Filed under: 2008 Election, Conservatives, Government, Scandal, Senate | Tags: 2008, Alberto Gonzales, Campaigns, Candidates, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Incompetence, John Ashcroft, John Hagee, John McCain, Michael Brown, Michael Chertoff, Republicans, Tom Ridge
Today brings us this headline from Think Progress:
McCain Aides Say Hagee Endorsement Was The Result Of ‘Poor Vetting’
More:
McCain’s aides attribute the Hagee controversy to poor vetting. But even some Republicans (not affiliated with the campaign) privately wonder how the pastor’s extreme views slipped through without notice. McCain personally wooed Hagee for more than a year.
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Are we really to believe that neither Mr. McCain nor his camp knew anything then about Mr. Hagee’s views? This particular YouTube video — far from the only one — was posted on Jan. 1, nearly two months before the Hagee-McCain press conference. Mr. Hagee appears on multiple religious networks, including twice daily on the largest, Trinity Broadcasting, which reaches 75 million homes. Any 12-year-old with a laptop could have vetted this preacher in 30 seconds, tops.
John Ashcroft. Alberto Gonzales. Donald Rumsfeld. Michael Brown. Tom Ridge. Michael Chertoff. Dick Cheney.
After eight years of a President who surrounded himself with some of the worst advisers in Washington, I’d like a President who will take the time to actually vet someone before adding them to his/her inner circle.
Is it too much to ask for someone who wants to become leader of the free world to spend a few minutes actually looking up the people he/she relies on for guidance? Or are the American people supposed to accept overwhelming incompetence from our government?
John McCain is not fit to be President of the United States. America can’t take four more years of George-Bush-style government. We just can’t.
