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Hagee follies, continued: Lieberman will headline pastor’s We End the World summit

By Steve Perry | 05.28.08 | 10:02 am

John McCain may have had to disavow Pastor John Hagee following the disclosure of Hagee’s anti-Catholic and God-sent-Hitler screeds, but Connecticut Senator and putative non-Republican Joe Lieberman is once again standing tall at the side of the TV preacher Lieberman…

McCain’s pastor problem: He drops two in one day

By Andy Birkey | 05.23.08 | 7:00 am

Sen. John McCain’s efforts to beef up his presidential credentials with the religious right were dealt another blow Thursday evening as he rejected the endorsement of two high-profile preachers.

McCain sought out and later defended the…

McCain’s Hagee problem: No, wait, my final answer is that gays really were responsible for Katrina

By Andy Birkey | 05.08.08 | 3:25 pm

The Rev. John Hagee, a controversial religious figure from whom John McCain aggressively sought an endorsement, has again shifted his story about God sending Hurricane Katrina to destroy New Orleans because a gay…

McCain backer recants: God may not have sent Katrina to destroy gay pride

By Andy Birkey | 04.29.08 | 11:22 am

The Rev. John Hagee, from whom Sen. John McCain aggressively sought endorsement, told National Public Radio in 2006 that God sent Hurricane Katrina to destroy New Orleans because a “homosexual event” was planned…

McCain and the media: Why some preacher problems (Wright) are more equal than others (Hagee)

By Steve Perry | 04.25.08 | 12:17 pm

In this morning’s MinMon interview, Real McCain author Cliff Schecter mentions network newsies’ love-slave relationship to John McCain. Via Steve Benen at Carpetbagger Report, here’s a prime example from last Sunday’s This Week

McCain’s preacher problem: ‘It’s nonsense. It’s nonsense. It’s non…’

By Andy Birkey | 04.24.08 | 7:22 pm

Did God send Hurricane Katrina to ravage New Orleans because a gay pride event was planned there? That’s the statement that the Rev. John Hagee repeated on the Dennis Prager show Wednesday. Hagee is the…

Friday preacher feature: Pastors tied to McCain and Obama are all over YouTube

By Steve Perry | 03.14.08 | 1:30 pm

Who knew that pretenses to piety could cause so much collateral damage? Below, we offer video excerpts of the agit-prop that’s circulating with regard to loud-mouthed men of the cloth tied to John McCain and Barack Obama.

This clip from…