frist?
epaw | 05.15.07 - 2:08 pm | #

anyway, I guess now he'll see if all his work was worth it as far as the judgement goes
epaw | 05.15.07 - 2:08 pm | #

screw you falwell:

"I really believe that the Pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians, ... 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 [terrorist attack: 9/11] happen." Jerry Falwell, 700 Club, 2001-SEP-13.
Robert | 05.15.07 - 2:08 pm | #

Good luck at the gate!
IdahoMoe | 05.15.07 - 2:08 pm | #

Yep, we'll see what happens... if anything happens.
Juan | 05.15.07 - 2:09 pm | #

My moneys on he won't be back in three days.
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:09 pm | #

I know you asked for respect, however, this is the first time in my life I was glad to hear someone was dead.
Google_Meister | 05.15.07 - 2:09 pm | #

It's the Rapture - it's started!
Godless SOB | 05.15.07 - 2:09 pm | #

It might have happened because he did something bad...right, Mr. Robertson??
P | 05.15.07 - 2:10 pm | #

Good riddance! The world is a little better place today.
Winston smith | 05.15.07 - 2:10 pm | #

Hope he now discovers religion really doesn't matter in the after-life after all. May he rest in peace.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:10 pm | #

Is HE in for a big surprise...

Don't say you weren't warned Jerry - in the Gospels, that is.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

He's reality based now.
cheesesauce | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

Well, seems like the wildfires in Georgia and Florida might get a break. Sure hope they get that under control.
►Bangkok-Bob◄ | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

Falwell grounds out.
Now batting: Pat Robertson
On Deck: James Dobson
Robert | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

Really not sorry to see this blowhard go. I'll try to be respectful, but it is difficult
Stan | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

Nicole is right.
We shouldn't turn this into a hate-fest.
I'll let Jerry do that for me ...

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.
-- Rev Jerry Falwell
Boring Scott | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

we can hope that if there is a god, he will judge falwell by the very standards falwell warped and used to attack everyone. alternatively, there is no god and falwell's life was just a bad joke. either way, it's a win-win i'd say.
greggy | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

"...However, I am also going to ask that C&Lers wishing to comment on this thread show some respect..."

I say most of us have bloody tongues.
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

He was an agent of intolerance - a man that set up a school, liberty university, that taught the students to be warriors for the Christian right - he fought against teaching of evolution, a woman's right to choose, gay rights and so many other causes. He has caused lasting damage to our nation that we must overcome in 2008.

Still, I have respect for the dead and hope his family and friends get through his death well.
budda | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

May his sad fear filled tortured soul be at peace.
whig-guy | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

Falwell and his movement represent what has gone wrong with our country. His "Moral Majority" was neither. This is the nicest thing that I can say about his passing from this world.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

Condolences to his family and friends.

His legacy will be judged, as will all of ours, by the impact we have on others' lives.
Emerald | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

Rapture, party of one?
Rapture. Rapture party of one.
Boring Scott | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

Ironically enough, even my Christian friends wanted nothing to do with him.
And as a pagan, I will never forget his asshole comments after 9/11.
Pax, Steve
Steve | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

I can't wait for the movie based on his life. My money is on George Clooney playing falwell.
just because | 05.15.07 - 2:12 pm | #

Tony Snow had a surprisingly nice way of commenting this morning.

That said, look up the lyrics to the Dead Kennedys track "moral majority", they said it best. In 1981.
Keith | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

Lord heard my prayer!!
Robert | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

At last, God must finally have all that money he's been wanting for so long.
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

I don't know if he would have shared this sentiment with those that he denounced... while I abhorred his message of intolerance, and was dismayed by his movement to establish theocracy, was pained by his political positions... I acknowledge that he was a child of God (I am Christian, as you may be able to tell) and Jesus died for him too. I hope he 'gets it' now (as in 'understands')
Richard Santoro | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

With all due respect, in as non-hateful a manner as I can muster, good riddance....
GabeJedMo | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

"Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but noted that Falwell had "a history of heart challenges.""

Heart Challenges... as in being "heart challenged"? How can heartless people die of heart complications... God works in misterious ways indeed.

He is going to have a HELL of a surprise.
MeMyselfAndI | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

I think Heather Duke said it best:

I prayed for the death of Heather Chandler many times and I felt bad everytime I did it but I kept doing it anyway. Now I know you understood everything. Praise Jesus, Hallelujah.


