Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

The stated reason for their continued alliances with Hagee was that he had supplied so much support for the nation of Israel and the Jewish people in general.

Yes, the rapture doctrine of Hagee was so supportive, using the Jewish people as no more than cannon fodder in an unfolding pattern divined by God to bring on Armageddon, at which point all Jews that do not become Christians will be sent to hell.

The sticking point on Hagee came when he proceeded a step further in explaining that the Holocaust represented a part of God's unfolding plan, a way to coax the live Jews to emigrate from Europe to Israel.  It was never explained why it was necessary for 6 million of their number to be incinerated to demonstrate God's unfolding plan.

Suddenly McCain said "Enough!" and when he did he received a stiff rejection from Hagee, who said, "Fine, I no longer support you for president."

Rod Parsley once held great admiration from McCain, who stated at one rally that the minister should be the one making the speech.  Parsley is another noted historian of the pulpit, stating his belief that one of the reasons the Founding Fathers got around to creating America was so that Islam could be destroyed.

Parsley stated it all with such dogmatic certainty that one could not help but wonder if he had any supportive historical evidence he was willing to share.  Had Jefferson, Madison or Franklin ever said, "Say, let's start a country and maybe we can destroy Islam in the process"?

Not only is there no such record that the foregoing ever occurred.  The Founding Fathers decided against inserting the name of God in the Constitution.  Meanwhile Jefferson strongly asserted his belief in a wall separating church and state.  

So now that McCain has openly repudiated those two self-righteous exponents of history that declare what they are saying comes directly from God, what about the less than godly money raised for the McCain campaigns by two confirmed bigots?

Senator McCain, how much did your campaign receive from these sources?

Will you do what self-righteous Republicans always insist upon during campaigns that Democratic office seekers disgorge themselves of funds coming from contaminated sources?

If these are truly polluted sources have you therefore taken steps to return monies provided from the coffers of the reverends Hagee and Parsley?

It would be fitting and proper, Senator McCain, in the interest of the kind of openness you once advocated in calling for campaign reform, to let the public know how much you have raised from two televangelists with such interesting historical views.  

Have extremist religious viewpoints become an intrinsic part of the U.S. presidential selection process?