McCain ‘first out of the gate with Falwell condolences.’
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who once called Rev. Jerry Falwell an “agent of intolerance,” was the first major presidential candidate to issue a statement of condolence following Falwell’s death. “Dr. Falwell was a man of distinguished accomplishment who devoted his life to serving his faith and country.”
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Of course he was, because just like Bush, he is a non-Christian, who will use the religious right to try and get elected and the religious right will vote for him, just like good little robots.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:28 pmI hear the “wah wah” voice of adults in the Peanuts cartoons…..
May 15th, 2007 at 3:32 pmAll the Repuke candidates are whoring for the Religious Reich vote.
But somebody forgot to tell Trudi Giuliani that doesn’t mean actually dressing up like a ho.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:34 pmNOBODY
May 15th, 2007 at 3:35 pmCARES
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Well c’mon. It’s the proper thing to do when you’re running for public office. I garuntee you Dems will do the same thing.
Though while McCain actually liked the evil bastard, Dems will just send their condolences without actually meaning them. It’s simply a formality. It gives the impression that you care about the loss of life no matter who dies.
That looks good when we’re in the middle of a war.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:36 pmNOBODY CARES !!!!!!Comment by Mr. President — May 15, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
About you? Of that we’re sure.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:37 pmFalwell was the perverted impetus behind the wrong-headed injection of religion into our political discourse. For the last time, this is a secular nation and mysticism and mythology do no have any basis – legally or rationally – to be inserted into the governance of the United States. Sorry, but Falwell will not be missed. “Agent of intolerance” was correct and still is.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:38 pm-overflow-The Straight Talk Express needs its septic tank emptied
May 15th, 2007 at 3:40 pmIf I believed in Hell, then I’d believe I’m going there for what I’ve just posted about him. I mean, I hate to kick the dead around but, sweet Jesus, I just can’t find anything nice to say about Falwell.
So I guess that puts me in the minority of people who don’t mind kicking the dead around when they’re people like Falwell.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:40 pmMoonbats..
May 15th, 2007 at 3:41 pmFlawell’s greatest moments.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:41 pmFalwell was an EVIL person! He said many divisive things in his life and was full of vile and hatred!
May 15th, 2007 at 3:42 pm“All the Repuke candidates are whoring for the Religious Reich vote.”
That’s fine with me. The back of the religious right is breaking under the weight of the Iraq albatross. That’s one Big Bird hanging around those scrawny chickenhawk necks.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:43 pmNOBODY
CARES!
Comment by Mr. President
I care.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:44 pmAs a fellow human, I can feel sympathy for the Falwell family at their loss. As a Christian and a progressive, I can feel relief that Mr. Falwell’s brand of combined religious and political activism is curtailed and that he now answers to God for his life.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:44 pmPurely PR. He could care less.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:45 pmJerry Falwell was a great Amercian. He hated the same people I hate. Wanted to kill the same people I want to kill. Supported apartheid in South Africa, and blamed 9-11 on honest tax paying Americans. We should all have a record of such distinguishment in our times.
VOTE FOR ME!!
May 15th, 2007 at 3:47 pmHey McCain are you born again? If not, hate to tell you this, but Falwell thiught of you as “a failure as a human being”…
May 15th, 2007 at 3:48 pm2 McJowls for the price of one!
May 15th, 2007 at 3:48 pmThat giant sucking sound you hear…
… is McCain latched onto the asses of the Holy Rollers.
Pucker up, boys.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:50 pmFalwell:
“AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals; it is God’s punishment for the society that tolerates homosexualsâ€
“If you’re not a born-again Christian, you’re a failure as a human beingâ€
“Textbooks are Soviet propagandaâ€
“It appears that America’s anti-Biblical feminist movement is at last dying, thank God, and is possibly being replaced by a Christ-centered men’s movement which may become the foundation for a desperately needed national spiritual awakeningâ€
“Homosexuality is Satan’s diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.â€
“[homosexuals are] brute beasts…part of a vile and satanic system [that] will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven.â€
May 15th, 2007 at 3:50 pmNOBODY
CARES!
Comment by Mr. President
I care.
Comment by Zooey
So do I. I guess that makes us nobodies, right Mr. Prez?
May 15th, 2007 at 3:52 pmOy, just look at Falwell’s neck in that picture.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:52 pmWhat killed the old boy anyway?
