Jackson Free Press

So, I was really upset about this Harriet Miers business until I read that Jerry Falwell is backing her one hundred percent.

I feel I can rest easy now as the man who gave the world the gay teletubbies and blamed Sept 11th on "the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians", has decided he loves Miers just as much as Bushie does.

The Rev. Jerry Falwell said a quick phone call to Bush was all it took for him to give "thumbs up" to Miers.

"I did talk to the White House, I did hear what I needed to hear, and I happen to trust George Bush," Falwell said,

His third qualification for the title of The Smartest Man Alive being that he trusts George Bush.

Just for your viewing pleasure, I will post a few of my favorite Jerry Falwell quotes:

"You've got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops and I am for the President—chase them all over the world, if it takes ten years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord." CNN Debate with Jesse Jackson (24 October 2004)

"And the fact that John Kerry would not support a federal marriage amendment [prohibiting gay marriage], it equates in our minds as someone 150 years ago saying I'm personally opposed to slavery, but if my neighbor wants to own one or two that's OK. We don't buy that." CNN : Anderson Cooper 360 (3 November 2004)

"[Homosexuals] want to come into churches and disrupt church services and throw blood all around and try to give people AIDS and spit in the face of ministers. "

"The fact that Marc Cherry's a gay Republican means he should join the Democratic Party. "
Meet the Press (28 November 2004)

God Bless Your Soul, Jerry. Just for making my job of making you look like an ass a whole hell of a lot easier.

Who wants to bet there are four million websites dedicated to the pure, homophobic gayness of Jerry Falwell?

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I don't get Falwell. My working theory is that the connection between his mouth and his brain has been partially chewed through by rats. He can say remarkably sane things at times. And then he can say remarkably insane things at times. And then sometimes he seems completely unaware of what he has said. I always liked him more than Pat Robertson, but in some ways that's sort of like saying I'd rather have my foot chewed off than be eviscerated with a salad fork. Folks forget how powerful he was 25 years ago, BTW. His Moral Majority can be credited with bringing the 4 million people to the polls who gave Reagan a bigger victory than he otherwise would have had, and created the Religious Right as a political movement. He galvanized the pro-life movement--which, between 1973 and 1979, didn't really exist--and combined it with the fundamentalist crank movement to create a political force that has given us two terms of Reagan and two terms of Dubya. So he's one more guy, I guess, who proves you don't need a fully functioning brain to make a difference in the world. Beautiful photo, BTW. Funny how this sort of thing works; if you put it side-by-side with your other photo (which I also liked), I'd swear they were two different people. That tells me you've got a very dynamic face--very expressionable, etc. Good thing for a therapist to have. Or a stand-up comic, for that matter. Cheers, TH

Tom Head

Oct 7 2005

You're not the first person to tell me that about my picture. Every one I EVER take looks different...but familiar enough to be "family". ;) Its the stand up comic thing.... Well, I think Jerry Falwell just talks to see if something is going to come out that sounds genuis. Its a hit or miss proposition. I watched the 700 Club last night where Pat Robertson hypnotized the nation...and then told everyone to "stop sniffling and just trust Bush already about the Miers nomination, because he's a good man who would never disappoint us"... I sat on the couch and just looked at the SO and said "He did NOT just say that, did he?" He said, "Yes, he did." Which led to me saying again, "He did NOT JUST SAY THAT, did he?" "Yes, he did." Then I asked the most intelligent thing ALIVE, "There are people that WATCH this?" "Yes, honey, several million." "WELL, NO WONDER. " Me, acting like I just discovered penicillin, while he just stares at me and wonders HOW CAN SHE NOT KNOW THINGS LIKE THIS??

Lori G

Oct 7 2005

http://www.afa.net/petitions/signpetition.asp?id=1430 The American Family Association is mad again! I can't quit laughing at this one! Bless their hearts.

emilyb

Oct 7 2005

They are always mad. Just furious. Livid. Frothing. Who gives a damn?

DonnaLadd

Oct 7 2005

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I especially like the way his absolute DISDAIN for those horrible sex toys comes across in the letter... I can't just see the pinched look on his face.

Lori G

Oct 8 2005

Have you guys read the 1981 book, "Cities on a Hill." In it, Pulitzer Prize-winner Frances FitzGerald looks at four American "communities." On of them is Falwell and his Liberty Baptist Church. In that portrait, one can really see how the radical right grew to be such a power since the Reagan era, and how insidious their schemes were. It's really horrifying to think what the people who have cozied up to them have helped do this country, and the worst is likely yet to come.

DonnaLadd

Oct 8 2005

I don't know about the worst being yet to come; Bush has a little more than three years, and in a few months it will be all about (a) the 2006 elections and (b) how to get the parts of his agenda passed that he can with a more closely divided Senate. Meanwhile, his party is falling apart. Something tells me we may finally be witnessing that end of the conservative era that McElvaine predicted 15 years ago. Cheers, TH

Tom Head

Oct 8 2005

You know that my 7th grade home ec teacher was Mrs. Wildmon. That's all I'm saying.

emilyb

Oct 9 2005