Rev. Fallwell suffers MAJOR heart attack in critical condition-

[givemebackmycountry]

Fallwell ministries reports he is in a local hospital. More during a noon press conference with his son.

[Walt Starr]

1. Falwell has a heart?

:shrug:

[Arkana]

3. You beat me to it.

:P

[Walt Starr]

7. Who woulda thunk it

Falwell actually has a heart.

Unless, of course, a disembodied heart attacked him at Liberty University.

:shrug:

[shrub chipper]

10. That was MY first thought, too.

[Mari333]

2. I kind of had a feeling his gluttony would catch up with him. n/t

[htuttle]

4. Awww...that's terrible!

:sarcasm:

[sniffa]

5. there is a god

how about that!?



i hope i get quoted at cnut-news.

[Skidmore]

6. The Deity was trying to tell that man something last

month--he just wouldn't listen. The kind of hatred that man carries in him chokes the soul.

As an ironic aside, he told Wolf Blitzer on this past Sunday that he wanted the whole world to know that he didn't want anyone to remove any tubes from him.

[ohio_liberal]

8. I'd like to feel sorry for him

But sorry, I got nothing :shrug:

[gratuitous]

9. I'm sure that all DU joins me, prostrate in prayer for Brother Jerry

And may God bring him a portion of the peace that passes all understanding.

[kedrys]

14. I don't think God is real thrilled with Jerry

I'm thinking express ticket to Hell...

[Tux]

81. Yes

He needs that but it won't happen. He's too angry over gays, liberals, non-Christians, and my gf's cat.

Maybe we could read the Koran or Dhammapada to him...

[Catholic Democrat]

11. Get Well

Well lets hope he recovers well. He helps make the case quite often as to just how looney the Right really is.

[mopaul]

12. i'm prayin' over here

...............................

[Cleita]

20. Make sure you pray to his god, not yours.

:evilgrin:

[flyarm]

37. sad thing is...

he will get the best medicine can offer ..while those he has pillaged for their last dime do without medical care!! heart attack or otherwise!!
remember jerry..thou shall not steal...wonder what the good lord has planned for those who have robbed from the poor??

fly

[demokatgurrl]

65. I'd pray too, but I'm a Jew-

and Falwell said God does not hear the prayer of a Jew.
So f*ck him.

[dave123williams]

83. LOL - agreed.

[Cleita]

13. I was wondering when.

With all that blubber on him, his arteries have to be clogged shut.

[bowens43]

15. Jesus is pissed........

get well Jerry.

[Ganja Ninja]

16. Go to the light Jerry.

:sarcasm:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. The light he sees will be the red glare from the fires of Hell.

[Ganja Ninja]

39. It's a short stop at the pearly gates to check in ...

then the trap door opens and "Hello Beelzebub".

[mopaul]

24. your eternal reward awaits you gasbag

and i don't think jesus is on your visiting list

[merbex]

17. Here's a question for the family -

Are they glad that his doctor's took a lot of science classes?

[BurtWorm]

18. Does he think feminists and homosexuals had anything to do with it?

Boy, is it hard to say something kind. Reap what ye sow.

[9119495]

32. I was about to say I blame the gays but you beat me to it. Could it

be the fault of Muslims?

In all seriousness, I don't wish death on anyone. Good luck Jerry. Maybe you'll see the light and recant.

Also, that person above was right that he makes the GOP look silly--we need him.

[BurtWorm]

36. You actually thought of something nice to say about him!

Good for you! :toast:

[9119495]

48. I always think...what would a conservative do? Then do the opposite

If this were Jesse Jackson, what would the right be doing? I'd hate to be liek them.

[BurtWorm]

62. It's just that they give us such difficult people to give a shit about.

I'm going to be ill if Falwell is treated "reverentially" in the media. If this is the Big One, that is. (Or whenever the Big One is, for that matter.)

