Journo Frank Rich wonders why the media hasn’t paid more attention to John McCain’s absolutely insane, anti-gay preacher pal, John Hagee: “Mr. McCain says he does not endorse any of Mr. Hagee’s calumnies, any more than Barack Obama endorses Mr. Wright’s. But those who try to give Mr. McCain a pass for his embrace of a problematic preacher have a thin case. It boils down to this: Mr. McCain was not a parishioner for 20 years at Mr. Hagee’s church. That defense implies, incorrectly, that Mr. McCain was a passive recipient of this bigot’s endorsement. In fact, by his own account, Mr. McCain sought out Mr. Hagee…” [NY Times]
Real Rich.
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noah
Rich points out the double standard afforded Republicans: because they have embraced racist tactics to win votes for 40 years, the media and others have become complacent with their bigotry. Thus, seeing Republican bigotry fazes them not.
Look at Pat Buchanan and Ann Coulter. Those two can say the worst racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic things but are always invited back to join the talking heads on TV.
All of this translates into the tacit approval of bigotry. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and Fox News encourage this by hiring people like Beck, Buchanan, Will, and Gibson to spout racist, homophobic, and other hateful crap.
todd
Everyone expects the Rethuglicans to be racsist pigs. The Wright thing is WAY over played. We Catholics go to the same church for 30 years – that doesn’t mean we condone our priests diddling little boys.
Mika Northstar
Fox News is a prime offender, by having shows like “Hannity and Colmes” and “The O’Reilly Factor” smearing Barack Obama’s name due to his association with Jeremiah Wright, while saying nothing of John Mccain’s association with Pastor Hagee, but the difference is that what Jeremiah Wright says is viewed as more anti-american.
M Shane
Mika: I saw Hannity with Knut on his show las tnight while visiting my neighhbor and . Knut ws saying selfrighteous as an old sow” How would you like someone who excercises that kind of descrimination picking your Supreme Court Judge” after a viewing of Wright dancing around on the stage yelling crazy jiberish.”.Hannity of course will go on and on with the same recrimibnations. I can see why anyone who even looks at FOX would be brain damaged in short time , if they wern’t already.
On another station, they gave Obama a chance to describe that Wright had never carried on like he is now. Even the older black gentleman who I was visting was embarrassed by Wright. to the point of speahlessness.
Somebody has to have crookedly influenced Wright. The fact is that Barak is really a straight shooter and this is just beyond his avbility to respond too. Anyone can see that Wright is acting like a total nutcase, whho is either mad or acting that way on puropose.
That should be how Barak can respond: just say that he is either being influenced by Clinton and /or Republicans to act that way or he has totally flipped his lid. I think that intelligent Black people are just embarrassed.
The republicans would benefit from Clinton winning because she is not the threat to there program that Barack is.
She should just pull out.
Konrad
Hagee’s anti-gay, anti-Catholic drivel has been passed over while Rev. Wright is on the news 24/7. Its bullshit.
Gregoire
Neither McCain or Obama should not be penalized for having wackjobs in their folds. Let he without at least one wackjob either in their family or in their political circle cast the first stone.
Gregoire
^Oops parton the double negative. I mean they should NOT be penalized.