McCain and Hillaryland

I understand that Hillary is desperate thus we can expect a bit of nuttiness from her, but as for McCain, though his hypocrisy is being exposed more than he would like, one would not believe that he would be desperate at this point in the campaign.

Clinton

Entering the weekend before her political demise as a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton calls Obama a "blank screen". Yawn. That's what Hillary does, and it does not even rate a refutation anymore. Facing defeat in Texas, Clinton may challenge Texas vote rules, yawn. A new ad suggesting a President Obama could kill your children, yawn, and laugh, that was pretty funny.

McCainland

That's much better than John McCain though, who enters the weekend having met with and sought and gained the endorsement of religious right whacko Texas pastor John Hagee, who "eagerly awaits the Armageddon, considers the Catholic Church to be the Anti-Christ, and has said that Jews brought their own persecution upon themselves." (Eric Kleefeld, TPM) For more on this nut Hagee, see Salon and TNR. [The two are pictured above in a Post photo.]

Other reactions, from the Post:

HOUSTON -- The president of the Catholic League blasted John McCain on Thursday for accepting the endorsement of Texas evangelist John Hagee, calling the controversial pastor a bigot who has "waged an unrelenting war against the Catholic Church." ...

But Catholic League President Bill Donohue said in a statement Thursday that Hagee has written extensively in negative ways about the Catholic Church, "calling it 'The Great Whore,' an 'apostate church,' the 'anti-Christ,' and a 'false cult system.' "

Catholics United, a national online group, also criticized McCain. "By receiving the endorsement of an outspoken critic of the Catholic Church, McCain once again demonstrates that he is willing to sell out his principles for a chance to win the Presidency," Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United, said in a statement. "We hope Senator McCain will take the principled position of publicly and unequivocally distancing himself from Pastor Hagee's anti-Catholic comments. Intolerance and bigotry do not belong in American politics."

The McCain campaign declined to comment on the statements.

- Michael D. Shear

I bet Tim Russert will just leap up from his desk in his passion to ask McCain about Hagee.

I guess this is what we can expect from McCain who seems to have gone slug-nutty of late.

Good thing that there no Catholic or Jewish voters in the general election, McCain. By the way, most of the American people do not care for bigots.