McCain's speech to radical pro-nuke Iran group, CUFI

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Christian Zionist group meeting in Washington downplays end-times jargon

Washington DC Even though it was closed to the news media, a "Talking Points" briefing at the Christians United for Israel conference this afternoon lacked the characteristic apocalytpic talk about Iran sparking the battle of Armageddon. Predictions that Israel and the Jews will figure prominently in an end-times scenario culminating with the return of Jesus have been staples of CUFI's leader, televangelist John Hagee.

John McCain speaks to Christians United For Israel

Arizona Sen. John McCain once shunned the religious right as "intolerant." These days, though, on the heels of a dismal fundraising quarter, McCain appears to be swinging into campaign overdrive in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination. His name did not appear in the CUFI program and he was shoe-horned into a Talking Points briefing.

A swarm of reporters that is following McCain around waiting for his campaign to implode crowded into the room.

McCain hit all the right notes for the CUFI audience. They applauded his support for the war in Iraq, which he described as "mismanaged" -- and which is sinking his campaign.

As he began, he said with the merest hint of a smile that it was "hard doing the Lord's work in the city of Satan."

McCain told the CUFI activists that Israel has never been so needful of their help and prayers. "God bless you for your commitment."...
CUFI, the nation's newest and most active Christian Zionist group, brought several thousand people to its second annual lobbying conference this week. Almost one thousand people filled the room at a hotel across from the National Zoo for the Talking Points briefing; an announcement suggested that more people were in a second room. Presidential candidate John McCain made an unscheduled speech at the start of the Talking Points session.
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CUFI is founded by John Hagee. He believes, in his own words, that a "nuclear showdown with Iran is a certainty" among other rather crazy ideas (he opposes any compromise by Israel to make peace). Last March, Hagee gave the Sunday night keynote speech at the aipac policy conference in Washington DC. this is a dangerous alliance. For perspectives on this, go here.

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