Ann Althouse's Right Breast | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

Save the sanctimony, LS. What were Falwell's true colors (other than the color of $$$$$)

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TRUE colors? I wasnt aware that many liberals really tried to hide their dislike for Mr. Falwell

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epaw | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

Yep, it'd be nice if instead of wishing he died earlier of a more painful and nasty death, we'd all just paste his "best" quotes up here. what better way to honor that POS.
Ironchef | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

While you're in hell, tell Hitler he's an asshole for me, ok Jerry?
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #

heart problem? Shocking.
howard beale | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

There's a good chance he's not in heaven.
Dr. Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

RESPECT?!

What an unbelievable request.
Tomas | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

Anyone else think he's 'worm dirt' now?
Rollo Tomassi | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

Considering that one is expected to repent before dying, if this fainting spell was all of a sudden, I wonder if he had time to make peace? I mean, how awkward would it be for such a just and pious man to spend eternity in Hell because he was ogling the Price Is Right babes just before nodding off?
slappy magoo | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

I pray for his family that they are comforted during their loss.
Stan | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

All the respect in the world for C&L. NO RESPECT FOR FALWELL. He was blot on our country and has hindered progress for decades to come. Good riddance!!!
imiiiindie | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

I think it's funny as shit that you post this and ask people not to turn it into a "hatefest!" Give me a break!
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

It's hard to feel very sympathetic for this sorry excuse of a Christian, but I do feel sympathy for his family. They've lost a father and husband and grandfather. Not an easy loss to take.

I say that he's answering to his god now for the actions he's taken in his life. His views on and hatred of others who didn't worship, marry, believe, or vote as he did was inexcusably non-Christian. I hope others learn from his bad example and become more tolerant in this life of human beings, period.
dejah | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

I DO respect C&L...therefore...
Pussy Galore | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

Save the mumbo jump, Richard. The guy was a flim flam artist playing upon the worst of society.

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I acknowledge that he was a child of God (I am Christian, as you may be able to tell) and Jesus died for him too. I hope he 'gets it' now (as in 'understands')
Richard Santoro | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:13 pm | #
Robert | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

Oh, I'm ashamed alright. Ashamed I can't muster one bit of sympathy for the dude.
Elderta | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

I wonder how long it will take for O'Reilly to blame Clinton and the SPs?
Dr. Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

Larry Flynt says hi !
C&L Consumer | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

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stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

Gee, I wonder how the Lord God Jesus Almighty above could allow such a thing to happen.

Respect my butt.
Tomas | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

This is more of a thanksgiving than a hate-fest. I just wanted him to stop spewing hatred and bigotry. Now he has.
Artaud | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

I didn't like Falwell either, but I've read some accounts that talk about him mellowing over the years. I'm happy to continue to fight his political agenda and all theocrats, but condolences to his family.
Batocchio | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:15 pm | #

LOL. I hope he goes to heaven and finds out it all Gays and Muslims
Chris | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

My entire family could be fanish off of the face of the earth right this second, and it would not wipe the smile from my face. May Jerry Falwell ROT IN HELL!
dean | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

Hell has a little less room in it now.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

About. Fucking. Time.
jwf | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

The forefather of American religious intolerance. This man, above any other, made it OK for members of his type of religion to hate those who do not embrace their mythology.

If there is any reality to those myths, may he rot in his own hell.
Ex-Canuck | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

All of your comments will be posted later today on Red State, in case you miss them here.
Heraldblog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

oops - he should have started that diet much much earlier!
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

My thoughts are not actually with JF, but with the people who were in the office at the time. My wife lost a coworker last year who suffered a major heart attack in the middle of a meeting. I'll send out good thoughts to those folks.

I guess I'm feeling charitable today because I heard from my best friend that his Father is dying in an ICU. So I hope everyone wishes their loved ones well because you never know how much time you have with them.
tommyspoon | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

Lets all remember that this is a man who did vile, awful things, such as supporting Apartheid and Botha all through the eighties (how's that for loving thy neighbour) while appealing to the deep-felt religious beliefs of millions to justify it. He was an abortion of a human being, a repugnant mockery of a man with utterly no redeeming features.

If he had a soul, which I doubt, its getting crispy right about now.
Daragh | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

R.I.P JERRY I hope your 'work'was not in vain.I bet they blame his death on the libs.
Lano | 05.15.07 - 2:16 pm | #

Wow, I think I believe in God now.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

Why is this news? "Fat, old repugnant man falls ill - story at 11"

Moving on...
ebone | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

I would like to express my condolences and sympathy to his family and say that my heart goes out to them at a time like.... who the fuck am I kidding I am dancing a Jig right now, good riddance you slimebag.
Madcap Laughter | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Johnny2Bad | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

Wow. He was so young and in great health. How could this happen? Why would God do this? Is that positive enough?
chris | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

I bet George Soros is behind this
Dr. Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

I heard he suffocated from having his head up his ass.
jFp | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

Jerry Falwell was an evil man.

