Comparing Jeremiah Wright and John Hagee

Worldnetdaily ^ | May 06, 2008 | Dennis Prager

[SJackson]

It is with no pleasure that I put in writing what I have long believed: Though many individual liberals have only goodwill toward black Americans, the liberal world since the late 1960s (i.e., after the major civil rights legislation of the mid-1960s) has done incalculable damage to black America and to race relations in this country. Whether out of guilt or because of its own racist views (i.e., the unspoken but regularly implied belief in the inferiority of African-Americans), the left-of-center's general attitude toward black Americans has been that they cannot be judged by the same standards as others.

From lowering standards of admission to universities to blaming the high number of black men in prison for violent crimes on white racism to decades of cultivating black victimhood and the subsequent Wright-like rage against America, liberals and their party, the Democrats, have immeasurably hurt African-Americans and America.

Should a non-black oppose race-based lowered standards or blame black criminals rather than white racism for their criminality, the liberal world dismisses that individual as a racist; and should a black express these views, he is dismissed as an "Uncle Tom," a "traitor to his race."

In just the past week, two prominent men of the left provided examples.

Appearing on "Larry King Live," Michael Moore, the adored hero of the 2004 Democratic Convention, explained the Rev. Wright's anger and racism this way:

[pnh102]

Comparing John Hagee to Jerry Wright?

What is this, bad joke night?

[Tex Pete]

As the dems begin to obfuscate, and try to muddy the waters on Obama, the bottom line(and all that should be said) is that John McCain is not, and never was a member of John Hagee’s church.

We can debate all day long about what John Hagee has said, and I believe the furor with his comments is truly over comments that are basically out of context. I am also sure Hagee is not a “Catholic-hater.”

Regardless, those things are not the issue here, and they are what the dems are going to try to use to divide and conquer. The issue is that John Hagee has never been John McCain’s pastor. Period.

[Puppage]

the bottom line(and all that should be said) is that John McCain is not, and never was a member of John Hagee’s church

Agreed

However, if you repeat a lie long enough........

[SJackson]

The issue is that John Hagee has never been John McCain’s pastor.

If McCain is responsible for Hagee, then Obama owns Farrakhan, who has not only endorsed him but is a close confidant of his spiritual and moral advisor.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

Hagee is a hyper-dispensationalist who is whack on every view of what’s happenin’ now as a result.

Being endorsed by Hagee (or Kenneth gag-a-maggot Copeland) is not anything similar to being a proud member of Wright’s church for 20 years. The idiot who compared those 2 situations is an idiot. I apologize for that circular sentence. /sarc

[DaveyB]

...Rich provided two examples – Hagee's criticisms of the historical anti-Semitism of the Catholic Church in Europe and Hagee's statement that Hurricane Katrina may have been God's will as a result of the New Orleans gay parade that had been scheduled for the Monday after the storm.

Yep same thing fer sure! Asking God to D*mn America and saying God may judging America. NO difference it's as clear as black and white!

[Tex Pete]

“if you repeat a lie long enough........ “

We just need to repeat the truth enough, and not get sidetracked by what Hagee did or didn’t say.

[Puppage]

We just need to repeat the truth enough

Something our side finds very hard to do, I am afraid.

[denfurb]

"I'm a white guy. And I think I've got to tell you something. If you were black in this country, especially if you are of his age, of his era or even times before that or even kids today, when you look at the situation in our inner city schools, I mean, you have to ask yourself, Larry, what's it like to be black in America?

Why do so many discussions about blacks have to refer to the inner cities. Yes, there are large poplations there, but not all blacks are in the inner cities. Still alot in small towns, rural areas, suburbs. His comment seems to show his own "racism". If you're black, you're from the inner city, on welfare, disadvantaged, etc. I'm black on my father's side. None of the family from or lived in the inner city. Liberals make me sick.

[Lee N. Field]

Hagee's statement that Hurricane Katrina may have been God's will as a result of the New Orleans gay parade that had been scheduled for the Monday after the storm.

To the best of my knowledge, that wasn't Hagee, it was Jerry Falwell and "Prophesyin' Pat" Robertson.

[DaveyB]

To the best of my knowledge, that wasn't Hagee, it was Jerry Falwell and "Prophesyin' Pat" Robertson

Just quoting the story.

[Cindy]

from your article - snippet:

"But while Rich and others could have honestly, if mistakenly, believed that Hagee was referring to the Catholic Church in that video, it borders on slander to compare John Hagee with Jeremiah Wright. Hagee has been preoccupied with the suffering of the Jews at the hands of Christians. One would think that the preoccupation of a major Christian leader with Jewish suffering at the hands of Catholics and Protestants – Hagee has been just as critical of Martin Luther's anti-Semitism as with that of the Church – would be welcomed by a liberal Jew such as Frank Rich."

[Kackikat]

and Obama owns Hamas the terrorist org that endorsed him, Odingo his cousin ,(PM of Kenya) whose goons did ethnic cleansing in Rift Valley of Kenya and rioted until UN stepped in and gave a defeated Odingo half of the cabinet posts, and was appointed Prime Minister. And the man who won is now President and shares 50/50 power with the loser. Sad.
Obama has Ayer, Dorn, Rezko and that other crook in chicago starts with an “R”, who stepped on flag...as well...hmmm