McCain Hates Catholics But Loves ...

It was okay that Hagee made disparaging remarks about Catholics (even though he supposedly took them back ... yeah, right) but God forbid he spew psycho rhetoric about Jews!

CNN reports that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has finally rejected the support of radical pastor John Hagee. McCain’s repudiation comes as recent attention has turned to a sermon in which Hagee said that Hitler was fulfilling God’s will:

McCAIN: Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee’s endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well.

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Hagee has put out a statement saying that he withdraws his endorsement from McCain because he has “become a distraction in what should be a national debate about important issues.”

Should it have taken this long? I'm still hearing about Rev. Jeremiah Wright and nothing he said was as foul as what Hagee said. No, Hagee was never his pastor but he went out of his way to accept his endorsement despite what people were telling him over and over and over ...

None of this would be an issue if we'd take religion out of politics. There is no universal faith or belief system. It's silly to make it a part of public debate.