http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/13/pastor-hagee-apologizes-for-anti-catholic-remarks-will-bill-donohues-media-black-out-be-lifted/

I’d assume that he got a tremendous amount of pressure from McCain’s camp and under the non-stop posts from the liberal blogs—Pastor Hagee recanted his anti-Catholic hatred.

John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having “emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews.”

Hagee’s support for McCain has drawn cries of outrage from some Catholic leaders who have called on McCain to reject Hagee’s endorsement. The likely Republican nominee has said he does not agree with some of Hagee’s past comments, but did not reject his support.

Like clockwork, Bill Donohue said all is forgiven. What a political tool this man is. Hey, what’s a few decades of anti-Catholic hatred compared with a politically motivated apology that means absolutely nothing. Donohue just sold out Catholics everywhere.

Donohue, one of Hagee’s sharpest critics, said he accepted the apology and planned to meet with Hagee Thursday in New York. “I got what I wanted,” Donohue said in an interview. “He’s seen the light, as they like to say. So for me it’s over.”

The Catholic League’s loud mouth had this to say about Hagee previously:

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Donohue: This thing is out of bounds and this is why McCain has to look at thi—this–it’s the totality of what the man stands for. He’s been bashing Catholicism for decades and making a mountain of money over it.

There was a virtual black out of Bill Donohue from the world of TV media when McCain sought and received Hagee’s endorsement, but I believe we’ll see him all over the airwaves now in the next few days. How fast will Matthews have him on?

Bruce Wilson has followed Hagee a bit and writes:

McCain Endorser Pastor John Hagee: God Curse and Doom America.

“As a nation, America is under the curse of God, even now.” That ominous slam at America came from Pastor John Hagee, whose endorsement Republican presidential candidate John McCain he is “glad to have.” Hagee claims God’s “curse” and “doom” is upon America because of two key issues: reproductive freedom and broad support for the teaching of the theory of evolution.

Hitler and the Nazis were God’s agents.

Hagee claimed the Roman Catholic Church conspired with Hitler to kill Jews in the Holocaust but also, in the same book, blamed the Holocaust on Jews themselves (for worshiping idols) and wrote that Hitler and the Nazis were actually working for God, divine agents sent to chase Jews, through the rather inefficient and brutal mechanism of killing them in massive numbers, towards Palestine, “the only home God ever intended for the Jews to have.”

Good Donohue.

And what about Hagee’s Iran/Armageddon theories?

But 62 days after he declared himself “very proud” and “honored” to the have the endorsement of the End Times Pastor John Hagee, Republican John McCain still has not answered - or even been asked - the question that should concern all Americans:

Does John McCain agree with Pastor John Hagee that war with Iran is the fulfillment of the biblical prophecy of Armageddon?…read on

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/13/i-dont-know/

…it seems that fires are burning, cyclones are hitting and massive earthquakes are shaking. It’s very gloomy around the world.  Hi, Global Warming. And let me tell say this, those aftershocks scare the heck out of you just as much as the quake itself. From what I’ve read, the quake shook for three minutes in China. The two I experienced lasted about 20 seconds each. If LA’s ‘94 shocker lasted that long, the devastation would have been unbelievable. Over 12, 000 gone and counting…

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http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/356

Cynthia McKinney, Green Party candidate for President and former Democratic Congresswoman of Georgia discusses the power of individuals entering the electoral arena and making changes with a stroke of the pen. She heralds the bravery of individual activists who have taken the step to become candidates in order to make changes. This interview was taped at the Alameda Greens Meeting on May 11, 2008 at Anna's Jazz Club in Berkeley, California.

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/13/which-senators-would-accept-the-veep-slot/

The Hill asked the other 97 sitting US Senators whether or not they would accept the offer to be #2. Richard Shelby’s answer was probably the most, shall we say, colorful:

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) ruled himself out because of disinterest and said McCain would look elsewhere anyway.

“Besides, there was a famous quote about the vice presidency from Franklin Roosevelt’s vice president,” Shelby said. “You should look that up.”

Shelby was referring to John Nance Garner, who served under Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941 and described the job as “not worth a bucket of warm piss.”

See what your Senator said here.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/motherjones/main/~3/289624310/african-women-making-change.html

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/13/voters-still-more-concerned-with-bush-than-jeremiah-wright/

Two weeks ago, an NBC/WSJ poll found an interesting trend in American public opinion: after hearing about Jeremiah Wright’s controversial sermons in a constant loop for months, voters were more concerned with John McCain’s association with Bush than Obama’s association with his former pastor. (Specifically, 43% of respondents were worried about McCain and Bush; 32% about Obama and Wright.)

Today, a new Gallup poll points to a similar public sentiment.

George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain’s chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama’s, according to results of a recent USA Today/Gallup poll.

The May 1-3 poll finds 38% of likely voters saying McCain’s association with Bush makes them less likely to vote for McCain, while 33% say Obama’s association with Wright diminishes their likelihood of voting for Obama.

A strong majority of Americans (64%), including a near majority of Republicans (47%) said the Wright issue will not have any effect on their vote.

I’m a little torn as to whether this is good news for the likely Democratic nominee or not.

On the one hand, I’m delighted Americans are more concerned about McCain and Bush than Obama and Wright. That’s how it should be. On the other hand, shouldn’t the margin be considerably more dramatic than 38%-33%?

On the prior, Bush has become a political pariah. I’m occasionally attempted to describe him as “divisive,” but that’s clearly wrong — “divisive” would imply that critics and supporters are relatively even in numbers. They’re not; Americans have made up their minds about Bush and they really don’t like him. In this sense, it’s hardly surprising that voters are concerned about McCain’s ties to a wildly unpopular president.

But on the prior, Wright shouldn’t be anywhere near as controversial. That Wright is even close suggests the media’s efforts to make him a scandalous national personality and key campaign figure have been largely successful.

For what it’s worth, I’m inclined to look at the glass as half-full on this one. After several weeks of bombardment about Wright, during which time very little attention was paid to McCain’s connection to Bush, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the public had gone the other way and expressed more concern with Obama for his ties to his former pastor. We now have two recent national polls showing this isn’t the case.

The Wright issue, as far as I can tell, is the most serious weight on Obama’s shoulders, but it’s likely to fade a bit as the campaign shifts into general election mode, in part because the story has run its course. There’s just not much more to say — we’ve seen the clips, we’ve heard the sermons, and we know Obama’s response.

In contrast, Americans have barely heard a word about the similarities and connections between McCain and Bush, which leads me to think 38% is just a starting point, whereas 33% is the ceiling for the Wright number.

http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/brodner/2008/05/exacto-of-justice.html

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