From the hateful mind of a typical Right-wing Christian, on Barack Obama:

I never thought I’d see the day that I’d hear something like that from a presidential candidate in this Country.

To think our forefathers fought and died for the right for our nation to be a Christian nation — and to have this ‘wannabe raghead’ say with pride that ‘we are no longer a Christian nation.’

How far will the good people of the USA let these ‘minorities’ tell us what we can and cannot do?

With God’s help, He will still take control of this Nation and we can show this ‘anti-Christ’ and all his boot-lickers . . .

Morons. Don’t they realize that…

There’s no surprise in that though.

“I never thought I would hear myself saying this…while I am not endorsing Senator John McCain, the possibility is there that I might.”

Proof that you can never be too old or too fucking stupid to change your bigoted, homophobic mind.

Dobson makes reversal — may endorse McCain

While conservative Christian leader James Dobson hasn’t officially endorsed McCain, he says he doesn’t rule it out.

(CNN) — Focus on the Family Founder James Dobson is expected to say Monday he may endorse John McCain’s White House bid — a major reversal for the evangelical leader who has been a longtime foe of the Arizona senator. [...]

Dobson, who once said he could never bring himself to endorse McCain, also says during the broadcast that while he continues to disagree with the Republican presidential candidate on a host of issues, generally he is closer to McCain than presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

“There’s nothing dishonorable in a person rethinking his or her positions, especially in a constantly changing political context,” Dobson said in a statement to the Associated Press about his seeming reversal.. “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation. His radical positions on life, marriage and national security force me to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice, John McCain.”

“Radical positions on life?” What radical positions on life? Mr. Dobson, if you’re gonna be so small-minded, and lead so many down the path to personal destruction, would you mind to at least try a bit of honesty from time to time? If you represent the type of people that God calls home to Heaven, I honestly can’t see a need for a Hell.

If Obama did distort the Bible, he did so for a couple of hours. He didn’t spend a lifetime doing it, such as you have, Mr. Dobson. And Obama certainly hasn’t profited from it, such as you have, Mr. Dobson. And I don’t care what Obama had to say to rile you, Mr. Dobson. The one thing I am sure of; Barack could never distort the Bible to any level or degree as you have. As a member of the clergy, you both embarrass and sicken me, Mr. Dobson. As do your loyal followers.

Is this really what has you upset, Mr. Dobson? Or is it the prospect of losing access to the White House for twelve or so years that has your panties in a wad? I bet that’s it, isn’t it?

James Dobson accuses Obama of `distorting’ Bible

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement’s biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.

The criticism, to be aired Tuesday on Dobson’s Focus on the Family radio program, comes shortly after an Obama aide suggested a meeting at the organization’s headquarters here, said Tom Minnery, senior vice president for government and public policy at Focus on the Family.

I accuse you, Kevin James Dobson, of distorting the Constitution and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Bible.

 Anyone from Colorado reading……you might want to act on this. You can read more about this amendment here. From an email I received from ProgressNowAction:

Sad to say, but it’s official. Amendment 48, the so-called “Personhood Amendment“, will be on the November ballot in Colorado.

This may sound crazy, because it did to us when we first learned about it. But this amendment would actually change Colorado’s constitution to deny women access to things like birth control, in-vitro fertilization, as well as banning all abortions without exception.

The Denver Post already announced their opposition to Amendment 48, saying it would create “an absurd and unworkable maze” by pushing the definition of “personhood” to fertilization. (6/2/08)

Hopefully most Coloradan’s will see that Amendment 48 is just plain nuts. But we also know how confusing ballot issues can be. So let’s all do what we can to defeat 48. You can start by adding your name to this petition opposing this amendment:

http://www.progressnowaction.org/protectwomenshealth

What makes matters worse is that the group pushing Amendment 48, including some huge right-wing funders, aren’t even from Colorado. They’re just using our state to see how far they can push their agenda. 

So we need you - and thousands of other Coloradans - to stand up to them. Please start by signing this petition. And get your friends and neigbors to sign as well:

http://www.progressnowaction.org/protectwomenshealth

The group pushing 48 is seriously well funded, and they mean business. We need funds on our side also to make sure we can get the word out. After you sign petition, can you kick in a few bucks to help defeat Amendment 48?

Thanks in advance for all your help,

Brittney and Jody

Turns out John McCain went looking for Rev. bigot John Hagee’s endorsement.

