wants to "destroy Islam".
This is a MUST-SEE video on LiveLeak.
Let's also talk about Hagee here:
When John Hagee, supports McCain, what is McCain’s response?
"I’m very honored by Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement today," McCain said at a news conference. "He has been the staunchest leader of our Christian evangelical movement in many areas, but especially, most especially, his close ties and advocacy for the freedom and independence of the state of Israel."
Ok, let’s see what Mr. Hagee actually believes:
In his book "Jerusalem Countdown: A Warning to the World," Hagee predicts Russian and Arab armies will invade Israel and be destroyed by God. Israel will then be the site of a battle between China and the West, which will be led by the anti-Christ in his role as head of the European Union. Jesus Christ will return to Earth in the final battle, he writes.
The book also claims Adolph Hitler and the Roman Catholic Church joined in a conspiracy to destroy the Jews.
Hagee has consistently railed against Muslims and against Islam’s Prophet. A quick google search will lead to many to of his bigoted statements. A dailykos reader, where I cross-posted this, mentioned that Hagee has also stated that Muslims have a "scriptural mandate to kill Christians and Jews" and that God caused Hurricane Katrina to hit New Orleans because the city was going to have a gay pride parade. Glenn Greenwald has a fantastic columnon this media hypocrisy, which makes most of the same points in this post.
So, it is okay to be an anti-Muslim, anti-Catholic bigot but not antisemitic (which some called Wright, and it wasn't even true!)