Curtis Asks, I answer
Posted by Denis E. Ambrose, Jr. on 5 March 2008
My buddy Curtis asked me what I thought about the McCain-Hagee kerfuffle. Far be it for me to not give an opinion on something!!
Let’s review: prominent Evangelical preacher endorses Republican candidate for President. The problem? Said prominent Evangelical preacher likes to say stuff like this:
Ahh. Cue outraged masses? Well, not for me. Besides the fact that these arguments have been made (and refuted!) since the time of Luther and Calvin, I don’t really give a damn what he thinks. I think most Catholics would not like it, but I doubt anyone would be crazy enough to ascribe his views to McCain.
So, why don’t we let the Stephen Colbert have the last word:
“I wish this guy could have been alive in 16th century Spain.”
6 March 2008 at 12:18 am
The only problem I have with it, is McCain called Bush on this very issue when Bush received the endorsement of Bob Jones University back in 2000, which espouses the same thing Hagee does.
But McCain is 70 years old memory issue perhaps;>
6 March 2008 at 4:29 am
Yeah, there’s always that. But Curtis just asked me about the endorsement.
12 March 2008 at 6:08 pm
Wow, that video is crazy. I was pretty sure that you would consider it a non-issue, but I don’t think I can agree that no one will ascribe Hagee’s views to McCain. If anything seems to be true to me, is that is exactly the sort of thing that American people do - make baseless associations and assumptions, be they Catholic, Protestant, atheist or otherwise. Top off with some knee-jerk reactions and cognitive dissonance and you’re ready to serve.