Feeling a little heat over his endorsement by anti-everything end times lunatic John Hagee, John McCain released this statement:Yesterday, Pastor John Hagee endorsed my candidacy for president in San Antonio, Texas. However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee's views, which I obviously do not.
I am hopeful that Catholics, Protestants and all people of faith who share my vision for the future of America will respond to our message of defending innocent life, traditional marriage, and compassion for the most vulnerable in our society.
The Altantic's Matthew Yglesias calls this "weak tea." It also represents a double standard; where Barack Obama was expected to stop just short of saying he wanted to kill Louis Farrakhan over his endorsement, this is all that's expected of McCain. In fact, this is worse than a double standard, this is bass-ackward.
"Barack Obama never sought support from Louis Farrakhan, never appeared on stage with Farrakhan, never pronounced himself proud to be backed by Farrakhan, but was nonetheless asked on national television to specifically disavow the man," Yglesias writes.
"McCain and his staff actively sought out Hagee's endorsement, he appeared and campaigned with Hagee, he said he was proud to be backed by Hagee," he goes on. "Hagee is, in short, part of McCain's political strategy. Now he tells us he doesn't agree with Hagee about everything."
That statement kind of begs the question; what do they agree about?...
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