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Monday, May 7, 2007

Karl Rove Is an Atheist

posted by on May 7 at 12:11 PM

It turns out that the man who courted Evangelicals in order to get Bush elected (twice) doesn’t believe in God. At least, not according to Christopher Hitchens.

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never forget MC Rove's best snap "religiouses be the best playdoh of our lives"

Posted by matthew fisher wilder | May 7, 2007 12:25 PM
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Eli - This is only surprising to those with a one-dimensional view of republicans as Bible Thumping Nutcases. The much-hated neocons are a fairly secular bunch. A lot of Americans - democrat and republican alike - are closet atheists.

Posted by Tony | May 7, 2007 12:26 PM
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but, but...god believes in karl rove! otherwise he never would have invented hell.

Posted by adrian! | May 7, 2007 12:34 PM
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To play devils advocate think about this for a bit. What have the evagelicals really gotten from the Bush White House in the past 6 years? They have not been able to totally outlaw abortion, have not been able to allow unfettered prayer in schools, they have not abolished the teaching of evolution in schools. They really have only fairly small tokens of love from the GOP. Moral of the story: Karl Rove and the rest of them are willing to fuck anyone they can (even their friends) for power. There is nothing with the GOP that even has a hint of morality.

Posted by Just Me | May 7, 2007 1:21 PM
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This is untrue. Satan's minions are always deeply religious.

Posted by Will in Seattle | May 7, 2007 1:27 PM
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Goddamn, but I fucking love Hitchens.

Posted by SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS | May 7, 2007 1:31 PM
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of course he's an atheist. he's trying to make us look bad. so smart!

Posted by maxsolomon | May 7, 2007 1:41 PM
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Weak.

Posted by no subscription | May 7, 2007 2:05 PM
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Goddamn, but I fucking hate fucking Christopher "still for the war" Hitchens.

Posted by Anon Ymous | May 7, 2007 2:54 PM
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@4

You're right. They havn't completely and absolutely achieved their objectives on which they should have made no progress whatsoever. I feel much better.

Posted by Ben | May 7, 2007 4:32 PM
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Kinda like what the democrats got outta Clinton...

Posted by Chelsea | May 7, 2007 6:27 PM
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We read about this last year in David Kuo's book Tempting Faith. Hitchens is a douche bag with a fancy English accent.

Posted by Sean | May 8, 2007 7:27 AM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 7:02 PM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 7:03 PM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 7:03 PM

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