Conventionally speaking, I don't believe in Evil. Evil is an archaic term. To me it is an archaic euphemism for mental pathology. That's what Jerry Falwell's contribution to our nation was: creating and cultivating a mental and social pathology ... and enriching himself in the process.

His organization will now groom a successor huxster to "fill the vacuum" in order to keep the sickness going.
JohnDoe | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

Holy shit! It is the Rapture!!! Get away from me! Heaven help us…

Oh wait, that’s right, it’s the 17th year in the cycle of the 17-year-cicada around here, not locusts from the Heavens.

Carry on.
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:17 pm | #

If there is an afterlife, my hope is that Mr. Falwell gets everything he deserves.
PBI | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Ok, here's my homage to the dead dude:

"Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America"

"The whole (global warming) thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability"

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


Surely Jerry, you're getting what you deserved.
Ironchef | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Finally some good news!!!
jove564 | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Have they blamed Clinton yet?
Jim | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Try to be civil? Don't say anything bad?
um... OK.






Well, in that case, I got nothin.
pdxmike | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

More importantly, the wildfire in California is 90% contained.
►Bangkok-Bob◄ | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

With all due respect to the site-monitors wishes, its hard to have a lot of respect for the dead when their entire existance was about hating, dividing, and lies. An entire existance based around the manipulation of people to further an agenda completely against the morality pulpit that one chooses.

I would LOVE to see the Pope's reaction to this. Condone him, and give the right that's twisted his beliefs global acceptance? Condemn him, and cut the teeth of this vitriolic movement? Or ignore him, and focus on matters he has no idea about...

Let the fundy wars begin!
Russo | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Now he has a chance to come back and do it proper.

namaste
naraka | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

not a loss
Psam | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

The Bible says (somewhere): "as you sew, so shall you reap."

Falwell sewed hate. Why is he entitled to any more dignity or respect in death than he gave in his life?

I, for one, cannot honor the request. Go to hell (not that you'll need my help to get there), Jerry Falwell, and good riddance.
Martskers | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Why should we be "ashamed" of how we feel about Jerry Falwell?

Used his pulpit to preach for segregation, and had a segregated church until the 1970's.

Used his TV shows to sell his political "philosophy," which included propping up the old Apartheid South Africa.

Blamed "the liberals" (and anyone else he didn't like, including those not "Christian" like himself,) for anything that went wrong, including 9-11.

Financed and sold on his TV show the bullshit video, "The Clinton Chronicles."

Hey, what's not to like?
Archae | 05.15.07 - 2:18 pm | #

Hey guys! When it comes down to it, we're all pathetic human beings who contribute to the chaos. We just happen to be one man short now.
just because | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

Never say anything bad about the dead.

Okay...

He is Dead, Good.

2 callers to fox today have already stated his valiant fight against the Homosexuals and for Family Values as his tribute. Maybe we should pull a Fred Phelps and do a little protesting.
nativeokie | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

my favorite jerry falwell moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b...h? v=b8zqrBolJnA
freaktown | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

haha, yea is billo's talking points....

"Falwell dead today and we, at the factor, have come up with this chart showing how george soros was behind falwell's death."

Oh, and isn't a repug debate on FoxNews tonight? I guess the first one was all about old confused Reagan - the second one will be all about Falwell.
budda | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

jerry falwell died again of shock after being "born again" as a muslim.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

My parents always taught me that If i couldn't think of anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.

I'm sorry for his family.
Liberty Lover | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

I was going to post a litany of Falwell quotes, but since we've been told not to turn this into a hatefest, so I guess I'll pass....
Jim | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

Ok, I won't say anything about Lucifer's massive, sulfery, knobby, glistening, throbbing, tentacled, twitching......justice
Spud | 05.15.07 - 2:20 pm | #

Good. Post 'em far and wide. let America know that we're not going to take the brand of politics this huckster sold anymore. The divisiveness (that a word?) of the Rove's, Neocons, Theocons is over.


