I’m no fan of Bill Donohue as you well know, but it’s interesting to see him get his freak on over Hagee’s endorsement of McCain. CNN covers the story pretty thoroughly on The Situation Room.
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.
CNN: McCain’s campaign didn’t respond when we asked if he knew about Hagee’s writings before accepting the endorsement
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Of course McCain knew. And McCain’s refusal to denounce the Catholic hating preacher is very interesting indeed. So far Chris Matthews thinks Democratic political ads are more important to Hardball than John McCain getting hammered by the Catholic League over this endorsement. The one Huckabee begged to get in on himself. That’s very revealing. You would think in a sixty minute show, Tweety would at least raise the issue. Can you imagine the outrage filled hour Matthews would have produced if Hillary or Obama gladly welcomed Hagee into their open arms?
Will Russert give McCain the same treatment he gives Obama and Hillary?
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hahahahahahahahaha
and just in time for the pope’s visit too…..
think the NAZI pope will be whore-in’ and war-in’?
No he won’t.
Not a chance!
Donohue is one of the great assholes of modern society. But if he can be a useful tool to smash even larger assholes have at it. We’ll see if villagers like Jokeline and Tweety come through, or just prove that they are queer for wacky Mac.
“Will Russert give McCain the same treatment he gives Obama and Hillary”?
Hmmmmmmmm? I’ll have to give that one some thought.
I can’t seem to muster up the outrage. In fact, darned if I’m not enjoying watching bigoted closed-minded crazy people fight amongst themselves.
Hagee is a piece of shit and so is McInsane for accepting that assholes endorsement.
“Will Russert give McCain the same treatment he gives Obama and Hillary?
no.
off topic but…
how can a guy cooking up enough
ricin to kill thousands of people in a hotel room
not be linked to terrorism
heh…
Ooooh, the moral bankruptcy of the denizens of The Village…on full display these days.
Tweety’s much more worried about whether Obama’s “vain” when he self-deprecating deflects an obnoxious offensive question about boxers v briefs by noting whichever he’d look good in ‘em.
Tweety and Timmeh and the rest of the court jesters who think they are “journalists” will never explore the double-standard because it is within themselves.
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart tried to warn him in 2006, but John McCain didn’t listen. Battered by all sides over his embrace of End Times Pastor John Hagee, John McCain is finally experiencing the blowback from his pandering visits to “crazy base world.”
For the details, see:
“Jon Stewart Warned McCain About ‘Crazy Base World.’”
I love the donohue quote in regards to making money off of catholic bashing. Hilarity! Never mind all the human misery that the catholics suck on like dry bones of a dead victim.
Fuck religion and fuck all these religious idiots.
Put them in a pit to fight it out to the death, whomever wins gets to be the last human sacrifice for their god. An honor!
Sure would be nice if a candidate had a clue and could run on their ability to address the issues rather than how many people they fool with their pandering and lies. Not that it matters anyway. Diebold makes the whole thing moot.
Sean Hannity is a Catholic. Rev. Hagee defecated all over the Catholic faith. When will Hannity ask McCain to repudiate Hagee?
Who cares what the MSM say or don’t say on telly. I don’t get my news off the telly any longer. Let them sink in their shit. I advise people to go to the internet or to foreign news. Being a teacher, I reach a large audience, someday larger than Tweety’s.
The Media wants a McCain presidency. Stockholm Syndrome.
So somebody is a prick and doesn’t like catholics,
Well, hate to break it to you but most everybody involved in politics is a prick, clown or criminal so take your pick.
Catholics deserve nothing but pity, I’ve read their book, I found Harry Potter more entertaining and a hell of a lot more believable. If children persist in believing in the tooth fairy or Santa the world deals them a harsh lesson, why shouldn’t catholics get the same lesson?
Wake up America…..
So is the archbishop of St. Louis going to strong-arm us all into voting for McCain like he did with chimpy in ‘04? The American Bishops must really yearn for a return of the 14th century and know only a Republican can run things into the ground that swiftly.
