Saturday, May 03, 2008

Can We Agree That Pastor Hagee's Endorsement Is Not The Same As Pastor Wright Being One's Pastor For 20 Years?

Once again, a lefty "journalist" is trying to their might compare the reprehensible "Rev." Jeremiah Wright with Texas Pastor John Hagee in a futile attempt to make a moral equivalence with Sen. Barack's pastor and a supporter of Sen. John "F--- You" McCain http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/opinion/04rich.html?ex=1367553600&en=e3a461b394f453f6.
Ever swift Frank Rich is going down the road, referring to Pastor Hagee as Sen. "F--- You" McCain's pastor. Also, according to Mr. Rich, it all boils down to the fact that Sen. McCain was not a parishioner in Pastor Hagee's church for 20 years while Sen. Barack was in the "Rev." Wright's church.
HELLO?!
That is the whole reason Sen. Barack is in the hot water he is in.
Sen. "F--- You" McCain can dismiss the more extreme views of Pastor Hagee and be correct to point out that he is not a parishioner. After all, Sen. "F--- You" McCain is the senior senator from Arizona, not Texas. There is no reason for him to be a member of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.
And, amazingly, Mr. Rich is going down the worn race road in citing the DDBMSM all but covering up the Pastor Hagee endorsement of Sen. "F--- You" McCain.
Let us try the short version of this.
Sen. Barack knowingly and willfully became a member of Trinity United Church of Christ. He had to have been in the church when the "Rev." Wright made some of his wildest sermons. And, we should also all agree that what has been put out there is just some of the "Revs'" greatest hits. As I noted in an earlier post this week, there is no doubt in my mind that Sen. Barack had to be in the church during September 16, 2001 for the now infamous "Chickens coming home to roost" sermon.
There is no evidence that Sen. "F--- You" McCain has even attended a service at Pastor Hagee's church. So, while Sen. "F--- You" McCain may have accepted Pastor Hagee's endorsement, he can safely state that he did not know about the pastor's controversial sermons. Most of what grates the DDBMSM is the "anti-Catholic" sermons.
What it comes down to is judgement. Sen. Barack is the one that has made his own judgement to be a legitimate issue. And, if he has the judgement to attend such a church for 20 years and then when people do a little looking into the rantings of the head pastor and throw him under the bus when the going gets tough, then it is safe to say that Sen. Barack has shown some very lousy judgement.
A clue to the lefties like Frank Rich.
Stop it already. There is no moral equivalence.
While Pastor Hagee has some controversial positions, he has not preached "anti-Catholic" sermons. He does not hate Roman Catholics. He has some disagreements with the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church. And, so do lefties like Mr. Rich.
The "Rev." Wright bases his whole church on a "black liberation" "Christian" theology. It is a theology of hate. It is something that is not as fringe as people like Mr. Rich think.
It is time for us to agree to stop this trying to tie a supporter, Pastor Hagee, with a spiritual guide, the "Rev." Wright. And, despite the attempts by lefties like Mr. Rich, this is not going away any time soon.

4 comments:

Pat Jenkins said...

the media has hoped to sweep wright under the carpet for obama since day one. too bad wright doesn't understand to shut up... but it is going to fun to see the left have to defend religion for once. albeit wright's wacko version.

Incognito said...

the comparison is ludicrous, but not surprising. They have to find something.

And, like you, there is no doubt in my mind that he knew.. and it makes total sense why Michelle would have said what she said about being proud for the 1st time to be an American. But people are being duped, because they are still voting for him.

Rick Frea said...

I think the Rev. Wright issue will be a major "Swift Boat" issue come the main election, while obtaining dirt on McCain might not be so easy. While McCain might not be the ideal Republican candidate for us right now, but he still might be the luckiest presidential candidate ever. Do you agree?

Righty64 said...

Freadom, no doubt about it, Sen. McCain IS the luckiest GOP candidate in a long time. What is more amazing is that the Democrats are about to nominate someone who makes George McGovern look like, well, Ronald Reagan. Hence, that is why Sen. McCain has the luck he has. Now, I wish that he would have a little humility!