Posted on 07/06/2011 3:27:55 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
In a segment on the religiosity of Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, MSNBC's Richard Lui on Wednesday looked to an author who has smeared conservative Christians as "radical," weird individuals who "hate" America.
The guest host for Martin Bashir interviewed Frank Schaeffer, a blogger on the liberal Huffington Post website and also a constant critic of the religious right. Schaeffer, the son of a conservative theologian, excoriated conservatives: "But, I came to understand that these people actually hate the United States as it is."
Lui never pointed out Schaeffer's liberal leanings or his endorsement of Barack Obama in 2008. The author and blogger warned of apocalyptic dangers, should Bachmann be elected president: "She comes from a wing of the evangelical movement where takes the Bible literally, and that includes the Old Testament that has passages about stoning gay people to death and all the rest of it."
Apparently, if the Republican Congresswoman wins the White House, she "would produce a theocracy in the country where the Bible would be paramount and no longer the Constitution or the Bill of Rights."
Lui didn't call Schaeffer on his apparent contradiction. Just a few minutes after the above quote, the writer suggested that when Christian Republican candidates come into office, "the only people they actually serve is Wall Street, and- and- and so really the social issues are a red herring..."
Schaeffer was appearing, partly, to promote his book, "Sex, Mom, and God: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics--and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway." (Lui awkwardly read the whole title.)
In July of 2010, Schaeffer, whose family helped promote the pro-life movement in the '70s, asserted that some of the "nuttiest" evangelicals support Israel.
A transcript of the July 06 segment,... follows:....... Interview
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And yet it was Franky Schaeffer’s book (that’s how he called himself then), I think “A time for anger, The Myth of Neutrality” that swayed my position to the Pro-life camp forever in the mid-80s. I read a few of his books back then so I’m not sure exactly which it was.
I have seem this line in many westerns (paraphrased)
I’ve seen good men do bad things, and bad men do good things....
Don't know the full story. There has been speculation online that he got ticked off that Dad never paid enough attention to him.
Apparently it's been going on quite some time. Too bad he didn't learn to FReep when he was younger.
Oh well, maybe Ann Coulter will start dating him. She apparently loves romantic attachments to libs.
Cheers!
You just caused me to violate the 10th Commandment -- I am bitterly jealous I didn't think of that first.
Cheers!
Is this “Franky” Schaeffer, the son of Francis Schaeffer, the fonder of the L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland?!? I think he was the director of the excellent video series “How Then Shall We Live” that Francis Schaeffer wrote and lectured in. If so, my how far this guy has fallen away from the sound teaching of his father.
Very sad. His dad was great.
Folks like this dude go way overboard in their condemnations. How can you take them seriously?
She found that libs are easier to get in bed than conservatives.
“But, I came to understand that these people actually hate the United States as it is.”
I think he is right. Compared to America from 50 years ago there is little to love today. In fact there is much to hate about current culture and attitudes.
Are you kidding? She *does* speak of being a Christian, and yet has dated libs. I hope she retained her virtue.
Cheers!
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