McCain Courts Secret Radical Religious Conservative Group
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March 7, 2008
McCain Courts Secret Radical Religious Conservative Group For Support
In Presidential Bid
Last month, hard-line conservative Pastor John Hagee, founder of
Christians United for Israel, announced his support for Sen. John
McCain’s (R-AZ) candidacy for president.
Despite Hagee’s numerous bigoted remarks
claim that the Catholic church is “the Great Whore” and a “false cult
system” — McCain said that he was “very honored” by the endorsement.
McCain is continuing his tradition of courting the bigoted right-wing
fringe.
This afternoon, McCain addressed the Council for National Policy (CNP)
in New Orleans
in a “make-or-break pitch” for support from the secretive,
ultra-conservative group that describes itself as a “self-selected,
conservative counterweight” against “liberal domination of the
American agenda.”
McCain advisor Charlie Black said McCain “was anxious to appear” in
front of the group.
CNP was founded in 1981
by Rev. Tim LaHaye, “an early Christian conservative organizer and the
best-selling author of the ‘Left Behind’ novels about an apocalyptic
Second Coming,” and fellow Christian conservative Paul Weyrich.
Like Hagee, the group and its members have at times expressed and
encouraged radical and intolerant views:
– LeHaye once said that Catholicism is a “false religion”
and called popes “antichrists.”
– Weyrich has claimed that CNP is a group of “radicals working to
overturn the present power structure in this country.”
– A speaker received a standing ovation at one CNP meeting when he
suggested that AIDS was a sign from God that homosexuality was an
“abomination.”
Because the group is shrouded in secrecy, its official roster is
unknown.
However, in 1998, the Institute for First Amendment Studies
which contained many right-wing Christian leaders who have a history
of extremist remarks, including Pat Roberton, James Dobson and the
late Jerry Falwell.
McCain is no stranger to pandering to the extreme religious right when
it suits his political needs.
In a 2000 speech, he referred to Falwell and Robertson as “agents of
intolerance.”
Yet he repudiated that remark in 2006 and later delivered a
commencement address at Falwell’s Liberty University.
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And you're gonna vote for this bigot? Shame on you.
Harry
Harry Hope (rivrvu@ix.netcom.com).
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