You ever wonder of these crazed religious types would just make up enemies if they couldn’t readily find one on tv or in their closets? I mean really, these people thrive on outrage. The funniest thing is that they see everybody as their enemies, even those of us that don’t subscribe to any particular ooga-booga religion. Sometimes especially us!
[having a good larf over my morning tea]
Oops, I forgot that Catholics get shit on here.
oooh, that’s right - hannity is “catholic”…
so is colbert… now THAT would be an interesting bit to see what HE does with all this…
So much has been made of Farrakhan endorsing Obama. An endorsement that was not solicited or acknowledged. Russert thought it was important enough to force Obama to denounce it, and Hillary thought it important enough to make him reject it in a debate format. Obama never asked for, acknowledged, accepted, or appeared on stage with Farrakhan.
McCain asked for, accepted, and appeared on the same stage with John Hagee in a political event. Yet no outrage by MSM.
Does anyone really care what Donohue thinks about anything? Or Hagee? I don’t want to see either of them given a forum for their BS.
However … head to head on, say, Hardball or Meet the Press, where neither could be heard of the other’s shouting — well that might have some freak-fest value.
I’m getting cynical about this whole election. The Republicans seem to be trying to kill McCain’s momentum. I’m afraid they are trying to create a Jimmy Carter situation. ie Load one Democratic presidency with a load of problems (Iraq, failing economy, etc) then get 12 years of the White House and almost as many years of the House/Senate. Anybody else on this?
RICIN
enough to kill thousands
“A report from the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center said the FBI considers the discovery “criminal in nature with no nexus to terrorism.” The report was sent to law enforcement agencies and was obtained by CNN.”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/01/ricin.hotel/
not terrorism
according to the FBI
heh…
My invisible old man in the sky is better than your invisible old man in the sky!
hahahaha
Your country’s fucked up when lunatics like this are taken seriously enough to gain air time on CNN.
No one yet had the endorsment of the “Flying Spegetti Monster”?
One thing I am sick of, on comments on this blog is people in practually every thread saying: Who cares what or Does anyone care what _________ says? The answer is YES!! Millions of people care what these asshats say otherwise they wouldn’t be on C/L.
lol at religious ppl!…
Matthews was a very proud catholic. Considering Matthews took Hard Ball off-line for a week while he covered the Pope’s death and ignored everything about American politics during that time, his lack or outrage over Hagee is indeed curious. Has Chris Matthews renounced or rejected Catholicism and I missed it?
The born-again bible bangers really made asses of themselves over their fanatical obdience to the bush regime.
This is why it is in the benefit of the churches to adhere to the doctrine of seperation of curch and state. Politicians are inately corrupt. Dirtbags are drawn to power. If religions get to close to the politicains; when the politicians get caught doing bad things; it reflects on the religion.
The evangelical movement in this country is dead. The vast majority of Americans look at them as douchebags; becuase, by supporting bush they are supporting such things as torture, mindless maeningless wars, and the rape of our civil liberties.
Marvin El Canucki @ 25:
The wheels have fallen off the bus. The good news is; we have sanken so low that their is no place to go but up.
RayC @ 26:
Praytell, when will the FSM name a candidate to be “touched by his noodly appendage?”
Right now we’re witnessing a McAKA #411
- McCantgetenoughoftheantiCatholicpastor – loves him some Hagee ‘n’ Donohue stews.
to be followed shortly by a McAKA #412
- McUnctuous - mealy-mouth’s explanations that he doesn’t support all the ideas of (insert wingnut) and will still be praised for his “straight talk” and “candor” by the media later.
liberalbiasboy @ 31:
Wasn’t that Kucinich?
I don’t care whether McCain gets equally hard scrutiny from the assholes of the media, whom I never watch, read, or listen to in any case. What this whole Hagee dust-up shows, however, is just another way that McCain is completely, brain-dead crazy and has no morals to boot. This is a caricature of a complete human being — just like Bush — and so far outside the demands of the times, it isn’t funny.
