Methinks I smell the faint whiff of Bob Dole.
The Rude One tears McBush a new one, as only Monsignor Rude can do after the Repbulican presumptive nominee for preznit praises the Pastor John Hagee (yeah, the Hagee who sells his Armageddon fear mongering movie in an infomercial while standing in front of a casket) for his dedication to Israel. McBush manages this from one side of his mouth whilst from the other side managing to sidestep Hagee’s more atrocious rhetorical mumbo jumbo. A brief highlight from the Rude’s Rant:
Let’s put aside for a moment the Fantasyland in which reside his economic “policies.” Instead, check out what he said about the endorsement he begged for and got from John Hagee, the Armageddon-humping megachurch pastor who hates him some Catholics. When he was asked if hand-jobbing Hagee for an endorsement was a mistake, McCain, crazy maverick that he is, said, “Oh, probably, sure. But I admire and respect Dr. Hagee’s leadership of the — of his church. I admire and appreciate his advocacy for the state of Israel, the independence of the state of Israel. I condemn remarks that are made that has anything to do which is condemning of the Catholic Church.”
Let’s be clear here: Hagee only loves Israel because of that delicious mixture of delusion, faith, and violence known as “Christian Zionism.” Nutzoid fundamentalists of this stripe need them some Israel because it’s the battlefield for the coming war with the forces of Satan, which’ll make Jeeezus come back and bring about the Rapture. No, really. (For big fun, check out Matt Taibbi’s undercover infiltration of Hagee’s church in the latest Rolling Stone.) So, in other words, McCain praises Hagee’s support of Israel, which Hagee offers only out of hope that the world will end.
And McCain, being a dick, doesn’t give a fuck what you think about this. “I’m glad to have his endorsement,” he told Stephanopoulos. “I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything.” Then, just as a little extra “fuck-you,” he added, “But thanks for asking.” Yeah, that’ll teach Georgie-Porgie to ask McCain something that makes him twitch in a flashback to that bamboo cage.
Go read the entire thing, cause it’s full of naughty bits that are pretty much true.
