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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, September 19, 2009

"Values voters"

Found these two bits interesting in the NYTimes coverage.
Mr. Pawlenty closed his address by invoking both Ronald Reagan and the Bible, repeating a story about the page Reagan’s Bible was opened to when he took the presidential oath of office in 1981.

As Mr. Pawlenty began reading from II Chronicles, his words were soon softly echoed by some members of the crowd, which eventually gave him a standing ovation.

Mr. Pawlenty was preceded on the stage by Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News host. Reporters were turned away from Mr. O’Reilly’s address to the summit. Staff members at the event said that was at Mr. O’Reilly’s request.

Mr. O’Reilly was the only speaker of the day whose speech was closed to the news media.
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4 Comments:

  • It's a cult. Well, cult-ish.

    This bizarre Reagan-Christo-Nationalism is, frankly, pretty scary.

    And O'Reilly is just a goon... or a fool. I think both.

    By Blogger -epm, at 9:04 AM  

  • Agree with both. You hit exactly why I put it up.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:06 AM  

  • I just wanted to point out that the "Christian" right is very big on quoting from the OLD Testament, but they don't quote the NT much... Unless, it's Paul going on about his sexual hang ups.

    Imagine a progressive invoking Barack Obama and expounding on The Beatitudes. SOCIALIST! SOCIALIST!

    By Blogger -epm, at 6:26 PM  

  • Yeah. Ronald Reagan sure did lead them a long way from JEsus' message.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:38 AM  

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