I recall a few weeks after Foley someone posted that a new gay scandal would be "atomic'

[DianeG5385]

Could the Haggard scandal be it? After all he's an incredibly important evangelical and a close advisor to Bush. Think of the fundie disapointment. I think we will be seeing alot of right wing break downs as their belief system crumbles around them!

[babylonsister]

1. Andrew Sullivan predicted this to be way bigger than the

Foley scandal ever thought about being. That's big! :wow:

(On CNN tonight)

[MadMaddie]

2. I didn't realize he was a close advisor....apparantly

* doesn't pick his advisors and friends very well does he.....guess he didn't look into his soul.....

[fob]

I think bush* said he looked into "his hole", but as usual slurred his

words. So in this case he picked his advisor just fine!

[MadMaddie]

4. Bwah...haw...haw....

That's just funny....
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BrotherBuzz]

5. You bad!

:thumbsup:

:rofl:

[tblue]

3. I'd never even heard of Haggard before. Is he that well known?

[Warpy]

6. Yes, he's one of the cadre of right wing lunatics

in Colorado Springs that gives that town such a bad name. He's hand in hand with Dobson and boasts of having once a week conference calls to Stupid. He's a charismatic SOB who goes after kids, trying to suck him into his hateful, exclusionary determinism.

Here's Richard Dawkins interviewing him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNjfpoRZpE

He's very well known in the fundie lunatic set.

[nickyt]

7. And, he just wrapped up a nationwide tour rescuing teens from

whatever:

August through October 2006, top Christian leaders, including Dr. Jack Hayford, I.V. Hilliard, Ted Haggard, and Tommy Barnett, join Teen Mania founder Ron Luce for a 44-city tour to rescue today’s generation of teens. BattleCry Leadership Summits will deliver to church leadership and parents the hard facts facing today’s youth culture and equip them to confront the current trends that show only FOUR PERCENT OF TODAY’S 33 MILLION TEENAGERS WILL BE BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS ONCE THEY REACH ADULTHOOD.



http://www.demossnewspond.com/teen/presskit/LeadershipSummitSchedule.htm


Speakers: Ron Luce, Ted Haggard Oct. 23—Nashville, Tenn. Afternoon
Speakers: Ron Luce, Ted Haggard Oct. 24—Birmingham, Ala. Morning
Speakers: Ron Luce, Ted Haggard Oct. 24—Winston-Salem, N.C. Afternoon
Speakers: Ron Luce, Ted Haggard Oct. 26—Tulsa, Okla. Morning
Speakers: Ron Luce, Ted Haggard Oct. 26—Dallas Afternoon