so, tell me geraldine
May 6, 2008 by kristina b
Is the difference between the MSM coverage of Wright and Hagee because Obama’s black, too? I’m just wondering, because I’m sitting here looking at Hagee’s views and I’m thinking that some of them are just as kooky as Wrights, and yet this little gem is NOT being plastered all over every news channel in the country:
I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to god, and they were recipients of the judgment of god for that. The newspaper carried the story in our local area that was not carried nationally that there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that Katrina came, and the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the gay pride parades. So I believe that the judgment of god is a very real thing, and I believe that the hurricane Katrina was in fact the judgment of god against the city of New Orleans.
- Hagee on Fresh Air
The quote above comes from this video, which has a whole slew of other doozies from Hagee, especially if you happen to be Catholic:
Certainly God’s judgment is real, whether Hagee is out in the weeds or not. Whether or not Katrina was judgment is debatable. The rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous. I don’t remember other hurricanes that hit down the way to have been considered judgment. Hagee is a religious opportunist and is wrong about a lot of things including Israel and the Second Coming.
All that said, the reason that he is not as politically relevant as Wright is that neither McCain or anyone else running for the Office of President sat in his church for years listening to him. You can’t beat McCain up for a Hagee endorsement than you can beat up Obama for a Farakahn endorsement.
Wright is the gift that keeps on giving for McCain and Hillary.
Sir, I disagree with you violently on all counts except the last. There is no god, so Katrina is nothing more than a bad storm. Rain falls on everyone.
Hagee seems to be experiencing a different reality than I am and therefor seems wrong about everything, not just Isreal and the second coming.
I think that Obama would speak out against a Farakahn endorsement, just as he has spoken against Wright. McCain has not spoken against Hagee.
On the matter of Wright being a gift to McCain and Hillary, I agree. The point of this post, however, is to point out inequality. It is unclear to me whether the inequality is rooted in race or something else, but the fact of the matter is that there is something driving the MSM’s lack of attention on Hagee.
There was a long, good column on this subject in the Times on Sunday.
Incidentally, Obama did “reject and renounce” Farrakhan in a debate in February.
You know, I read that article, but then I forgot… and then I got angry about it all over again this morning. Thanks for reminding me!
Well, I am certainly sorry that you feel the way you do about God. That aside, I did want to clarify that I think a lot of what Hagee says is tripe. I am not making excuse for that. Only observing that unlike Obama, McCain did not sit in Hagee’s church for twenty years and listen to him and as a result, the comparison fails. I would suggest that is why it is not getting much ado in the media.
May you find that which you seek.
Well, it doesn’t completely fail. Check the article. McCain didn’t sit in Hagee’s church, but he sought him out. And Hagee’s message is hard to miss if you’re looking for it. He’s all over the television (and now YouTube).