That people give him any credence at all is sad for what it says about a substantial segment of the population, but ultimately irrelevant. There’s a massive, worldwide need for healing of the human psyche, and it’s already underway. Obama is a reflection of that and exactly what we need.
The entire current (as of Friday 12:01 am PST) McAKA List – alphabetized for easier reference:
well if the catholics are a cult as hagee says they’re gonna need one heck of a lot of sneakers and apple sauce and a much much bigger spaceship than anyone had ever figured because there’s a whole lot of them. oh, has anyone at all thought to clue mccain that there’s a whole lot of ‘em out there? i say that ’cause i don’t think he’s on to that at all.
How stupid is the issue that Hagee is being chastised about. One religion calling another religion weird?
What they need to do is air some of Hagee’s end times craziness, maybe some of his nutjob talk on Glenn Beck’s show recently. If people aren’t more frightened by that then we are in for a long election season and maybe a short lived planet.
You think Donohue is pissed off now… just wait ’til Chocolate Jesus endorses his candidate.
flamethrower @ 38:
end timers…pedopriests…end timers…pedopriests…handle snakes…magic underwear…so many choices…
I say leave me behind, alone, and I’ll handle my own business without any underwear in the way.
Moose @ 39:
LOL
CJ better get to it before Easter - he’ll likely be discounted after that…
How can anyone defend any type of religion, when their most outspoken “leaders” are always completely batshit crazy? It’s stunning. Doesn’t matter what religion it is either. Says volumes about organized religion. And why aren’t Catholic churches kicked off the tax exempt status, when their leaders are the most vocal politically?
I almost feel sorry for McPleaseGiveToTheLord’sCollectionPlate.
joe cantwell @ 8:
Maybe Russert agrees with McCain and supports the Catholic hating preacher Bill Donohue also.
I think if I were a Catholic I would ask that question in a very serious manner.
Watching a coupla religinuts cockfighting is rapturous.
HOW CARE THIS MAN??? if he is that say anything about anybody flaming a Catholic. There is no more disgrace to Catholism in this country than Donohue…In fact I think the man is a disgrace to the human race.
Is he afraid to step outside, he might get blasted by lightening.
Proud2bHumble @ 44:
It’s almost as much fun as a McEconomicStimulus candidate.
These sorts of ideological battles are precisely what cage matches were created for.
If the Catholics call up Mel Gibson as their representative the Protestants should be worried. He’s done this sort of thing before…
Marge @ 45:
He is your typical by-product of religion. Those that spend their lives studying religion usually tend to be McPsychologicallyImbalanced.
flamethrower @ 38:
Ok, I know its fun to bust on crazy religious people, but really we’re off topic. The issue really being discussed is actually media bias and racism in the form of Obama and other black politicians or leaders always questioned on where they stand in relation to a nutcase like Farrakhan, but white politicians and leaders like McCain are given a free pass with regard to white crazy religious people, specifically in a case like this where McCain actively sought out the support of this lunatic and is not questioned on it (so far) by the MSM, whereas Obama was harassed by Russert about Farrakhan EVEN though Obama already repudiated Farrakhan.
donkey @ 9:
what!you dont believe our terriorst experts? im sure thiers a perfectly good excuse someones ricine in thier possesion!!!um let me think!
This is just too funny for words … The Battle of the gods.
My God is better than your god
My god is older than your god
My god is the real god
He calls the group a CULT, as if they were not ALL cults.
I read a list somewhere once that named all the gods, and in each case the people of each of the corresponding religions didn’t accept the existence of the others.
Anyway, if it (religion) wasn’t so damn dangerous it would be hilarious.
I love watching things like this rupture. Reminds me of some sci-fi anime, where the evil blue alien’s giant steel spaceship has some 11 megaton missile shot into its belly. And just before it blows to smithereens, the entire fuselage giggles