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Thursday, October 5, 2006

Dealing with Terrorists

posted by on October 5 at 10:49 AM

From the Hastert quotes featured in this Baltimore Sun story to the Cheney quotes features in this DC Examiner story to this damn cartoon, it’s been a fucking galling morning.

And so it is with a sense of exhausted resignation that I report the allegations that FOX News persuaded the psychotic Westboro Baptist Church to forgo its planned picketing of the slain Amish girls’ funerals in exchange for an hour of airtime.

Who knows what kind of arrangement was struck or not struck, but last night’s Hannity & Colmes featured an extensive interview with a prime Westboro loonie. A partial transcript of the interview—including the Westboro loonie’s explanation of why God allowed those Amish girls to be butchered—can be found here.

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God motherfucking damn it. That pissed me off. This Westboro filth bought themselves a seat at the table. An HOUR? Hannity should just do the decent thing and put a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger. What a fucking ass lip.

Posted by Fnarf | October 5, 2006 11:10 AM
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Iffy update: According to this story, Westboro called off the protest not for an hour on FOX News, but for an hour of radio time with someone named Mike Gallagher, suggesting the Hannity & Colmes interview was...what? Just for kicks?

Posted by David Schmader | October 5, 2006 11:20 AM
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So now we negotiate with terrorists via Fox "news"?

Posted by seattl98104 | October 5, 2006 11:24 AM
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Now, like any correct thinking human being, I loathe Jabba Hanity and Salacious Combs. However, you gotta admit it was kinda fun to see them tag team this horrible waste of skin and organs.

The Westboro Baptist Church is lucky its critics don't think the same way they do, otherwise there would be some "divine retribution" coming the Phelps' way in the from of Holy Buckshot and Heavenly Pipe Bombs.

Posted by The_Pope_Of_Chili_Town | October 5, 2006 11:27 AM
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Posted by Levislade | October 5, 2006 1:17 PM
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At least Hannity and Colmes manage to agree that the lady and her fellow crazies are a bunch of stonehearted fucks for protesting things like this-- they're still rightwing nutjobs, but at least marginally capable of picking out the especially crazy Christians.

Posted by Megan | October 5, 2006 1:18 PM
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But, you see, that's how they work. Phelps and crew allow extremist nutcakes like Hannity to stake out an apparently "moderate" position to the left of them.

This is how the goalposts get moved, and why "left-wing" Democrats nowadays run to the right of Republicans like Richard Nixon. Hannity is an unforgiveable Nazi blowhard, don't forget that.

Posted by Fnarf | October 5, 2006 1:43 PM
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Cheney link repaired.

Posted by David Schmader | October 5, 2006 2:03 PM
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Sounds like a good deal to me. The Amish, obviously, don't watch television. Diverting the Westboro nutcases to the boob tube ensure that the victims in this case don't have to be victimized further.

Posted by keshmeshi | October 5, 2006 3:28 PM
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The dignity, compassion, peace, and humility of the Amish's Christianity stand in marked contrast to the neck-vein-popping lunatic hate of the Westboros.

Posted by Fnarf | October 5, 2006 3:59 PM
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We can only hope that the next mass murderer targets these nutjobs and spares us having to breathe the same air much less hear their drivel.
These 'christians' make OBL look like a nice guy.

Posted by K X One | October 6, 2006 12:12 AM

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