Hagee Calls Obama "The Most Anti-Semitic President Ever"

[cbayer]

http://religiondispatches.org/hagee-calls-obama-the-most-anti-semitic-president-ever/

BY SARAH POSNER NOVEMBER 25, 2014

At the Zionist Organization of America’s gala Sunday night, Republican megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson bestowed an award on Christians United for Israel founder John Hagee. In his remarks, Hagee called President Barack Obama “the most anti-Semitic president ever.”

Chemi Shalev reports more details:

The other stars of the night were the ubiquitous Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, whose generous contributions to ZOA have helped lift the organization out of the doldrums and into the spotlight and the fast lane. [ZOA president Mort] Klein gave Adelson a gift mezuzah for his new Las Vegas home (in which “God himself would be happy to live if he could afford it”] then Miriam Adelson told the audience “how I fell in love” with Hagee “the most effective Christian Zionist in the world” and then Hagee described the Adelsons as “the greatest citizens of America.” And the crowd kvelled.

The extravagant accolades did not end there. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who also received an award, compared Klein, who has a speech impediment, to Moses. (But who’s most like Moses, really? The next day, Cruz suggested a replacement for outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel: former Senator Joe Lieberman, “a member of the President’s own party with deep experience and unshakable commitment to the security of the United States.” Like the Adelsons, Lieberman has had a strong affection for Hagee, having once likened him to Moses, calling him a “man of God” and a “leader of a mighty multitude.”)

But the world’s most visible arbiter of anti-Semitism had another view of Hagee’s comment about Obama at the ZOA gala. Yesterday, Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said Hagee’s accusation that Obama is “the most anti-Semitic president ever” was “offensive and misplaced.” In a statement, Foxman said, “Anti-Semitic is a term that should never be used lightly, or applied to exact a political score or make a political point.” President Obama, Foxman added, “continues to be a staunch ally and friend of Israel and friend of the Jewish community. And while we and members of the Jewish community have not always seen eye-to-eye with this administration on certain issues involving the Jewish State, the fact remains that this administration has continued the strong and unwavering alliance with Israel.”

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[brucefan]

1. Brucefan Calls Hagee "Biggest Douchebag Ever". N/t

[cbayer]

4. Well played sir!

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

2. That man and his kind are a blight on Christianity

I have a fundamentalist cousin who posts his crap on Facebook, and I am a Christian, btw.

arrrrggghhhhhh

[cbayer]

5. That's why I want to keep the light shining on him whenever possible.

His kind of hate thrives in the darkness. He might be a christian, but he is certainly not the kind of christian that I will support.

[Thinkingabout]

3. I am surprised Hagee do not point out the lack of recognizing Jesus in the Jewish community

Since he recognized Obama for being the most anti-Semitic president. Oh, silly me, Sheldon bestowed an award on Hagee, makes everything just wonderful. I wonder about my Christain "brothers and sisters".

[cbayer]

6. He's involved in that really odd alliance between christian and jewish extremists.

I have had it explained to me, but I still have trouble getting my head around it.

[edhopper]

7. here

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4930.htm

it basically comes down to saving Israel for the second coming.
Some how if their are Palestinians there and not Jews, Jesus aint a comin.
They figure when Jeezus comes, all the Jew folk will immediately convert and join the final battle.
Or something skewed like that.

[cbayer]

8. Thanks for that. There is also an underlying anti-gay political agenda

that is really despicable. This particular article, and it's source, tends to have a real CS flavor to it, so I'm not sure how accurate it might be.

[edhopper]

9. Try this one from

secularists:

http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2010/06/christian-fundamentalists-support-israel-why/

[cbayer]

11. Much better, thanks.

[IggleDoer]

10. Hagee doesn't like Jews.

He just loves promoting the Rapture. It's good for business, running a MegaChurch in Texas.

[cbayer]

13. It is really twisted and bizarre.

From the Secular News article above:

We can avoid death, but only because two-thirds of the Jews of Israel will inevitably die in a future holocaust. America must therefore support the nation of Israel in order to keep the Israelis alive until after the Rapture.

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Pretty sure the anti-semite cake was taken by Nixon. (Republican)

I have yet to see Obama say/do anything that even remotely smells like such a behavior. I think someone's projecting.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Yes, Nixon's the leading candidate for that title.

[Behind the Aegis]

16. I'd agree.

Sadly, FDR was marginally better, and others had streaks of anti-Semitism, but Nixon takes the "Seig Heil" award IMO. Godwin, I know, whatever. Hagee is a bigot, liar, and deceptive.

[JaneQPublic]

15. tell that to his closest campaign advisors...

David Plouffe
David Axelrod
Rahm Emanuel

These guys worked to get him elected in 2008 and helped set up his administration.

Saying Obama is anti-semitic without mentioning all the Jewish folks he's chosen for his team is as silly as saying Obama hates white people without noting that he was raised by several.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. He's full of shit.

Obama isn't remotely anti-Semitic. Foxman said it best:

Hagee’s accusation that Obama is “the most anti-Semitic president ever” was “offensive and misplaced.” In a statement, Foxman said, “Anti-Semitic is a term that should never be used lightly, or applied to exact a political score or make a political point.”

[LeftishBrit]

18. Hagee is nuts, and is using Jews as his pawns

Obama is not anti-Semitic in the least. The most explicitly anti-Semitic president that I'm aware of was Nixon.