While I like John McCain, I know that as a Catholic there is no way I, nor anyone in my family, would vote for a candidate who allowed himself to be affiliated with anyone as antagonistic and – sorry if there are any fans reading this – crazy as John Hagee. I agree with USC professor Reverend James Heft’s position in a recent MSNBC article that stated that McCain should distance himself from Hagee. McCain has already noted that it would be foolish to assume he holds the same views as endorser, but there is no uncertainty in my mind that the Obama camp will have a field day if he does not take a stronger position on the issue. Since Obama has already very publicly announced he will not be accepting the bigoted Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement, it definitely puts the pressure on McCain.
On a more realistic note, however, the Evangelical and Fundamental Christian vote is what greatly helped Bush beat Gore in 2004, and this endorsement will most definitely help the support-desperate efforts of the McCain campaign. In another article, it was speculated that the GOP would have the “living you-know-what” scared out of them if Obama were to win the Democratic nomination and his campaign were to reach the national arena. Indeed, Obama’s fundraising efforts will most definitely reach a fever pitch if put to the test, so in many ways, Hagee’s approval is exactly what McCain needs in order to put up a fight against the Obama movement.
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