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Newt Gingrich talks faith — not affairs — at Cornerstone Church in Texas - Politico.com

 

Newt Gingrich stood before thousands of evangelical churchgoers Sunday night to deliver a dire warning that nation's Christian roots are under attack.

"I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9," Gingrich said at Cornerstone Church here. "I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they're my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American."

via Politico.com

Wow.  I want to be offended by Newt's comments.  I'm sure he was trying to slam my faith.  But for all my efforts to muster up some outrage, all I'm able to get is a smirk, a chuckle and a slight rolling of my eyes.

How stupid does he think the good people of Cornerstone Church are that they will not see the absurdity of "a secular atheist country...dominated by radical Islamists..."?  Obviously Newt thinks they are very stupid.

But then I got to thinking that this church was founded by and is led by Pastor John Hagee.  Who is John Hagee?  Here's a little bit about John Hagee as reported by FORWARD - The Jewish Daily:

On Hurricane Katrina: “All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that… I believe that Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans.”

On the Catholic Church: “Most readers will be shocked by the clear record of history linking Adolf Hitler and the Roman Catholic Church in a conspiracy to exterminate the Jews.”

On Muslims: Asked whether he believes that Muslims have a mandate to kill Christians and Jews, Hagee replied, “Well, the Quran teaches that. Yes, it teaches that very clearly.”

On women: “Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick. Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with a terrorist.”

via FORWARD - The Jewish Daily

Hmmm.  And these folks - reportedly 19,000 - still attend this Cornerstone Church despite their Pastor's checkered history.  Well, maybe that's why Newt could get away with saying the stupid stuff he said.

 

A GOP split on Egypt | Cynthia Tucker

A few hours before a defiant Hosni Mubarak gave a rambling speech insisting that he’d stay on, Rick Santorum — former Pennsylvania Senator and possible GOP presidential contender — stood before a crowd of ultra-conservatives and blasted President Obama for refusing to stick by the dictator.

via blogs.ajc.com

Hey Rick - what's your stance on democracy? Do you believe in it? What about self-determination? How's that for a concept?

Thanks to Cynthia Tucker for bringing this hypocrite's words to a broad audience.

Hi! I'm Bill Maher and I'm a copycat ratings whore!

Bill Maher is just being a copycat.  And he's doing it for the ratings.  What an attention and ratings whore.  What a wanker.

Maher probably figured that if a lowly minority journalist could get so much publicity for saying something stupid, then he should be able to work that same angle and get even more publicity.

According to Salon.com reporter Justin Elliott, Maher said the following on his show:

Am I a racist to feel alarmed by that? Because I am. And it’s not because of the race, it’s because of the religion. I don’t have to apologize, do I, for not wanting the Western world to be taken over by Islam in 300 years? ... I should be alarmed, and I don't apologize for it.

Um, well Maher, I think technically you're being a bigot, but I'm sure that, given the opportunity, you would and could be an exemplary racist too.

Perhaps he's looking for Fox News to throw some cash his way too (Juan Williams made $2 mil for his bigoted comments).  Or maybe this is all just a build up to the real ratings grabber when he does a mea culpa and apologizes for saying such a terrible thing.

We'll have to wait and see how the media and the public reacts to this stupid comment.  I'm sure the Maher publicists/pr folks are eager to see which way this one is going to play.

Oooh!  How exciting!  Baiting Muslims for ratings!

UPDATE: 11/21/10

Oh my!  Look at this wanker-response I received on this post:

I asked my mom and she said she didn't post this comment.  Unfortunately the wanker didn't share his/her email so we can only hope the Wanker comes back so that he/she can see that we shared his/her wanker-comment!