Jerry Falwell on Nov 2nd: "The Left threw its best punch...and failed"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.falwell.com/?a=p&content=1077559813&PHPSESSID=dbfd65a15934f4d95371d10572f63cc2

Falwell Confidential
Date: November 4, 2004
From: Jerry Falwell

THE LEFT THREW ITS BEST PUNCH... AND FAILED

Tuesday’s re-election of President George W. Bush and the election of a number of new conservative lawmakers across the nation astonished liberal newsmen, pundits and handlers who, hours earlier, had believed allegedly rigged exit polls and were confidently whispering that a new mandate was going to sweep the nation.

So what happened? After more than 25 years since I formed the Moral Majority and began mobilizing evangelicals to participate in the political process, I actually realized the fruit of my labors nationwide as Macel and I watched the election returns into the early hours of Wednesday. I could not hold back the tears of joy. Hour by hour, we observed a "slam dunk" as the Church of Jesus Christ made the difference in initiating the return of this nation to moral sanity and the Judeo-Christian ethic.

The so-called political experts had forgotten to count a significant voting bloc, namely the millions of evangelical voters who went to the polls in droves to “vote Christian.” Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Chris Matthews started Tuesday night with the firm belief they were presiding over the demise of social conservatism in America.

I’m not suggesting that we elected a bunch of fire-and-brimstone evangelists to office this week, but Christians collectively determined which candidates most closely held ideals that parallel our own biblically-based moral values and we went to the polls to support those candidates. I believe evangelical Christians are about 33 percent of the electorate today and are as powerful a voting bloc as there is in this nation. The so-called mainstream media will never give the proper credit for what we accomplished this week, but the fact is that evangelical Christians joined together in spirit at polls across this nation and are the reason a record 115 million persons actually voted. This was the most exciting day politically since the same day in 1980 when we first arose to sweepingly elect President Reagan to the Oval Office.

[klook]

1. "evangelical Christians are about 33 percent of the electorate today"

He wishes!

[cheezus]

2. no, the "only somewhat right of center" threw it's best punch

the left didn't even get to swing

[deutsey]

7. That was my thought, too

I'm sooo sick of hearing how the Left failed and how even some Democrats are saying the Party needs to move more to the center.

I'm on the Left and as far as I'm concerned, the Democrats (with some exceptions) have been center/right for some time now.

My guess is that as more people lose jobs and the quality of life they've come accustomed to thanks to the gains the Left made throughout the 20th century, the Left will suddenly be re-energized. Of course, that "sudden" turn of events probably won't happen for another decade at the very least. Just my opinion.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. "It does not matter who casts the votes but who counts them"

Josph Stalin

[peekaloo]

4. some of the best comedy on TV is watching him swindle his

followers so he can build a bigger, better JesusLand.

[knight_of_the_star]

5. We're not dead yet

Don't look for the guy who missed on the punch, look out for the POed guy who is going to use whatever comes to his hands to get even.

[johnnie]

6. OK Jerry

Keep telling yourself that you won this because of the "moral majority". All the rigged polls and cheating by the "moral majority" just shows the rest of us that we are correct in thinking that you are just another self appointed spokesman for illegal actions and conniving misguidance.

[ladjf]

8. He failed to mention the assistance from fraudulent voting

processes and a totally bought and paid for media.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. *sigh* When will ppl get it through their heads we are NOT

a Christian nation!?

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[molly]

10. He looks like that big bug in Star Wars - can't remember

the name.

[Batgirl]

12. BEST PUNCH?

I'm sorry JF, but that wasn't even CLOSE to being our best punch. AT the very most, it might have been in the top five. If we had utilized our absolutely, 100% all time bestest punch, you and your ilk would be wishing for the comparative pleasures of dog-paddling about in the Eternal Lake of Fire.

I have to wonder why, in his alleged great moment of triumph, Jerry feels the need for bluster. Could it be someone pointed out to him that a wartime incumbent should have swept to victory with much, much less trouble? Does he have a nagging feeling that a wartime incumbent should be popular enough with the electorate so as not to have to resort to the ever popular "voting irregularities" to ensure a (painfully small, fragmented and illusory) majority?

Not that this is the dumbest thing JF ever said:

"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."

"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."

"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."

[Rooktoven]

11. First, lets change terminology-- they are NOT Evangelicals!

Call them what they are: FUNDAMENTALISTS.

Shout that word. Also don't dare use "pro-life". Use "anti-choice" (or even anti-freedom).

Also don't shy from "liberal". Say it proudly and act like someone who will fight. Say "conservative" with a sneer.