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Robert | 05.15.07 - 2:20 pm | #

I am glad Muqtada Falwell bit the biggest one today. So sue me.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:20 pm | #

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Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:20 pm | #

How did he die? Was he raptured? Was it the rapture? Did Jesus call him home? Was rapture involved at all? Are there any reports of rapture? Has any evidence surfaced indicating the cause to be rapture? Does anyone suspect elements of rapture? I think that it could be rapture.
LeeBurtArianne | 05.15.07 - 2:20 pm | #

My parents always taught me that If i couldn't think of anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.
Liberty Lover | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:19 pm | #

I can think of something nice to say... but we're not supposed lie either.
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:21 pm | #

I heard that Lynchburg General Hospital practices reality-based science. I wonder why they took him there?
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 2:21 pm | #

Heh. I won't say anything bad about the man, he's done that plenty enough for himself. The only question I have, is he in Heaven or Hell? Inquiring minds want to know.
Bugboy | 05.15.07 - 2:21 pm | #

Why should someone who spread so much hatred between fellow human beings (look at this board, for one) and his teaching that human rights are bad (ACLU), homosexuals caused the downfall of america. Even if you are a christian, look at how much people hate YOU because of how Falwell represented you. Shameful. Should we now be respectful of Racists of the past? Should we be respectful for the lost of Timothy McVeigh because he had family too? Ted Kazinsky? Jeffery Dhamer. These people said some F'd up things too, and we can criticize all of it, I don't give a damn if they had family.

ANyone who spews hateful sayings and teachings DOES NOT DESERVE RESPECT, especially in death.
xxx | 05.15.07 - 2:21 pm | #

OK, in deference to the site monitors wishes...And only in deference to the site monitors wishes.. R.I.P. Preacher man... I guess whatever the celestial deal really is Mr. Falwell is fully informed now...Can't say and don't really care if he's disappointed in a reality based afterlife or not...JD
Jack Damage | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:22 pm | #

I did not respect him in life and I cannot respect him in death. The man caused many people to give him money they couldn't afford to give and he took it and more. What's to like about a person who would do that? Am I glad he died? No! Do I wish he had used his charm and whatever else he had to truly do something good for humanity? Damned straight!
pissed off patricia | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:22 pm | #

** AS A TIP TO THE SITE OWNERS **

DO NOT post something when any of the following die:

Coulter, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity, Kristol, current/past white house cabinet/leaders, Savage, Malkin, Ingrahm, most Fox employees, etc.
Ironchef | 05.15.07 - 2:22 pm | #

One less hate mongering neocon hiding behind the bible for his own personal gain.
WR | 05.15.07 - 2:22 pm | #

C&L, in your calling for 'respect' (to be given to the disrespectful [which is truly the nicest thing i can say about the stiff]), you might have been best served by not even creating this thread.

too many people are familiar with jerry falwell. too many people saw that man for what he was: a disgusting man who used people's fears and ignorance to make himself very wealthy. he used jesus like money tree.
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 2:22 pm | #

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freaktown | 05.15.07 - 2:22 pm | #

"show some respect" ?

That's hard. The man did hateful things.

He helped usher in a new era of intolerance, dumbed-down public discourse and religious neo-fascism.

I hope he enjoys the central heating in his new eternal home.
Annoyed Canuck | 05.15.07 - 2:23 pm | #

As much as I realize this guy didnt deserve much respect, it seems kinda ass backwards that whoever wrote this post would ask the commenters to show some respect and then the site monitors would go and delete all the posts by the ONE person who actually shows any respect.
epaw | 05.15.07 - 2:23 pm | #

c. none of the above

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Heh. I won't say anything bad about the man, he's done that plenty enough for himself. The only question I have, is he in Heaven or Hell? Inquiring minds want to know.
Bugboy | 05.15.07 - 2:21 pm | #
Robert | 05.15.07 - 2:23 pm | #

If you check out FreeRepublic, their first reaction was to scrutinize statements from DU and other Left sites. Some of them even bragged of planting hateful, murderous comments on Dem sites. These pigs' first priority is to play political dirty tricks even when one of their own dies. Truly sickening.
Lee | 05.15.07 - 2:23 pm | #

I feel compassion for his family. I agree with almost nothing that he stood for.
Byron | 05.15.07 - 2:23 pm | #

Falwell is up in Judgement City right now. My guess, is they'll be looking at 23 days.

(cookie to anyone who understands this)
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

Can't wait for the autopsy pics on Consumption Junction.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

I guess I feel sorry for people who knew him personally and had fond memories of him. My condolences...

Having said that, I never had even an ounce of respect for Jerry Falwell while he was alive. He had that rare talent of not only being a tremendous ass totally removed from logic, but basically dead wrong on basically every major issue. He was a tremendous putz who will be missed tremendously by a few but will fade to obscurity rather quickly, god willing.
singular universe | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

Well Jerry, you'd better hope that a "personal" god doesn't really exist because if she does, to borrow from "I Love Lucy", "You've got a whole lot of 'splaining to do."
Chicken Little - NOT!!! | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

I'm givin' a shout out to all the unreality-based folks at Red State who are reading these comments! Perhaps you all ought to rethink that whole "hate everybody" thing; see how well it did for JF? Again, he's answering to his god now for all the hate and discontent he spread in the name of his god. Please leave the rest of us alone to live our lives as we see fit. That's what your god really wants, you are just too wrapped up in your own priggish religiousity to see that fact.
dejah | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

I'm sorry.