I’ve always heard that these things happen in “threes.”
Maybe Pat Robertson and William A. Donohue can’t be far behind…
May 15th, 2007 at 3:53 pmThe Rev. Falwell may have done more than anyone save for Pat Robertson to undermine the fabric of our democracy — and specifically the seperation of church and state — than anyone in the 20th (and certainly the 21st) century.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:53 pmI hope his god forgives him.
jelly rolls and fried chicken Zooey…
May 15th, 2007 at 3:54 pmThe Rev. Falwell may have done more than anyone save for Rev. Pat Robertson to undermine the fabric of our democracy — and specifically the seperation of church and state — than anyone in the 20th (and certainly the 21st) century.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:54 pmI hope his god forgives him.
Oy, just look at Falwell’s neck in that picture.
What killed the old boy anyway?
Comment by Zooey
What neck? ………
May 15th, 2007 at 3:54 pmLook at the lefties scream at a war hero doing the honorable thing by honoring a good man.
They definitely hate our troops.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pmWhat McCain may not realize is that most evangelical leaders rule through a Cult of Personality. It doesn’t travel well. Successor issues have plague every evangelical group trying to carry on after the death of the leader.
This is what makes the whole evangelical movement suspect in my mind. A Church, whether Catholic, Episcopalian, Luteran, Orthodox, or Presbyterian, should be able to survive bad preachers as well as good. It must always be the mystery of the core belief that keeps the flock and brings them enlightenment or salvation or whatever you want to call it.
The evangelical and fundamentalist movement is always based on the End of Time being Now and the Last Judgement but minutes away. Various groups have named the date of the End of Time only to be disappointed. Even the New Testament has Jesus saying he would seen return while some of his followers were yet alive. That didn’t happen.
Look at all the big names in evangelism: Falwell, Robertson, Graham. There all old men. Swaggart and Bakker are history. Perhaps Giulianit is gambling that this old guard’s days are numbered. But I don’t see and young firebrands taking their place. And I predict Falwell’s group fades with his passing.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:06 pmjelly rolls and fried chicken Zooey…
Comment by whiteyfresh
Lordy….
May 15th, 2007 at 4:07 pmLook at the lefties scream at a war hero doing the honorable thing by honoring a good man. They definitely hate our troops. Comment by m12 — May 15, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
A good man? You mean someone that said the US deserved to be attacked on 9-11 because we’re all a bunch of immoral liberals? You wouldn’t know what a good-man was, if he sh*t on you *ssh*le!
May 15th, 2007 at 4:07 pmNice snark, m12!
May 15th, 2007 at 4:08 pmI believe Falwell died of malignancy. Not cancer; just malignancy.
Look at the lefties scream at a war hero doing the honorable thing by honoring a good man.
They definitely hate our troops.
Comment by m12 — May 15, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
Which blog are you reading, Knobcheese? Perhaps you can explain for us where attacks on John McCain’s war record and the ‘hate for the troops’ posts appear. McCain’s toadying hypocrisy is the subject of this post… please try to stay on topic.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:11 pmCaption Contest:
McCain: “One Bible, one vote? Are you sure? Well OK then.”
Falwell: “I’ve got one righteous dewlap, eh John-boy?”
May 15th, 2007 at 4:21 pmThey definitely hate our troops.
Comment by m12 — May 15, 2007 @ 4:01
No we don’t hate our troops, just idiots like you, Falwell, McCain…
May 15th, 2007 at 4:25 pmGood riddance to this bloated sack of hate.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:27 pmIt’s part of the receding tide of the Right. They’re a bunch of crazy old white guys, dying off.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:28 pmMcCain’s deal with the devil. Except Falwell is now in the company of the real Devil
May 15th, 2007 at 4:40 pmImpressive.
Lots of hatred from “progressives.” I thought part of being progressive was being tolerant of others’ beliefs?
May 15th, 2007 at 4:53 pm#29 M12, [Look at the lefties scream at war hero doing the honorable thing by a good man .
They definitely hate our troops].
McCain whom you call ‘War Hero’ was attacked in 2000 election by the same people,the ‘Religious Right’.
They Swift Boated McCain in favor of Bush..They did not care whether he was in Viet Nam war or not,hero or not. The same people who Swift Boated Senator Kerry.
That’s when McCain attacked Jerry Falwell and called him’Agent of
intolerence’.
