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McCain Rejects AND Denounces Hagee; Says No Comparison To Wright...

22 May 2008 04:06 pm

After hearing yesterday's comments from Rev. John Hagee, Sen. McCain has now decided to reject the pastor's endorsement, despite saying that endorsements were given freely and not his reject.

Here's a statement from McCain:

Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well. I have said I do not believe Senator Obama shares Reverend Wright's extreme views. But let me also be clear, Reverend Hagee was not and is not my pastor or spiritual advisor, and I did not attend his church for twenty years. I have denounced statements he made immediately upon learning of them, as I do again today.

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