[Media_Lies_Daily]

19. Why'd he go to a hospital? Doesn't he believe in the power of prayer?

[dave123williams]

21. Boy, is he going to be suprised when he finds himself in Hell.

[Worst Username Ever]

28. At least he can hang out with Reagan.

[lavenderdiva]

23. wonder if his family will decide to put him on life support,

or not... (please turn on your sarcasm buttons)

[frankly_fedup2]

96. WEll, he is on life support. He is on a respirator. That means he . . .

cannot get enough oxygen in his blood on his own. So if they removed the respirator, he would die if he could not breathe on his own.

[mtnsnake]

25. I despise Falwell, but I don't wish bad health upon anyone, even him

I'd rather see him healthy and miserable in 2008 when we take the country back from the religious right.

[UdoKier]

101. I hope he suffers horribly. People like him...

...have made health care an unaffordable luxury for 40 million of us, and yet he has inexhaustible amounts of money to repair his clogged-up "heart" (yeah right).

To hell with him. I hope the hospital bill drain his entire fortune, and then he dies anyway.

[TWiley]

26. Did this happen because fundamentalists HATE America?

It would make sense as they claimed 9/11 was caused by abortions and homosexuals.

[TWiley]

112. .

[mopaul]

27. another sign of ILL PORTENT for mankind

[grumpy old fart]

31. See what cheeseburgers and hate get you..?

eom

[AlCzervik]

29. i think i'll just keep my comments to my self.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. I Will Take Your Path On This One

The Professor

[Lugnut]

67. I was thinking the same thing

Since I have nothing nice to say I'll say nothing other than to agree with your post.

[KharmaTrain]

30. Power Of Positive Thinking

I saw this scumbucket on CNNServative attacking Michael Schaivo and spewing his usual barage of lies...and it made me mad that all of his bile goes out unchallenged and how damaging he's been to political dialogue in this country over the past 25 years.

While watching I hoped something similar would befall his family (this was at the same time posts about DeLay and Robert Schindler's own pasts were coming to light), and see how this fat asshat would react. Maybe some invisible cloud being heard something? The sun just started shining out my window.

I wish the man no pain, but I do wish his voice to be diminished as he's done nothing but divided and exploited.

[charlie]

33. Take a lesson, Fundies

Looks like ol' Jerry's gonna miss the Rapture. It can happen to you too. So quit wrecking the country. Your loved ones and people you don't even know will have to live with the mess you leave behind.

[Blue Diadem]

34. He just said publicly that if he ever had to go on life support again

that he'd never want to be taken off. He included something like "don't you dare pull my plug" or something to that effect. He said he just might sit up in 14 yrs and want to know what day and time it was...

[DU9598]

44. Karma

Let's all remember our own Karma ... let's not say anything that we wouldn't want said about us (especially if we were bigotted). ;)

[charlie]

47. Funny, I was just reading that

But I've already given my living will. Don't you dare pull the plug on me. I want to wake up in 14 years and say, "What day is it? What time is it?"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200503280007

[Sparkle]

35. Get well quickly, Rev. Falwell!

That way some of us can get back to bashing you and your ilk and you and your ilk can get back to bashing liberals!

[napi21]

38. I wonder is this will change his hate speech?

I detest the way he speaks hate toward everything outside of his little model world, but I've seen major shifts of attitude when someone is shocked into recognizing their own fragility.

Many things could happen here.

He could actually be in the same position as Terri! Wonder how that would be?

He will have to recognize that he may very soon meet his God. Will he recognize how that God will look at all the hatered he's spewn over the years?


Stay tuned. We may hear answers to at least some of those questions.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

40. Anything to beat out the Pope and Schiavo.

It's probably all part of the leftist conspiracy to wipe out Christianity.

[morcatknits]

54. I wonder

If he thinks Tinky Winkie did it. I certainly hope he doesn't have a gay nurse taking care of him in the hospital. If I were making the assignments on that unit today, I'd scare up every gay nurse I could find and assign one or two to him 24 hours a day.
morcatknits

[Tux]

91. Religious rights

Gay nurses and doctors can say that treating a hateful man is against thier religious believes and no, they won't refer him to another.

