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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: John Hagee

John Hagee stories: 9 news summaries

Quietly, McCain Makes Overtures to Evangelicals

But leaders are skeptical, wounded by Hagee, Parsley slams

Jun 9, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain faces a challenge uncommon among GOP presidential candidates: rallying evangelical Christians to vote for him. As the New York Times reports, the McCain campaign is holding meetings with evangelical leaders and blasting them with emails, but many are still taking a wait-and-see approach. And McCain's lack of rapport... More »

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John McCain • religion • Republican Party • Republican evangelicals • Republican nomination • evangelicals • John Hagee • Election 2008 • Rod Parsley

ANALYSIS

 Dumping Pastors
 Is Gamble
 For McCain 

In casting aside Hagee and Ohio's Parsley, Republican stands to alienate evangelicals

May 29, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - By rejecting endorsements from influential pastors John Hagee and Rod Parsley, John McCain might have alienated evangelical voters, a key Republican electoral bloc. If they “feel this is an attack on them,” one consultant told the Washingon Post, “even if they don't agree with Parsley and... More »

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John McCain • John Hagee • Rod Parsley • the religious vote

Obama Wants Truce Even as McCain Spins Pastors' Ties

McCain says his link to Hagee neither long nor strong as Obama's to Wright

May 23, 08 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is tweaking John McCain for slinging muck on Rev. Jeremiah Wright on one hand while distancing himself from Rev. John Hagee on the other, the Chicago Tribune reports. “Nobody thinks that McCain believes that stuff," Obama said. "For McCain to then suggest that every single... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • John Hagee • Jeremiah Wright • Rod Parsley • Nazis

McCain Severs Ties to Pastor Over Holocaust Blast

And Hagee withdraws his endorsement right back

May 22, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain and John Hagee dissolved their union in tit-for-tat fashion today—one day after an offensive sermon about Hitler came to light. Hagee claimed God sent Hitler to perpetrate the Holocaust, because it was a “top priority for the Jewish people … to get them to come back... More »

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John McCain • Holocaust • Adolf Hitler • John Hagee

Pro-McCain Pastor Apologizes to Catholics

Hagee regrets 'Godless theology' remarks; Catholic League accepts apology

May 13, 08 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas preacher whose anti-Catholic comments were haunting John McCain's campaign apologized today, and the president of the Catholic League accepted, Politico reports. In an apparent effort to avert a GOP version of the Jeremiah Wright situation, John Hagee wrote a letter about his "deep regret for any comments... More »

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John McCain • Bill Donohue • John Hagee

 McCain May Pray 
 For Pastors to Zip It 

Hagee not talking, but another high-profile preacher may be in news soon

May 8, 08 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain may be heading for his own preacher problems, but at least one of his problematic pastors is clamming up for now, Newsweek reports. John Hagee, who called Hurricane Katrina “the judgment of God,” and Catholicism a “false cult system,” recently answered a request... More »

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John McCain • Islam • Christianity • John Hagee • Election 2008 • Rod Parsley • pastor • pastor controversy • inflammatory remarks

McCain Keeps His God
to Himself

Dems more vocal on religion; Mac's silence called 'soldier's faith'

Apr 3, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is notably reserved about his religious faith. He rarely refers to God on campaign stops, in marked contrast to the two presidents who preceded him and, in a role reversal, to his Democratic opponents. His reticence is a throwback to the days when religion was kept out of... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • POW • Jerry Falwell • religion • Gary Bauer • John Hagee

OPINION

Will Mac Reject His Radical Pastor's Nod?

Salon cites double standard that protects evangelical extremists

Feb 28, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama gets grilled over unsolicited praise from Louis Farrakhan, but John McCain draws no flak for “proudly” accepting the endorsement of a homophobic, Islamophobic evangelical pastor. Grotesque double standard, Glenn Greenwald calls it in Salon. Tim Russert made Obama “jump through multiple hoops” to disown the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Islam • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Tim Russert • John Hagee • Louis Farrakhan

Mike's Church Trip Annoys Catholics

They're upset by visit with pastor who linked Catholics to Hitler

Dec 24, 07 3:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee may have alienated some Catholic supporters with yesterday's visit to Cornerstone, the mammoth evangelical church in Texas run by controversial pastor John Hagee. Hagee has suggested that the Roman Catholic Church played a part in the Holocaust, though the outspoken preacher claims he is not... More »

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Catholic Church • Mike Huckabee • evangelicals • John Hagee • Cornerstone

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