John McCain's embrace of a radical Christian Zionist cleric

As you might know, Pastor John Hagee, a radical cleric who founded the Christian Zionist movement, recently endorsed John McCain's presidential campaign -- an endorsement McCain fought for, and proudly welcomed.

Hagee is a frightening man and in the minds of most reasonable Americans, McCain's personal acceptance of Hagee's endorsement is appalling.

Aside from the fact that Hagee is just plain crazy, he is bigoted against Jews and Catholics. (Not to mention Muslims...or, dare I say it, atheists.)

Hagee says antisemitism is the Jews' fault:

It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God's chosen people, to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true God, Jehovah, that gave rise to the opposition and persecution that they experienced beginning in Canaan and continuing to this very day.

He also calls the Catholic Church "the great whore of Revelations 17" and says Catholics are responsible for the Holocaust.

John Hagee's main political goal is support for Israel in preparation for Armageddon.

Here's another good video from Bill Moyers which shows McCain on stage greeting Hagee. I am trying to figure out the date of that video, but I think it was from 2007.

It's amusing to watch McCain's contortions as he tries to reconcile his enthusiastic embrace of Hagee with the reality that as mainstream Americans learn about Hagee, they are appalled.

It's downright scary when you consider the fact that McCain could be president.