Jerry Falwell Expires

[AngryFemme]

Associated Press - 10 mins ago:

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.


Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. "CPR efforts were unsuccessful," he said.

Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but he said Falwell "has a history of heart challenges."

"I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast," Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine, and they found him unresponsive."

Falwell had survived two serious health scares in early 2005. He was hospitalized for two weeks with what was described as a viral infection, then was hospitalized again a few weeks later after going into respiratory arrest. Later that year, doctors found a 70 percent blockage in an artery, which they opened with stents.

Falwell credited his Moral Majority with getting millions of conservative voters registered, electing Ronald Reagan and giving Republicans Senate control in 1980.

"I shudder to think where the country would be right now if the religious right had not evolved," Falwell said when he stepped down as Moral Majority president in 1987.

I'll reserve my own commentary for a later date. Thought it would be relevant to bold the late Mr. Falwell's most ridiculous statement to date.

Nevertheless, my heart goes out to his family and friends.

[ArmsMerchant]

The world would have been a kinder, gentler, and less hypocritical place had the MM not "evolved."

[dead_people_killer]

Thank god that man is dead. He was one of the people driving the divide in this country. And he was batshit insane.

[jackketch]

I miss Ronny Ray-gun...he was cool.

[mvpena]

After Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have tried to reason out why Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and terrorists attacking in New York, I'd like to hear Pat Robertson's reasoning for Jerry Falwell's death.

[dead_people_killer]

Originally Posted by mvpena

After Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have tried to reason out why Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and terrorists attacking in New York, I'd like to hear Pat Robertson's reasoning for Jerry Falwell's death.

He was a gay.

Seriously, I would love to hear Robertson's explanation as well.

[AngryFemme]

Originally Posted by dead_people_killer

Thank god that man is dead.

Shame on you.
That man had family and friends who loved him dearly, no doubt. We shouldn't wish death on any of our fellow human beings, be them friend or foe.

Here, I'll rephrase what I'm certain you meant to type:

Thank goodness that man's personal agenda has expired. Thank goodness that man's actions can no longer fuel the fire of evangelical brainwashing, hypocrisy and hate.

See? Sounds better, doesn't it?

[Dystopic_Figure]

He's Dead He's Dead The Faggot Is Dead Hahahahahaha!

[dead_people_killer]

Originally Posted by AngryFemme

Shame on you.
That man had family and friends who loved him dearly, no doubt. We shouldn't wish death on any of our fellow human beings, be them friend or foe.

Here, I'll rephrase what I'm certain you meant to type:

Thank goodness that man's personal agenda has expired. Thank goodness that man's actions can no longer fuel the fire of evangelical brainwashing, hypocrisy and hate.

See? Sounds better, doesn't it?

That does sound better, but as long as he was alive, he wouldnt have stopped fueling the fire of evangelical brainwashing, hypocricy and hate.

So however you want to put it, I am glad he is gone.

[AngryFemme]

Originally Posted by Dystopic_Figure

He's Dead He's Dead The Faggot Is Dead Hahahahahaha!

Ha! Sounds like something you'd hear Falwell himself say... Way to model yourself after the biggest homophobe America's ever had the misfortune to call their own.

Do you normally do evangelical impersonations, or were you just desperately trying to be funny?