As a tribute to Rev. F. I encourage everyone out there to join me in getting an abortion today!!
Spud | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

Good riddance, this makes my day for sure. This man is for sure not in heaven (not that heaven exists but...).
Mr Miyagi | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

I can only say that his death, in his words, comes as punishment for the homosexuality and other sins of this country.
Jay Severin Has a Small Pen1s | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

Why should this worthless, hateful "human" get respect just because he died?

I'm glad he's dead, all he did was sow dischord and hatred his entire life, that is when he wasn't busy bilking poor people of their hard earned cash.

If there are any pearly gates up in the sky, you can bet your last dollar that Fallwell won't be passing through them.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Pete | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

When I die, all I want my tombstone to read is : "He was a good man"

I could not say that for Falwell.
ronhohn | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

Can we all chip in and buy the site monitors some donuts?
goatsage | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

I'll show that fucking pig as much respect as he showed for his fellow man.
TB | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

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jason | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

He was a bigot and a homophobe who preached hate in the name of God. It is sad for his loved ones but the world is a better place without his evil influence.
Ryan | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

I bet when the siteowner saw this news, he went "oh crap, i'll be editing posts all friggen night now!!!"
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

*“Textbooks are Soviet propaganda”

*“I had a student ask me, "Could the savior you believe in save Osama bin Laden?" Of course, we know the blood of Jesus Christ can save him, and then he must be executed”

*“The whole (global warming) thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability”

-J. Falwell

R.I.P. May God Forgive you.
Blahsay | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

Sorry, that's too much to ask. Jerry Falwell was one of the most seriously evil mothafuckas who ever lived. The world is a better place with him not in it.
cervantes | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

Appearing on MSNBC today, Rev. Jerry Falwell responded to criticism of his recent attack comparing Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to Lucifer. Asked whether his remarks were disrespectful, Falwell said, “I do not.” MSNBC’s anchor then asked, “So I take this to mean that will you not be apologizing to Hillary Clinton?” Falwell answered, “No, I will say it over and over again.” Falwell said it was clear his comments were tongue-in-cheek “because there’s no way that Lucifer’s going to run [for president].”

(Because he's already President)
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:26 pm | #

Never cared for the man, but I don't wish death on anyone. My thoughts go out to his family.

I hope not to see the man elevated to near sainthood because he's dead.
cyn | 05.15.07 - 2:26 pm | #

Later Jerry, RIH.
DA | 05.15.07 - 2:26 pm | #

My sympathy to his family.. Thats about all the respect I can muster for him.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:26 pm | #

The only cool thing Falwell ever did was play himself in the Larry Flynt movie. Only thing I ever gave him props for.
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

Falwell's death proves nothing, except it gives an opportunity to consider his life, and his life does prove something.

Can any rational entity consider that an omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient creator could exist who would not have squashed Falwell when he was a mere egg?

Ergo, Falwell's life proves there is no god.

And if, by some wonderfully perverse fluke, this reasoning is wrong, and the christians are right, they'll get their just deserts by being forced to go through eternity in the company of Falwell, which, no matter how many golden gates, angels, and wafting clouds there are, any rational entity would consider hell.
Tom Doff | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

"Anti-Defamation League, and its leader Abraham Foxman, have expressed strong support for Falwell's staunch pro-Israel stand"

that makes me sad
budda | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

My respect to the mortician who has to enbalm this putrid pigs remains.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

burn in hell
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

One less fanatic in the world. I won't cry for Osama, either.
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

Stonicus, I got the reference. I'm hoping for 4 myself.

Lee has brought up the reason I'm asking for respect FOR THE SITE. Go back and read his post.
Nicole Belle | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

The Lord works in misterious ways...
PAncho | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

Sob sob....(not crying, just repeating the letters.
►Bangkok-Bob◄ | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

Am I supposed to show remorse for a hateful man getting what he wanted most?

Good for him. I hope for his sake, god is the bigoted person he believed him to be.
Fellow Nebraskan | 05.15.07 - 2:28 pm | #

Now, like Obi Wan before him, he is even stronger.

"Use the force, George."
ericcart | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:28 pm | #

The end of an era! Condolences to his family, close friends, and followers.
Ricky Bones | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:28 pm | #

Well, I think Jerry Falwell was wrong when he constantly argued that God lets people die, only when they are evil sinners.