[ronnykmarshall]

87. Shhhhhhhh!

Don't talk about The Plan in the open like that!

All hail ... The Plan!

[Clark2008]

41. Is he going to be put on life-saving equipment indefinately

or is he going to sit around for years in a delusional stupor making no coherent and salient points... oh, wait, he already does this...

:P

[earth mom]

42. Like someone else posted...

maybe there is a God!

(sorry to offend anyone, but I can't resist in the face of pure evil)

O8)

[grumpy old fart]

43. Anyone else seen a report? I'd hate to get my hopes up for nothing...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

45. Apparently no one cares...

I haven't seen it on any of the news channels yet, and I've been flipping around for a few minutes.
Duckie

[Just Me]

49. Maybe a near-death experience would kill the hate and loathing?

:shrug:

It's happened.

[joefree1]

50. So Jerry, how did YOU piss God off?

"And, I know that I'll hear from them for this. But, throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen."
-- Rev. Jerry Falwell, blaming civil libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, and abortion rights supporters for the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, quoted from John F. Harris, "God Gave U.S. 'What We Deserve,' Falwell Says," The Washington Post (September 14, 2001)

May you recieve your just reward in the next life. Happy trails.

Pagan DUers meet other Pagan DUers at:
Ancient Wisdom and Pagan Spirituality Group
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=262

[BurtWorm]

51. Here's a guy who in another era would have been as newsworthy

as my downstairs neighbors. He's really nothing but a hick pastor. But he's a rich one, and one with a giant mailing list and an insatiable desire to be in front of TV cameras. So now we get press conferences on national TV when this hick pastor has a heart attack. O tempes! Or mores!

[Beetwasher]

52. Would It Be Tasteless Of Me To Send Him Get Well Bacon and Big Macs?

Just asking.

[flyarm]

59. where can i send my donation for the big macs?? n/t

[yellowcanine]

60. No, but including a feeding tube would be well over the line, imo.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

68. You're right! Let's send TWO feeding tubes!!

[tx_dem41]

61. Yes, it would. n/t

[KansDem]

95. How about a gift certificate for that new Burger King sandwich?

They could rename it "The Falwell"

Hold the mayo!

[tx_dem41]

53. Here's the only link I found on Google.

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/nation/11258393.htm

[neoteric lefty]

55. Shows that not even God can save you if you don't take care

of yourself, physically. He had to be at least 275 lbs. I don't care who you are, angel or atheist, being that overweight will damage your health. I really hope he doesn't die. Rather, I hope he learns from this experience and develops a compassion for others that he truly lacks (and by others, I mean non-"white, heterosexual, evangelical Christians").

[yellowcanine]

56. I wish him well but he did appear to be a prime candidate for this

I also have a hypothesis that people who spend their time poking their noses into other people's business the way Jerry does are adding extra stress to their systems which - combined with the obesity and "workaholic" lifestyle - may have made this inevitable.

[grumpy old fart]

57. tinky winky getting his revenge???

[paineinthearse]

58. It's Bubba's fault. nt

[BigMcLargehuge]

63. Really, Falwell is... HEY THAT SQUIRREL HAS A PUFFY TAIL!!!!!

I feel really awful (because I stubbed my toe on the baby rocker this morning)
It certainly is a tragedy (That they will have to disinfect the ambulance)
He did so much (setting tolerance back 40 years)
His political influence will be missed (right wing fundie cronyism loses another member)

[pilgrimsoul]

64. If he survives....

I hope the doctor he has to thank for saving his miserable hide is a black, lesbian, feminist, atheist, DEMOCRAT!!!

[Az]

66. Though he is clearly the opposition this is not the time to mock him

I recall when Carl Sagan passed many on the right ridiculed him and his life. It was the most disgusting thing I have ever witnessed. I will have nothing to do with any behaviour like that. I cannot say much nice about the man but I will not sink to ridiculing him when he is down.

