WorldNutDaily makes a blatant lie

[ck4829]

"Speaking in the aftermath of the presidential election, Democrat radio host Garrison Keillor says he is on a quest to take away the right of born-again Christians to vote, saying their citizenship is actually in heaven, not the United States.

Keillor, host of the popular National Public Radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," made the comments during a speech at Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and during his radio monologue the Saturday after the election.

According to a transcript of the show, Keillor said, "I am now the chairman of a national campaign to pass a constitutional amendment to take the right to vote away from born-again Christians. Just a little project of mine. My feeling is that born-again people are citizens of heaven, that is where there citizenship is, is in heaven, it's not here among us in America. ..."

During the Chicago speech Nov. 3, Keillor described his reaction to the re-election of President Bush.

"I am a Democrat – it's no secret. I am a museum-quality Democrat," Keillor said. "Last night I spent my time crouched in a fetal position, rolling around and moaning in the dark.""
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41462

But, what is the whole story?

WorldNetDaily.com neglects to say that the comments by Kieller were also described as part of a humorous speech he made in Chicago and his comments were met with laughter.
He is a well-known humorist and his remarks were not announcing a real effort for a constitutional amendment.
Whoever wrote this picked what he or she wanted out of the story and spread it as though it were a serious announcement.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/keillor.htm

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. How do you know that they were lying?

Were Joe Farah's lips moving?

[Old and In the Way]

2. Must suck to not have a sense of humor.

But Keillor makes a good point. Why would the radical fundies waste precious time being distracted and involved with such Earthly things like politics?

[Demit]

3. they did allow that Keillor's comment was said "apparently in jest"

but that the Free Republic folks were not amused.