I think he's wrong. I think that good people die to.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:28 pm | #

They say if you can't say anything good, don't say anything....

I'm sorry when anyone dies...
a guy | 05.15.07 - 2:28 pm | #

See, this man inspired nothing but hatred in his life...therefore, he reapeth what he soweth.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

I suspect foulplay. Round up the Teletubbies for questioning.
Jones | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

The question begs, does his death open the way to more reconciliatory voices within the religious community to be heard or will another hard liner fill the void Falwell leaves?
cetylovx | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

Oh crapture!
Erica | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

Mr. Falwell made it clear during his life that someone with my sort of belief system was part of what is wrong with the world. (I'm basically a druidic optimist-type.)

However, when I first saw this news, my first thought was: How incredibly sad to die in your office, alone, well past the age of retirement yet working, working, working....

The sudden compassion kind of surprised me!
kablooie | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

that's cuz you have a soul.
jason | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

I can see the bitch-in he's getting right now for being such a fake as a preacher and for his spreading hate, homophobia and bigotry, while pretending to be a good Christian person.
Limp-Dick Blimpaugh | 05.15.07 - 2:29 pm | #

Satan has called one of his favorite sons home. Burn, you sonofabitch, burn!

At least it's the same sympathy he offered others.
phidipides | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

No miracle yet?

God, why hast Thou forsaken Thy servant Jerry?
Poster #4582.29 | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

I give this "man" the same amount of respect I would give any bigoted, hateful, intolerant and selfish individual upon there demise, none. I don’t believe in free respect, it has to be earned; also, everybody dies so he get’s no points for that.
Bison | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

I would hate to have to do an autopsy.
►Bangkok-Bob◄ | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

The only question I have, is he in Heaven or Hell?
Bugboy | 05.15.07 - 2:21 pm | #

That demmed, elusive Pimp-Falwell!


Ann Althouse's Right Breast | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

Rot in Hell, Falwell.
Abby | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

"a history of heart challenges"

Says it all.
goatsage | 05.15.07 - 2:30 pm | #

Well, well well. My sympathies to his family, but as awful as it is admitting this, I really can't be saddened by this man's death. He was the embodiment of the worst kind of Christian fundamentalist intolerance. I suppose that there will be another to "take his place" in much the same way as Al Qaida.

There's the rub.
ted | 05.15.07 - 2:31 pm | #

I am quite sure there is a dry and well-heated place place for this man for all eternity...
MassBlueCollar | 05.15.07 - 2:31 pm | #

Now we only have his recordings to be repulsed by. A tragic loss. Right.
In FRAUD we trust | 05.15.07 - 2:31 pm | #

Falwell used the Lord's name in vain in pursuit of a fast buck so many times that he gave used-car salesmen a bad name. I recall watching some of his antics on TV back in the 80s, and noted how chummy he was with Ronnie.

I recall saying to myself, "Nothing good will come of this."
The Wanderer | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:31 pm | #

I bet he sure hopes St.Peter ain't gay...
a guy | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

At least his family won’t be as sad as Pat Tillman’s. Right? Isn’t that what his like taught?
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

This explains the Munchkin's I heard singing on my way to work.
.
Cid | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

As a tribute to Rev. F. I encourage everyone out there to join me in getting an abortion today!!
Spud | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

I'm a man, so I can't. But, I did take a crap after reading this.
cheesesauce | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

and apparently a soul brother name of jason!
kablooie | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

I'm sure there are people out there who loved him and who are grieving right now for the loss of this man.

I, however, am not one of them.

That's not to say i'm going to dance on his grave or anything, but i'm certainly not gonna shed a tear over this. My attitude towards his death is the same one i had about his life: INDIFFERENCE.
freaktown | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

Boo frickin' hoo.
Lefty | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

I'm still wondering if bush will attend falwell's funeral.
pissed off patricia | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

The world is a safer place today.
peepeeray | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

Sorry C&L, but Falwell was an evil, racist SOB who deserves no sympathy and no respect.
Cartman | 05.15.07 - 2:32 pm | #

In his hometown there's an all-woman's college, called "Sweet Briar College." Mr Falwell referred to them as "the whores on the hill." Quite "Christian," huh?