[htuttle]

70. Carl Sagan...

...never hated anyone. At least not publicly.

He may have gotten irritated from time to time, but he never used his position to direct seething hatred toward anyone.

Seems a bit different to me.

Just saying...:shrug:

[Az]

82. Don't take my position the wrong way

It has nothing to do with who he is as a person. I believe he represents a key component to the rise of the religious right. A group I believe represents the greatest threat to the world today.

I cannot find anything positive to say about the man except he was a human. Even that comes off as hollow to me when compared to the hatred he has fostered.

The Sagan comparison is presented not to compare Sagan and Falwell as equals. Only that they are humans. And when the right rejoiced in Sagan's passing it was the most sickening display of inhumanity I had witnessed in a long time. I do not wish to be part of any display of ghoulish delight in the death or harm of another. Nothing good ever comes of such a display.

[jonnyblitz]

72. yes we know AZ. you are a much better person than we are.

:eyes:

[Az]

92. Completely not my intent

I just have a different view of the matter than others. Whether it is better than others I have no idea. I just want to move our group forward and spread our ideas as far as possible. I suspect that a display of rejoicing the death of Falwell will not serve this purpose in any way. In fact it may create more harm than anything else.

[Maestro]

76. I am not going to ridicule him

but I will speak the truth about the guy. And again, I feel no sorrow for him.

[Az]

86. I can't honestly say I feel any sorrow for him either

I am just trying to state that displays of rejoicing are rather inhumane. Even for those we find little redeeming in.

[YvonneCa]

93. Here, here ! n/t

[Maestro]

111. No rejoicing

but if he goes, he goes.

[iconoclastNYC]

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

Some More Quotations from the right Rev:

The Bible is the inerrant ... word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible,without error in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc.

We're fighting against humanism, we're fighting against liberalism ... we are fighting against all the systems of Satan that are destroying our nation today ... our battle is with Satan himself.

The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews.

God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.

I put all the blame legally and morally on the actions of the terrorist, secular and anti-Christian environment left us open to our Lord's not to protect. When a nation deserts God and expels God from the culture ... the result is not good.

[LostinVA]

Which condemned ALL Catholics

Which is why (having grown up Catholic and been called everything from a Pagan to a devil worshiper by various "born-agains") I cannot understand certain laypeople and clergy forming alliances with these people. Hey, they HATE you, they think you are going to HELL, they don't believe in good works-based religion.

[AngryAmish]

71. About time he died

I hope that bastard suffers. That way the KKKristians can suffer, too.

[ronnykmarshall]

73. Please join hands and sing ...

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead.

She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.

Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!

[grumpy old fart]

74. Falwell's living will says he wants to stay a veggie....

After claiming Terri's condition is just like his was a few weeks ago, he goes on to say:

"But I've already given my living will. Don't you dare pull the plug on me. I want to wake up in 14 years and say, "What day is it? What time is it?"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200503280007

He must be in the 3% who have a living will that says DON'T pull the plug when I go veggie. Too afraid to see what his vengeful God's gonna do with him I guess.

[Maestro]

75. This is cold

but I could really care less. I despise that radical evangelists. All he promotes his bigotry, ignorance, arrogance and hatred.

[arwalden]

77. He Can Expect NO SYMPATHY From Me!

[Gold Metal Flake]

78. Go to the light, Jerry, go to the light!!

Godspeed on your journey.

[lala_rawraw]

79. I have no sympathy

Sorry to say. The man spent his life manipulating people. Mostly, I cannot have sympathy for a man who thought guilty "insert any GOP label here" New Yorkers were somehow to blame for 9/11.

[WillowTree]

80. OMG!

I no longer recognize my party.

[grumpy old fart]

85. Don't worry, the leaders will say all the nice things.....

that none of us truly believe...

[lala_rawraw]

94. Because

We don't feel sympathy for a person who:

1). Who blamed 9/11 on gays, women, etc.?
2). Who helped convince the "Christians" that the war in Iraq was needed (count the bodies please)?
3). Who sold his ministry to Moon while manipulating his followers to donate?
4). Who helped launch the far right's takeover of this country (count the bodies again, include the elderly, poor, sick, etc.)?
5). Who helped create a culture of hate?

