McCain’s statement on Hagee, his new endorser, who calls the Catholic Church the “great whore” and “anti-christ” …
“Yesterday, Pastor John Hagee endorsed my candidacy for president in San Antonio, Texas. However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee’s views, which I obviously do not.
“I am hopeful that Catholics, Protestants and all people of faith who share my vision for the future of America will respond to our message of defending innocent life, traditional marriage, and compassion for the most vulnerable in our society.”
So he welcomes Hagee’s endorsement for president, though that doesn’t mean he agree with all his views.
Let’s run down some specifics.
Hagee says that if America presses Israel allow the Palestinians to found a state in the West Bank and Gaza God will “release the terrorists” to come to America to create a “bloodbath.” (See this video, at approximately time mark 3:00)
Hagee says that God brought the Katrina disaster down on New Orleans because of a planned “homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came … that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades.”
Then there’s Hagee on why the Jews have had such a rough time of it for the last couple thousand years …
“It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God’s chosen people, to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true God, Jehovah, that gave rise to the opposition and persecution that they experienced beginning in Canaan and continuing to this very day….
How utterly repulsive, insulting, and heartbreaking to God for His chosen people to credit idols with bringing blessings He had showered upon the chosen people. Their own rebellion had birthed the seed of anti-Semitism that would arise and bring destruction to them for centuries to come…. it rises from the judgment of God uppon his rebellious chosen people.” [“Jerusalem Countdown: A Prelude To War”, paperback edition, pages 92 and 93]