Out of respect for the Crooks and Liars site, I'll voice no further comment on Mr. Falwell.
AlphaLiberal | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

Oh, what I wouldn't give to rifle through Falwell's desk and see what he was really up to..
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

wikipedia says he died of a bowel obstruction. I'm not kidding, but I am laughing.
klaus | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

Herr dubyah will attend this freak's funeral, but he refuses to attend any of the servicemen and -women he has murdered/
Dr. Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

Here's a thought: As a tribute let's all agree not to buy gasoline today...
goatsage | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

THANK GOD!..MAYBE THERE IS A GOD!,OR A DEMONS!.hope pat robertson is next.
jj | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

I cannot show respect for someone who granted me none. It is one thing to show tolerance and respect to someone with an alternate view, but it is another to try and show that respect for someone who respected no one's but his own.

I think at this time he might be in a different place than he probably imagined he would end up.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:33 pm | #

I never thought a thread would put me in such a good mood; I’m having a great day today!
Bison | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

I hope his death was not painful and that his family finds comfort.

That having been said, can we tax his personal fortune and help the poor and sick with the money? I think he neglected those things while he was trying to create a theocracy in America. His Bible must have been a different version than mine and that he never got a chance to read the Constitution.
detepe | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

Now he gets to meet his Angry God.

I'll be one hell of a suprise to Fallwell as to what God is really angry about.
DonkeyKong | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

I can't say anything nice, so I won't say anything at all.
(_(_) | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

Falls well that ends well...may God and Dobbs have mercy on his soul...
BrittishAnger | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

Honestly, All these years I thought what an amazing like that actor bore to Fallwell. The voice the chubby cheeks the beatific voice.. a perfect characiture of the hypocrit...
that really was Falwell?
Spud | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

"The only cool thing Falwell ever did was play himself in the Larry Flynt movie. Only thing I ever gave him props for.
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:27 pm | #

Well, then I guess you got NO props for Jerry.

Richard Paul the actor played Jerry in "The People vs. Larry Flynt" not Jerry.
WashStateBlue | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

Finally, I can carry my purse without shame again.
Tinky Winky | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

I bet a lot of worms down there in Lynchburg ( Uhhh, "LYNCH"burg? ) are firing up their grills, eagerly anticipating the internment....
Now if only more christians would pre-emptively rapture themselves...
Swing low...sweet chariot....
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

falwell passed today...
no spoken ill of the dead...
and no redemption...


leakyboat | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

I was always taught if i had nothing nice to say, then I should say nothing........................nothing!!
Angry Black Man | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

There's a lot less hate and evil in the world today. Thank you Jerry Falwell for taking it with you.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

I took about as much pleasure out of this man's life as I have out of his death: none.

R.I.P.

Tough luck about God by the way. Now you are just worm food.
f00bar jones | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

So long Jerry.
I never thought I could despise anyone more than you: then Pat Robertson proved me wrong.So in a final show of *cough* respect,I'll make the following observation.
"You were not Pat Robertson".
pinkobait | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

Respect has to be earned. It's an insult to those who live honorably to give this man any respect in death. Good riddance, asshole.
Jason Shankel | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm | #

a one less scumbags in this world is always a goods news.and still are many more to goes.
jj | 05.15.07 - 2:36 pm | #

At first I felt like high fiving his death, then I felt shame because I was instantly just as much of an asshole for it.
Capt. Bat Guano | 05.15.07 - 2:36 pm | #

For the past few years he has looked as if he would literally explode from his gluttony.

I guess he finally did.

Good Riddance, say hello to Richard and Ronald down there.
bert | 05.15.07 - 2:36 pm | #

Heart Challenges...no kiddin'.
ScrappleThorpe | 05.15.07 - 2:36 pm | #

He was successful and powerful and that is all that matters.
Even if you are a powerless do-gooder, death will come for you too.
telecom | 05.15.07 - 2:36 pm | #

Jerry Falwell is being evaluated today by God ... and I'm sure she has a lot of questions for him to answer.


BAC
BAC | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:37 pm | #

The site owners are right we need to show dignity and restraint while speaking our true feelings. Let's not be like Jerry Falwell and be hateful and intolerant.

I would love to be a fly on the wall and see Falwell before God. By now Jerry has been informed that he has truly turned away from what God taught him and Falwell is on the afternoon express train to Hell.

My advice to Jerry Falwell is to remember next time that God and Jesus are Liberals.
character first | 05.15.07 - 2:37 pm | #

I guess Jerry Falwell is going to find out how seriously his god takes his lifelong violation of one of the seven deadly sins... gluttony.
r€nato, love peace and grease | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:37 pm | #

All the freepers and redstaters will be running to Faux for comfort tonight.
Dr. Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:38 pm | #

With respect to Falwell’s wife, three children, and many grand-children, I morn for their loss. With respects to Falwell’s money-loving power-hungry, faux-introspective tirades – I’m glad they’re over.

