Hagee Apologizes & MSNBC's Contessa Brewer Fails Miserably

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I can't believe what I just saw on MSNBC. It was Breaking News (!) that Hagee was apologizing for calling the Catholic Church "The Great Whore" today.

I had MSNBC on in the background and happened to catch the segment. John Harwood of the New York Times said something like "yeah, well, this is no big deal. People will forget Hagee and or not care come the general election."

Strike One

Then Contessa Brewer added (paraphrase, none of this is direct quotes mind you) "yes, and we should point out as others have that Hagee is not John McCain's pastor", as if to dismiss this issue and make a clear separation between Hagee and Rev. Wright and their respective controversial comments and the relative importance of them.

Strike Two.

Finally, they basically gave McCain a complete pass by saying something like "He rejected Hagee's statements and still accepts his endorsement". They said it in a way that suggests everything is ok, nothing to see here folks, move along. Someone could argue that last part was my interpretation and that's fair, but it was blatant and obvious IMO. They CLEARLY suggested that this was a non-story and that McCain simply accepting the apology wrapped up a non-issue, and again, that Rev. White *is* important by comparison because, after all, he was Obama's pastor.

Strike Three

PS---Uh, is it just me or does Hagee have a few more things to apologize for?

PPS---Let's not forget about McCain's spiritual adiviser, Rod Parsley.
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He insults somebody's (none / 0)

bullshit religion* and he apologizes.  He starts a chant about wanting poor people to "STARVE!" and pretty openly supports segregation, and the media ignores it.

But Jeremiah Wright talks about how our foreign policy is flawed, and he must be rejected and denounced.  Black people are not allowed to shout.

I wish I could say any of this was surprising.  Damn you liberal jew run media!*  They always fall on their face at the exact moment I think they're starting to get smart.  But I still feel like things are changing a bit for the better on this front.  They at least mention Hagee now, which is something.

 * - Insert denouncement here.

by Spencer on 05/13/2008 07:23:33 PM EST

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And funny enough, Chris Matthews today was harder on the Hagee issue, although that may be because he's Catholic.

by ihavenobias on 05/13/2008 07:27:45 PM EST

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And just now (none / 0)
David Gregory asked the panel about Hagee on the WV election coverage (obviously if TYT was doing it I'd be watching them instead).

Thank God for Maddow who nailed McCain and brought up other Hagee statements.  Although I really wish she had mentioned the "starve" comments regarding poor people.

by ihavenobias on 05/13/2008 07:30:06 PM EST

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I was watching this at the same time you were. (none / 0)
My exact thought was "oh God, Contessa.  Epic fail."

Sadly we cannot depend on MSNBC at all times to be logical.

by jarett on 05/14/2008 02:32:53 AM EST

Amen (none / 0)

by ihavenobias on 05/14/2008 11:52:42 AM EST

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