Moyers, that is. Not Clinton. Thanks, once again to Tensegrities for making me aware this was out there.
Text is available from CommonDreams.org
It really is all about racism.
My favorite part of this is:
Behold the double standard: John McCain sought out the endorsement of John Hagee, the war-mongering Catholic-bashing Texas preacher who said the people of New Orleans got what they deserved for their sins. But no one suggests McCain shares Hagee’s delusions, or thinks AIDS is God’s punishment for homosexuality. Pat Robertson called for the assassination of a foreign head of state and asked God to remove Supreme Court justices, yet he remains a force in the Republican religious right. After 9/11 Jerry Falwell said the attack was God’s judgment on America for having been driven out of our schools and the public square, but when McCain goes after the endorsement of the preacher he once condemned as an agent of intolerance, the press gives him a pass.
Jon Stewart recently played a tape from the Nixon White House in which Billy Graham talks in the oval office about how he has friends who are Jewish, but he knows in his heart that they are undermining America. This is crazy; this is wrong – white preachers are given leeway in politics that others aren’t.
Blessings on you, once again, Bill Moyers. If only more journalists had your integrity, and more of our fellow Americans the courage to see what you point out to us.
Bill Moyers rocks!
Thanks for the link.