"Back off, Salazar. I'm workin this side of the street!"
say whaaaaaaat???
too much of that stuff they call beer in Colorado? LOL
He's gone over to the dark side...
He lied during his campaign... saying that the "judicial nominees deserve an up-or-down vote"... now he's supporting the filibuster.
What the hell has happened in Colorado? Did the water go bad, did all the DEnver smog finally fry people's brains?
Maybe he's just trying to deflect criticism from his c'RAT ally in hating America, HotWadd Churchill (I find it ironic and curious HotWadd having church as part of his name, No?).
I think this is another example of the Left throwing out "religious" talk without really understanding what they are saying. I saw this right after the election when all the Dems were out quoting scripture completely out of context.
The Dems always overdo it, throwing a wild insult rather than engaging in substantive debate.
It seems to come in handy for us on the right, especially when our Republican representatives start to vavwer . . .
I would like to ask Salizar to show me the scriptures that he is using to proclaim that Focus is the anti-Christ. I'm sure he would give me that 'deer in the headlights' look. He probably hasn't read the bible, let alone studied the prophetic passages regarding the anti-Christ.
Oh, if that were the other way around it would be NATIONAL news. Heck, all journalists have to do is IMAGINE that Dobson called SpongeBob gay and it's a BIG national story. Who wants to bet this "anti-Christ" comment will stay local but for websites like FR?
What a moron. He doesn't even have any comprehension of what is 'antichrist', and it's even spelled out in Scripture if he wasn't afraid that his fingers might burst into flame if he picked up a Bible.
If he wants to see 'antichrist', he only needs to spend a few minutes with the Junior Senator from New York.
Sheesh, sounds like some FReepers. *LOL*
Well Colorado...
Are you happy now with who you elected last November?
when was the last time a conservative politician attacked someone on spiritual grounds? how freaking out of line is this idiot? whatever happened to separation of church and state?
Boy o boy. This man has just dug his own grave. You don't mess with Dr. Dobson in Colorado. He is a one termer and can kiss his carrier goodbye. I love this, they just continue to shoot themselves.
diff source: more detail
In a letter to Focus Chairman Dr. James Dobson, Salazar, a lifelong Catholic, accused Focus of "hijacking" Christianity." The senator also condemned Dobson for agreeing to appear this Sunday in a national simulcast called "Justice Sunday," with Focus on the Family board member Albert Mohler, Jr., whom Salazar labeled as anti-Catholic.
"I would further encourage you to cease your unfounded attacks on the faith of my Democratic colleagues," Salazar wrote. "The Senate controversy over judges is simply about whether the rules should be broken in the pursuit of power. The controversy has nothing to do with the faith of any Democratic U.S. Senator."
Then, in the Rocky Mountain News, Salazar augmented his attack, saying that where "Focus on the Family and the conservative right wing is attempting to take the country will threaten the basic cornerstone of our freedom."
Cody Wertz, Salazar's press secretary, affirmed his boss's sentiments in an interview with CitizenLink today.
"He's saying that Focus on the Family and the right wing have a 'my way or the highway' approach to the way you are taking faith and religion, and that is on its way to creating a theocracy," Wertz said. "Our Constitution is founded in having a power in the minority and protecting those powers in the minority."
Dobson, in his reply to Salazar, told the senator "the excuses and personal attacks must stop."
"Of paramount concern is your claim that you have not observed an anti-religious bias on the part of any of your colleagues in the Senate," Dobson wrote. "The Democrats' filibuster of certain nominees suggests exactly the opposite. It is clear that liberals in the Senate are blocking judicial nominees with strong religious convictions precisely because of those convictions.
"In fact, your colleagues are on the record as citing the 'deeply held beliefs' and 'incredibly strong ideology' of certain nominees as reason for denying them up-or-down votes.
Wertz also stood by Salazar's indictment of Mohler.
"Dr. Mohler's comment, 'I believe that the Roman church is a false church, and believes in a false Gospel,' that's going against — that threatens (Sen. Salazar's) freedom to worship," he said. "What that quote is meant to do is divide. It's divisive and serves to belittle another church."
But Mohler, one of the nation's most prominent theologians, refused to back away from his statements, made as part of an extensive interview in 2000 on CNN's "Larry King Live." The president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary said he was discussing theology — and the distinction between Protestants and Catholics.
"Sen. Salazar's comments about me are evidence of either gross manipulation or abysmal ignorance," Mohler said. "Only he knows which is the case."
What's more, he added, Salazar's statements seem to be "evidence of political panic."
"His 'divide-and-conquer' tactic will not succeed," Mohler explained. "Anyone who is shocked that evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics disagree on fundamental theological doctrines is simply unaware of four centuries plus of church history. My statements reflect nothing more than classic evangelical theology.
"Not only do evangelicals hold concerns about the Roman Catholic Church, but the Roman Catholic Church, even in writings by the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, makes the same point clear from the other side."
Focus on the Family spokeswoman Carrie Gordon Earll said the ministry has never attacked the religious beliefs of Salazar — or any senator, Democrat or Republican. Salazar is, however, trying to create "a religious smokescreen," she said.
http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0036286.cfm
This guy has no clue what he's talking about. Maybe he should think about checking himself into a rehab center.
Paranoid dementia is a horrible thing to behold.
SaladJar just declared war on Christianity. This wack-job will never win re-election.
"We need to talk about Christian values and how they're Democratic values."-Reverend Howard Dean