Posted on 04/27/2005 2:55:26 PM PDT by quidnunc
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Focus on the Family today dismissed as "overheated rhetoric" and "suspect theology" comments from U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar that the ministry is the "antichrist of the world."
Salazar, a first-term Democrat from Colorado, made the comments during a Tuesday interview with a Colorado Springs television station, in a report reviewing his recent public disagreements with Focus, which has urged Coloradans to question the senator on his support of judicial filibusters.
"In my view," Salazar said of the ministry, whose 1,400 employees he represents, "they are the antichrist of the world."
Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family's vice president of government and public policy, said "this appears to be just the latest example of what is fast becoming a pattern with Sen. Salazar."
"He's using overheated rhetoric to draw attention away from his broken campaign promises," Minnery said. "He told the voters of Colorado, when he was trying to win their votes, that he supported up-or-down votes for judicial nominees; now, he's backing his party's filibusters.
"Our disagreements with him are rooted in the work he is doing in representing the people of our state. His disagreements with us seem to go much deeper than that."
On Sunday, Salazar accused Focus on the Family of organizing a protest of his family's Dairy Queen -- even though the demonstration was actually staged by a Denver church. As for the "antichrist" charge, Minnery said it was barely worth comment.
"Let's just say it's suspect theology," he said. "It seems as though the senator could benefit from studying his Bible a little more thoroughly."
Contact: Christopher Norfleet of Focus on the Family, 719-548-4570 or culturalissues@family.org; Web: http://www.family.org
It's too bad he waited till after the election to say this.
Brilliant, understated response!
They believe in the anti-christ but not Christ! All I can say is: Go Democrats! Go! As they stampede headlong toward the cliff.
Hopefully, his last-term as well.
The antichrist business is booming in the fevered minds of democrats.
Takes one to know one.
Did Salazar offer any exegesis to buttress his allegations?
*LOL*!!
So that guy who the media touted as Mr Moderate Democrat is now running around accusing a political opponent of being the anti-christ. Well, isn't that special.
Oh, note to Colorado, there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat anymore.
If this is true, I'm out a bundle. I had all my money on Clay Aiken.
Hopefully, in the not too distant future, one of his news releases will read:
Salazar, a former one-term Democrat from Colorado, made the comments during a Tuesday interview with a Colorado Springs television station . . . .
Well it is certainly good that we got this great mystery of the ages settled. I guess it should have been obvious all along. After all, the words 'focus' and 'family' both begin with 'F', the sixth letter of the alphabet. And Dobson has six letters. So there you have it-- '666'.
</sarcasm>
Does Salazar claim to be an American Indian?
Amazing, isn't it. A republican Senator accepts free time to address citizens, and is lambasted because those citizens are religious, so therefore he must be "injecting religion" into politics.
And here a Democrat Senator uses a biblical reference to pure evil as a label against his political opponents, and not one word against him in the MSM.
More proof the Democrats, despite their market-based posturing, are not conversant in the basic religious sensitivities of the majority of Americans. This cycle could prove to be seminal indeed, with this and with the likes of Howard Dean raising up all manner of Cain. One thing can no longer be said - that Americans have no choice when they vote. Shaping up to be the difference between light and darkness.
Democrats professing their religious belief in the Anti-Christ --- Who else could be!! It's certainly not Jesus Christ!
Democrats should be immediately apprehended and placed into mental wards, for the simple act of being a Democrat.
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