You may have heard of Rev. John Hagee, the McCain supporter and endorser, who said God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual “sins,” and who drew condemnation from the Catholic Church when he stated that the “whore” represented in the Christian Bible’s book of Revelation represents the Catholic Church?” Now meet Rev. Rod Parsley, the televangelist megachurch pastor from Ohio who states of Islam that “America was founded…with the intention of seeing [Islam] destroyed.” For his specific comments relating to the US and Islam, and excerpts of John McCain’s support for Parsley, watch the video below. The mainstream media has hardly even asked McCain about Rev. Hagee or Rev. Parsley. Click here to watch the video.

The video:

Which of these two scenarios is more likely? A.) The US, and it’s past foreign policy toward Arabs in this world is at least partly responsible for what happened on Sept 11, 2001, or B.) the Catholic Church is who is characterized by the “great whore” of the Book of Revelation?

If you believe that option A is possible, then you agree with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. If you can stomach option B, then you agree with Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s pastor, the Rev. John Hagee.

Don’t think I need to suggest that option B is going to be repulsive to Catholics.

Option A is may not be politically correct to ask, but consider the fact that President Bush may currently be angering a whole new generation of Arabs, with 1+ million innocent deaths (by some estimates) as a result of the Iraq war.

If John McCain’s pastor, Rev. John Hagee, stated what he did about the Catholic Church, even connecting them to Adolf Hitler, why can’t I find one single article on the CNN Politics page as of 5/4/2008 1:02 PM EST that addresses Rev. Hagee’s position, or questions John McCain’s affiliation with Rev. Hagee, or finds John McCain guilty by association w/ Rev. Hagee? Read this morning’s the NY Times article here describing Rev. Hagee’s views, and his association with John McCain. Also, watch Rev. Hagee talk about the Catholic Church here on YouTube.