McCain was attacked also by Pat Reobertson,who sent messages to
voter’s answering machines in S. Carolina and Mitchigan states in 2000 elections campaign.
And McCain now licking boots of these evangelicals to get their votes..It is no surprise they don’t trust him..no matter what he says.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:59 pmGuess God, in His infinite mercy, decided it was time to recall fatso to the head office. The Big Guy nailed Jerry before Chavez could be “taken out”.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:04 pmCaption:
(McCain, thinking to himself):
“If I move real slow,
May 15th, 2007 at 5:04 pmI can snatch that medal…
and the Rev will never know…”
Falwell is now part of the silent majority.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:12 pmHas anyone gotten a reaction from the teletubbies?
May 15th, 2007 at 5:15 pmPot meet kettle, kettle meet pot.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:28 pmLots of hatred from “progressives.†I thought part of being progressive was being tolerant of others’ beliefs?
Comment by matt
If those beliefs include teaching Americans to hate Americans then no there is no tolerance for that.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:33 pmIs hating Hitler the same as hating a innocent baby?
No.
So is hate in and off itself prove anything about progressives?
No.
Context…. its all about context… something you nonthinkers need to absorb or “believe” or whatever will get it into your thick skulls.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:35 pm#40
They tolerate people who agree with them. Everyone else gets silenced.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pmMcCain ‘first out of the gate with Falwell condolences.’ Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who once called Rev. Jerry Falwell an “agent of intolerance,â€
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So what he called Falwell and agent of intolerence. It doesn’t mean that he feels sad for him and his family.
stupid, ridiculous, pathetic Liberals. How dumb can Liberals be? just read the crap that they blog on.
stupid, stupid, stupid Liberals.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:42 pmThey tolerate people who agree with them. Everyone else gets silenced. Comment by m12 — May 15, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
That’s you - pure projection.
You can say what you want - no one is silencing you here *genius*, however your wingnut blogs are ALL censored - hypocrite…
The problem isn’t that anyone is silencing you, it’s in fact your goal is to silence everyone else, and force everyone else to live with your bigoted values. You can be a bigot if you want, you don’t have a right to discriminate against others though - and you wingnut KKK Nazis hate that!
May 15th, 2007 at 6:03 pmSo what he called Falwell and agent of intolerence. It doesn’t mean that he feels sad for him and his family. Comment by Valiantthehater — May 15, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
That’s because Falwell WAS an agent of Intolerance. He’s awful eager to play up to your hatemongering f*ckers though.
stupid, ridiculous, pathetic Liberals. How dumb can Liberals be? just read the crap that they blog on. Comment by Valiantthehater — May 15, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
And when you do, you’ll see exactly how st*pid YOU and the rest of the Conservative hate filled wingnuts here are…
stupid, stupid, stupid Liberals.
Comment by Valiantthehater — May 15, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
Says the st*pid, st*pid conservative - pure projection again child.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:05 pmReverend Falwell’s legacy is not about the tenants of Jesus’ ministry such as healing the sick and standing with the disenfranchised but about shunning and ridiculing those who have suffered and died of AIDS and their families. Many faith leaders today are moving away from his divisive approach and toward the compassion and inclusiveness that Jesus modeled every day of his ministry.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:20 pmLooks like…
…Tinky-Winky ticked off the titular holy trinity…
…and will heretofore be tenured…
…in torment at the HOtel on the river Styx…
…(try saying that six times in rapid succession)…
May 15th, 2007 at 6:47 pm“stupid, ridiculous, pathetic Liberals. How dumb can Liberals be? just read the crap that they blog on. stupid, stupid, stupid Liberals.”
Isn’t that from from “Plan 9 From Outer Space”?
May 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pmstupid, ridiculous, pathetic Liberals. How dumb can Liberals be? just read the crap that they blog on.
stupid, stupid, stupid Liberals.
Comment by ValiantthePLAGIARIST
So says the hate-filled plagiarist without an original thought in its head.
May 15th, 2007 at 7:23 pmDamn! Was McCain in the room?
May 15th, 2007 at 7:26 pmWhere is Pat Robertson with an explanation as to why God “punished” Jerry Falwell?
How else will be able to make sense of this senseless loss?
May 15th, 2007 at 7:38 pmm12; Mcjowls is [andering in the worst way. He has NO principles- kissass to a vile lump of shit like Falwell.
