John Hagee Is Pretty Much Crazy - So Are His "Followers"

The more we learn about Pastor Hagee, the more we start to see that he is one of the more ( if not the most ) controversial of the "religious right". By that, I mean that this man is certifiable - he's nuts. He, as well as his followers, are hell-bent ( pardon the cliche ) on bringing about the end of the world.

I don't think I've ever seen a "religious leader" this crazy, with this many devout followers, that has influence into some of the higher levels of Republican government.

In late May, after three months of deliberation, John McCain called Pastor John Hagee "crazy" and renounced his endorsement. But Hagee has come back stronger than ever -- thanks to friends like William Kristol, Joe Lieberman . . . and the public relations firm W5, which also represents Microsoft, Snoop Dogg and Pamela Anderson. This week in Washington, D.C., Hagee's non-profit organization, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), brought together five thousand supporters of the bedeviled pastor, and a new regime of media relations was much in evidence. Hagee avoided issues that have caused controversy in the past (Armageddon, homosexuals, God's purposes for the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, etc.). By pulling back the veil and conducting unauthorized interviews with several of Hagee's Christian Zionist followers, ANP reveals the fanatical ideology that still lies behind the CUFI's more restrained rhetoric. One CUFI member argues that "hard-core Jews deserve the anti-Christ." Another describes how the anti-Christ will take over the European Union, broker peace in the middle east, then destroy the world.

Story via The Huffington Post / video from American New Project