Producer to intern: “We need a fawning description of him from the White House website to show how influential he was with conservatives.” Intern to producer: “Great! I’ll just google white house falwell…”
Producer to intern: “We need a fawning description of him from the White House website to show how influential he was with conservatives.” Intern to producer: “Great! I’ll just google white house falwell…”
He was a racist.
“falwell got a lot of justified flack for his positions but I think he was true to himself and for the most part well intentioned”
The same can be said for Osama B
Jerry Falwell believed what he said and said what he believed.
That’s a lot more than most politicians’ can claim these days.
Agree with him or not, I can’t justify speaking ill of the dead. Earlier Bourque had the headline describing Falwell as a Kook. That just doesn’t seem right – especially after the fellow has just passed away and can’t defend himself.
I take a bit of issue to the Hot Air assertion that WhiteHouse.org is…
The most infamous, relentlessly anti-Bush parody site on the ‘Net.
That site has been around for quite a while. In 1999/2000, I used to visit it on occassion for a laugh. They were just as hard on the Clinton White House. They are a parody site. No one is safe.
Rev. Jerry Falwell, in conversation with Pat Robertson on the 700 Club (13 September 2001), regarding the causes of the 9/11 terrorist attack: “The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way – all of them who have tried to secularize America – I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this happen.'”
A’dam: I believe that Jerry Falwell apologized for these remarks. Way to go: bring them up years later as his legacy.
He said he was sorry. What don’t you understand about that?
Then again, lib lefties never apologize for anything, so maybe you see it as weakness on his part?
Whatever.
‘been around the block: Yes, he did apologize — but only after his remarks were publicly condemned by, among many others, the Christian Broadcasting Network (which airs the 700 Club) and the White House.
Other bon mots:
1999 – “Who will the Antichrist be?…Of course he’ll be Jewish…If he’s going to be the counterfeit of Christ, he has to be Jewish. The only thing we know is he must be male and Jewish.”
2002 – “Muhammed was a terrorist.”
He could get a letter of recommendation from Larry Flint….Salwell was the best salesman Hustler ever had.
Batb, I usually agree with your take on things, but have to disagree on this one. Apologies after the fact mean absolutely nothing, and are almost never sincere. Doesn’t matter who said it,political or religious affiliation, race, etc.
People say what they say, and “retracting” is just BS for the media.
As for Falwell, not one of my favorite televangelists, I don’t believe in mixing religion and big business, and neither did Christ, or any other Founder. The original idea helping people, not making money.
Falwell, the man, was no better or worse than a lot of others in the “influence” business, had good, and bad, ideas, same as everyone else. For every right wing Christian lobbyist, there’s another with different beliefs, just as good or bad. Every administration since time began has had its share of influential religious “advisors”, only history will tell whether their influence was beneficial or not.
Now he’s gone, his legacy is hardly a few lines spoken long ago, it’s the university he founded, Liberty Baptist U.
The falwells, buchanans and robertsons are what destroy the credibility of the right in the eyes of many in the middle who would otherwise be open to the parties on the right.
state what you believe and apologize for nothing.
Well, guys (dmorris 😉 and A’dam): Who knows what’s in a man’s heart and how can we judge? In the heat of the moment we’re all prone to say things that we may regret later–or that we’d like to be able to put into context.
Saying you’re sorry after the fact is the only way we have of saying “sorry”! When I get mad at my husband, the only time I can say sorry is AFTER I’ve got mad at him. Sometimes I need a time out before I’m ready, before I’ve had a chance to process everything and see that maybe, just maybe, he was right and I was wrong.
THEN, I say I’m sorry. And I mean it.
We’ve been married 28 years and I can’t believe that none of my apologies, and none of his, have been sincere or that they mean absolutely nothing.
As for Jerry Falwell’s statements: his audience is far bigger than mine. But who can say that his apologies weren’t sincere? We cannot see inside his head and heart. Only the Lord God Almighty can do that, and the Rev. Jerry Falwell is now in His hands. Thank God He is a merciful God.
Well, guys (dmorris 😉 and A’dam): Who knows what’s in a man’s heart and how can we judge? In the heat of the moment we’re all prone to say things that we may regret later–or that we’d like to be able to put into context.
Saying you’re sorry after the fact is the only way we have of saying “sorry”! When I get mad at my husband, the only time I can say sorry is AFTER I’ve got mad at him. Sometimes I need a time out before I’m ready, before I’ve had a chance to process everything and see that maybe, just maybe, he was right and I was wrong.
THEN, I say I’m sorry. And I mean it.
We’ve been married 28 years and I can’t believe that none of my apologies, and none of his, have been sincere or that they mean absolutely nothing.
As for Jerry Falwell’s statements: his audience is far bigger than mine. But who can say that his apologies weren’t sincere? We cannot see inside his head and heart. Only the Lord God Almighty can do that, and the Rev. Jerry Falwell is now in His hands. Thank God He is a merciful God.
Well, guys (dmorris 😉 and A’dam): Who knows what’s in a man’s heart and how can we judge? In the heat of the moment we’re all prone to say things that we may regret later–or that we’d like to be able to put into context.
Saying you’re sorry after the fact is the only way we have of saying “sorry”! When I get mad at my husband, the only time I can say sorry is AFTER I’ve got mad at him. Sometimes I need a time out before I’m ready, before I’ve had a chance to process everything and see that maybe, just maybe, he was right and I was wrong.
THEN, I say I’m sorry. And I mean it.
We’ve been married 28 years and I can’t believe that none of my apologies, and none of his, have been sincere or that they mean absolutely nothing.
As for Jerry Falwell’s statements: his audience is far bigger than mine. But who can say that his apologies weren’t sincere? We cannot see inside his head and heart. Only the Lord God Almighty can do that, and the Rev. Jerry Falwell is now in His hands. Thank God He is a merciful God.
Sorry for the multiple posts: do I hear an echo?
I’m having trouble posting here. I click on POST and then nothing happens. So, I click again. I usually am told I’ve posted too close together and to try again. This time I didn’t get that message.
Let’s see what happens when I click POST this time…