May 15th, 2007 at 7:40 pmI wonder if he was shocked at what he found when his soul left his body…I am sure it wasn’t what he expected.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:06 pmMc Cain is such a fake… and he is totally for sale. Even in the MSNBC debate he said whether he would change the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign born presidents that he would consider it if Arnold voted for him…. I mean jesus he acts like a used car salesman hungry for the deal.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:19 pmThe world is without one of the reichwing hypocrites…then came McCain…insane McCain.
May 15th, 2007 at 9:11 pmHe’s gone to the great Tubbytronic Superdome in the sky.
May 15th, 2007 at 9:31 pmeh-oh
Satan has called Jerry home.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:08 pmKnock, Knock, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door?
Well, Jerry Falwell was so fat I don’t think he can get through the door. Tough luck, Jerry! You’re a little late with your diet.
I was thinking earlier today that Falwell’s funeral will be big, but it would have been beyond huge if Falwell had died seven years ago. Pre-George Bush. Most likely many Republican right-wingers will attend but it’s an exercise in futility. Now, scoring brownie points with Christian fundamentalists will yield nothing politically, because George W. Bush sealed the casket with every right-wingers’ political career.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:12 pm#40
They tolerate people who agree with them. Everyone else gets silenced.
Comment by m12 — May 15, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
Even if the right never spoke another hateful word, the left will NEVER be able to balance out the hate spewed by the right.
Get bent.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:47 pm“I hear the “wah wah†voice of adults in the Peanuts cartoons…..
Comment by Zooey — May 15, 2007″
Are you trying to say something that intelligent educated people would understand?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:48 am“Even if the right never spoke another hateful word, the left will NEVER be able to balance out the hate spewed by the right.
Get bent.
Comment by Zooey — May 15, 2007″
Give us an example zooey?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:49 am“Satan has called Jerry home.
Comment by cosmosis — May 15, 2007″
Why?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:49 am“#
The world is without one of the reichwing hypocrites…then came McCain…insane McCain.
Comment by kasinca — May 15, 2007″
Can you explain your dumb comment?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:51 am“I wonder if he was shocked at what he found when his soul left his body…I am sure it wasn’t what he expected.
Comment by Left Coast Mike — May 15, 2007″
And exactly what is it you are referring to?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:52 amGive us an example zooey?
Comment by michael — May 16, 2007 @ 12:49 am
Can you explain your dumb comment?
Comment by michael— May 16, 2007 @ 12:51 am
And exactly what is it you are referring to?
Comment by michael — May 16, 2007 @ 12:52 am blahcetera, blahcetera
mikey, can’t you ever figure out things by yourself? Why do you always need to be spoon-fed information and sound like the dunce you undoubtedly were in the private schools you boast about attending? BTW, I am still waiting for you to tell me what illustrious people were produced by your supposedly “superior†private high school. Still no answer after nearly three months, mikey.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:30 amMcCain is positioning as a presidential candidate for the religious righties, nothing else.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:38 amI am glad I heard discussions on the radio about what disgusting putrid scumbags you people are. Just because you don’t believe in what he did you, spewing your venom about a man who just died shows what low life animals you are. If this is “Progressive Thinking†then you are doomed to fail. No one will listen to you after this kind of crap. I do not believe in half the things he did but at least he has a moral center. The was not a hypocrite who talked one way but lived another.
I am going to copy some of these wonderful statements from you sh!t-holes and present them to any liberals, Democrats, progressive George Soros dick-suckers like you people I get into arguments or discussions with. I am going to ask them if this represents the way they feel people should act.
May you all rot in Hell.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:49 amI am glad I heard discussions on the radio about what disgusting putrid scumbags you people are. Just because you don’t believe in what he did you, spewing your venom about a man who just died shows what low life animals you are. If this is “Progressive Thinking†then you are doomed to fail. No one will listen to you after this kind of crap. I do not believe in half the things he did but at least he has a moral center. The was not a hypocrite who talked one way but lived another.
May you all rot in Hell.
Comment by Crappy Guy
And I suppose you are always here to express kind thoughts and not venom, eh? However, I do agree with you that the Rev. Falwell “was not a hypocrite who talked one way but lived another. ” That would be Reps. Calvert, Mark Foley, Tom Delay, Duke Cunningham, not to forget–Rev. Ted Haggert, Jimmy Swaggert, Bakker, etc.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:20 am