This list goes on and on...

Sorry this bothers you, my lack of sympathy that is. I am not going to generate feelings in order to please "my party" or anyone else. Feel free to pray for him. I will, however, pray for the victims he help create.

[LostinVA]

103. I would also bet he's still a a major racist

Don't believe me? Read Mel White's book. He preached incredibly vitriolic sermons against blacks, civil rights, integration, etc. long after most Virginians gave up and accepted they had to abide by civil rights laws. He was adamantly against the Loving vs. Virginia ruling, and continued to preach this kind of hate into the 70's,. He only "changed" when what he was saying was no longer socially acceptable, so then went on to women and gays, etc.

The man is hate-filled, and is the antithesis of Christ.

[Hugin]

84. Hmm... Interesting, there was a "breaking" banner at MSRNC...

Now it's gone.

No other word... I wonder if Terri S. and Da Pope are stealing
too much of Falwell's thunder.

Good GOD! There was a "Trauma Gap!"

I wouldn't wish illness on my worst enemy... Anyone
recall that part of the Rede which specifies anything
you wish will return to you threefold?

[grumpy old fart]

89. Here ya go....

http://roswell.fortunecity.com/necronomicon/310/WitchCraft/witch10.html

[Hugin]

97. Thanks grumpy...

Nice link.

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

90. Oh goody another media circus!

I was getting worried about all the wingnuts at the hopsice. What will they have to do when Terri passed away?

Now they have another job.

[lala_rawraw]

98. I do not wish..

Illness. I simply have no sympathy for him. Nothing more.

[Hugin]

100. Good attitude lala... n/t

[LostinVA]

104. Exactly. n/t

[obnoxiousdrunk]

88. May his

soul wander in peace.

[frankly_fedup2]

107. I have had Faux News on for the last 30 minutes, and they have

had that big "FOX SPECIAL NEWS REPORT" Regarding Falwell at least 6 times.

I don't watch Faux cause I like it. I do it for a contributor to Media Matters.

(for some reason I felt I needed to explain that).

Fox started using the "FOX SPECIAL NEWS REPORT" around 9/11. Their ratings went up and I guess they figure it is because of this "FOX SPECIAL NEWS REPORT."

Problem is, by doing this, it's like hollering wolf all the time.

Now, when something REALLY important happens that needs to be reported, I wonder if the Faux Fans will really pay that much attention to it?

[UdoKier]

99. Satan is warming up Jerry's spot.

He will be dearly missed by... um, er, uhhhh....


Well, I suppose I will miss him in that instead of Falwell, we'll probably be subjected to more of those other assholes like Ralph Reed, etc.

Anyway, I pray that he meets his maker, Satan, very soon.

They'll be happy together.

[0007]

102. Good bye Jerry

Help me help me I promise to change

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

105. no media coverage because of laura's diversion?

can't upstage pickles.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

106. dupe

[kliljedahl]

108. Just one thing to say

[Yosie]

109. Because I am more of a hamische mensche then Rev Falwell

I will Bench a Mish'a'Bara for Rev Falwell. I hope Rev Falwell and his counsellor, Jay Sekulow, will do the same for those of us to whom they have brought pain and suffering (by banning stem cell research).

[LeftishBrit]

110. I realize it's easier to be charitable when it's not MY country...

that he's been ruining; but I have been utterly horrified at the things he's said and done over the years.

But I would rather wish that he will recover, and that the experience of being sick, afraid and vulnerable will make him change his ways and publicly repent in a way that will influence lots and lots of Christian-rightists to change their mind.

Perhaps he will be cured by a gay non-Christian doctor, and this will help to cure him of some of his prejudices as well.

[TWiley]

113. I thought his name was spelled "FART-WELL"

Appropriate when considering that cloud of flatulence that always surrounds his head.