Adolph Hitler

Lieberman/Hagee Bond Unbroken By Hitler Revelations--But That Could Change

by: Paul Rosenberg

Tue May 27, 2008 at 13:16

John McCain may have finally broken with Christian Zionist televangelist John Hagee last week, but McCain's close friend Joe Lieberman has not.  In fact, Lieberman, who has publicly compared Hagee to Moses and called him "an Ish Elochim," or "a man of God," is still scheduled to headline Hagee's upcoming Christian Zionist Summit on July 22, according to a story by Max Blumenthal at Huffington Post.

McCain broke with Hagee last week after Huffington Post ran a story by another writer, "McCain Backer Hagee Said Hitler Was Fulfilling God's Will" that drew widespread media attention to Hagee's portrayal of Hitler as an agent of God.  That story, in turn, was based on earlier reporting by Bruce Wilson at Talk2Action, in his story, "Audio Recording of McCain's Political Endorser John Hagee Preaching Jews Are Cursed and Subhuman".

The video below, also by Wilson, vividly sets forth the Lieberman/Hagee connection described in Blumenthal's story "Joseph Lieberman To Headline Upcoming Pastor Hagee Summit", also cross-posted at Talk2Action:

Bruce also has a DKos diary here.

J Street, the newly-formed progressive pro-peace, pro-Israel lobbying group, has frontpage coverage and has launched a petition calling for Lieberman to withdraw from keynoting Hagee's event.

Open Left readers are strongly urged to sign the petition, Digg the Huffington Post article, and generally do anything they can to help bring media attention and public pressure to bear on Joe Lieberman.

The idea that someone who sees Hitler as an agent of God can be a friend of Israel is a monstrous lie.  Of course there are many monstour lies in the world.  But this one is now in the spotlight, and the spotlight can use all the extra intensity that we can bring to bear.

[Update]  Added coverage from Kagro X at DKos, Atrios, and Brad at Sadly, No!

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