Also, turns out Hagee is a much nicer man than we first thought:

Interviewed by Deborah Solomon, Hagee refused to discuss his statement that Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for a gay rights parade in New Orleans, calling it “so far off-base.” He claims, “Our church is not hard against the gay people. Our church teaches what the bible teaches, that it is not a righteous lifestyle. But of course we must love even sinners.“

Yes. And hell froze over last night too. Say and do ANYTHING to get the Independent vote.

(HT: ThinkProgress / Citizen Crain)

Bush is such a tough act to follow. After all, he has said God speaks to him. Has Huckabee ever made such a claim? I mean, if he isn’t on God’s speed dial list of friends, should the Religious-right even be wasting their time with him? They are so under-represented in this country. I feel a good crying jag coming on. Excuse me…

GOP front-runner John McCain, in a bid to prove his conservative credentials, tongue-teased the collective scrotum of the Christian-right on Wednesday.

“I do hope that at some point we would just calm down a little bit and see if there’s areas we can agree on,” McCain said at a news conference in a Phoenix airport hangar before he flew here.

The Rev. Jonathan Falwell, son of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell who made the religious right a political force when he founded the Moral Majority in 1979, disclosed Wednesday that he had a telephone talk with McCain within the past 24 hours. Falwell, who succeeded his father as pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchville, Va., said he wasn’t ready to endorse a candidate but wanted to hear more from the Arizona senator on the issues.

“I look forward to seeing what McCain’s plan is to unite the party,” Falwell said, “and to see what he has to say in the coming days on the social agenda.” He also expressed interest in hearing more from McCain on national security, the economy, Supreme Court nominees, and “how to protect human life and traditional marriage.” (Emphasis mine)

Unite the party? Just “the party”, Jonathan? Not the whole country? Pitting Americans against fellow Americans… how friggin’ religiously charitable of you!

McCain can have you and your ilk.

If a Huckabee presidency doesn’t scare the bejeebus out of you, then you obviously don’t know of him all that well. And what better way to get to know someone than through the company they keep?

Jay Cole: A Baptist minister based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with a right-wing radio talk show:

• - when Huckabee was the governor of Arkansas, it was Cole who persuaded him to arrange the release from prison of a convicted rapist, Wayne Dumond, who had become a born-again evangelical in prison.
• - Cole: “To date there’s well over 139 prophecies that have come to pass exactly as the Lord says. Mike believes those things. Anyone with any Bible knowledge would have to say that this looks like the time. We’re so close to the Lord’s return.”
• - Cole compared the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to the Ku Klux Klan. “As you know from history, their original intent–[Mormon founding fathers Joseph] Smith and Brigham Young–was to take over the United States of America,” he said. “They weren’t just far behind the KKK in their efforts.”
• - Cole: “If you think communism’s bad, just think what the Islamics are doing,” Cole warned. “Those people have no–they’re just not human. They’re just not human.”

John Hagee: Head of a Pentecostal congregation in San Antonio, Texas, with 18,000 members and the executive director of Christians United for Israel, a national lobbying group that organizes against a two’state solution to the Israel-Palestine crisis and in favor of a military strike on Iran.

• - Hagee’s zealous support for Israel is kindled by his belief that Jesus will one day return to “biblical Israel” to usher in a kingdom of Heaven on Earth. “As soon as Jesus sits on his throne he’s gonna rule the world with a rod of iron.”
• - Hagee: “[H]e’s gonna make the ACLU do what he wants them to. That means you’re not gonna have to ask if you can pray in public school…. We will live by the law of God and no other law.”

Tim LaHaye: Co-author of the bestselling Left Behind pulp fiction series, which tells of the coming apocalyptic battle between followers of Jesus and forces of Satan.

Paige Patterson: President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, an outspoken believer in End Times theology as well. Patterson is one of the chief organizers of the right-wing takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Chuck Norris: A B-level action movie star. (enough said)

Huckabee, too liberal???

It’s true what they say. If (liberal) Jesus stopped in for a visit this afternoon, the Christian-right would have him back up on a cross by morning.

Huckabee Aims for Evangelicals in SC

Propelled in Iowa by evangelicals’ support, Mike Huckabee is trying for a repeat victory in South Carolina, where religion is woven even more tightly into the fabric of life.
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Some evangelicals are wary of Huckabee, believing he is too liberal on issues such as poverty, health care and the environment. Page, while not endorsing anyone, dismissed those criticisms, calling Huckabee a “caring, genuine, humble person.”
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Jessie Davis, a 27-year-old mother of three from Inman, S.C., held her youngest, 8-month old Abbie, in her arms. Davis said the No. 1 thing that attracted her to Huckabee was “Christian values.”

“He’s going to ask God what do before he asks somebody else,” Davis said after the rally. “God designed everything. He knows how it’s supposed to work.”