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Xopher


Hagee vs. Wright


Let me phrase my grievance another way: If a Jewish candidate
for high office attempted to convince me that a little bit of Meir
Kahane resided in all of us, I'd condemn him roundly. Not in
my name, big boy. And how dare you?

Well, if you're serious about this, I think that your energy might be spent a little better by critiquing the love-fest between John Hagee, Joseph Lieberman, and Abe Foxman. To put it bluntly, it chaps my ass that everyone is rushing to make sure that Obama not only says that he disagrees with Jeremiah Wright, but that he really, really, really, REALLY disagrees with him -- while giving Hagee and McCain a free pass. But even worse, despite Hagee's anti-semitism and apologies for the Holocaust, Lieberman is perfectly comfortable to stand up and compare him favorably with Moses:

I begin by thanking your founder, Pastor John Hagee. I would describe
Pastor Hagee with the words the Torah uses to describe Moses, he is an
"Eesh Elo Kim," a man of God because those words fit him; and, like
Moses he has become the leader of a mighty multitude in pursuit of and
defense of Israel.

The multitude that Hagee leads, however, pretty much feels that the Jews got what they deserved in the Shoah, for having turned their back on the Messiah, and have serious theological hard-ons for the apocalypse which will lead the Jews to either convert or go to their appointed place in Hell. Hagee's version of Jewish history, as depicted in his book Jerusalem Showdown shows that he might think of them as God's children, but they're kind of the delinquent, misbehaving kids that need a good ass-kicking to make them see the light:

It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God's chosen
people, to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true
God, Jehovah, that gave rise to the opposition and persecution that
they experienced beginning in Canaan and continuing to this very
day....
How utterly repulsive, insulting, and heartbreaking to God for His
chosen people to credit idols with bringing blessings He had showered
upon the chosen people. Their own rebellion had birthed the seed of
anti-Semitism that would arise and bring destruction to them for
centuries to come.... it rises from the judgment of God uppon his
rebellious chosen people.

Which of these two people is really scarier, for Americans at large or for Jews? McCain actively went after Hagee's endorsement; Wright is just some guy that Obabma happened to be associated with. And why does Obama deserve such microscopic scrutiny while Hagee (never mind the Jewish leaders sucking up to him) escapes more than a few casual mentions?





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