The Republican Media- No. 12

Tim Russert asked Barack Obama at the 2/26/08 Democratic presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio about the endorsement by Louis Farrakhan of the Illinois senator. Obama proceeded to condemn Farrakhan's anti-semitic statements as "unacceptable and reprehensible;" said he had been "very clear of my denunciations of him and his past statements;" and noted that he had not solicited the support of Farrakhan (though he did not quite repudiate it).

But why the media silence about John McCain and Reverend John Hagee, pastor of the 17,000 member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas? As the Democratic Party (not unbiased, but sources of the remarks are noted) has pointed out, Hagee alternately has made statements which are: anti-woman; anti-Catholic; anti-black; and attributing Hurricane Katrina to God's wrath against homosexuality. And that's not including his statement "the coming nuclear showdown with Iran is a certainty." McCain's response? "When he endorses me, that does not mean that I endorse everything that he stands for and believes in. I don't have to agree with everyone who endorses my campaign."

So what does Hagee believe in that Senator Mccain does not? We may never know, now that the traditional media is gearing up for general election mode and with it, its usual preference for the Repub nominee.