Come now all who wish to profit by Jerry’s death in an attempt to herd the flock of his evangelical “school” and “university”. We’ll now see the lasting legacy of Jerry as the Pat Robertson crowd at first praise his vision, then covet his belongings. Like they did with Jim and Tammy, we will now witness a vicious and voracious free-for-all among cash-starved high-priests. For this was Jerry’s legacy – not an organization for the benefit of mankind, but an enterprise for the pilfering of sheep – at the expense of mankind. Were it not so, it would not be so. Good night Jerry. I will only shed a tear for what might have been…
Taarak | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:38 pm | #

Telecom that is true. Jerry left an incredible empire built to serve and worship Mammon. Few can match or exceed his accomplishment.

He might just be able to buy his way into Heaven.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:38 pm | #

If all those old people that watched him on TV need someplace to send their donations now - they can send them to this old guy.
Honest George | 05.15.07 - 2:38 pm | #

I have to confess I feel a sense of relief he is gone.
kurtnv_1 | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:38 pm | #

I'm glad
Nick | 05.15.07 - 2:39 pm | #

Well then I'll just practice the adage - Ifin one doesn't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Peace.
Human | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:39 pm | #

I went to high school in Lynchburg and Falwell Ministries was like a millstone around the community's neck. How would you like to tell people you are from the home of Falwell Ministries? EEEEEWWWWWWWW!
Lynchburg is a beautiful town and may have a chance now...
Jay | 05.15.07 - 2:39 pm | #

No doubt Taarak! The lawsuits will fly!
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:39 pm | #

“AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals”
-Jesus

Opps I mean Jerry Falwell

Yeah, this guy is going to heaven alright.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:40 pm | #

rest in pee
apeman | 05.15.07 - 2:40 pm | #

I'm a happy boy - hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba!
Magic Mirror | 05.15.07 - 2:40 pm | #

Nope, sorry. no civility here. [Deleted. Let’s keep it civil on this site, anyway-Sitemonitor]

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j | 05.15.07 - 2:40 pm | #

The best way to describe this person is as follows:

Jerry Falwell (COIN)
Christian Only In Name
MINNESOTA MIKE | 05.15.07 - 2:40 pm | #

So, which one of his 'capos' will take over as 'boss' of his syndicate?
Hayduke | 05.15.07 - 2:41 pm | #

"I shudder to think where this country would be right now if the religious right had not evolved."
Falwell in '87

This morning
In his office swell
Did Rev. Falwell
Fall well
On his
Fare well
To a warm Hell?
c. atrox | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:41 pm | #

I am really trying to feel bad because of his death or at least be sympathetic--but I just can't help feeling the world is a better place now that he is gone.
cl11 | 05.15.07 - 2:41 pm | #

Over the years I have heard Falwell say some very vile and hateful things about other people who did not hold his particular religious view. Much of what he has said, made me down right angry at times which then brought me to a point where I despised him.

Now I could say some very nasty things at this point but I won't go there. Its not my place. After all, I am not Jerry Falwell's judge. Only God can judge his actions and deeds. I can only hope and pray that Rev. Falwell finds forgiveness and mercy in God. I also extend my condolences to the other members of his family.
Joe O. | 05.15.07 - 2:41 pm | #

RESPECT?!

What an unbelievable request.
Tomas | 05.15.07 - 2:14 pm | #

Abso-fucking-lutely. Respect must be earned, and in his miserable, hate-filled existence, he has accrued NONE!
jwf | 05.15.07 - 2:41 pm | #

Maybe fewer senior citizens will now no longer go hungry and get sick, by keeping their money and using it to buy food.

Falwell had an admirable aptitude for talking the poor into giving him money. Many people admire him for his skill.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:42 pm | #

Taarak | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:38 pm | #

A shrewd observation Taarak.
his Christian brothers will "descend on leather wings" like vultures to pick over the spoils.
pinkobait | 05.15.07 - 2:42 pm | #

"He was successful and powerful and that is all that matters.
Even if you are a powerless do-gooder, death will come for you too.
telecom | 05.15.07 - 2:36 pm |"

[Deleted. Off topic. It's about Falwell, not other posters-Sitemonitor]

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Chicken Little - NOT!!! | 05.15.07 - 2:42 pm | #

Shit, now we will hear nothing bnut THIS bullshit for the next three days.

Sorry, but he's dead already, enough.
►Bangkok-Bob◄ | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:42 pm | #

Honestly who cares! dead or alive who needs him as the talking point on the news the hole damn week while gonzo is pointing the finger at everyone other than himself
brian | 05.15.07 - 2:42 pm | #

Okay, I've been as respectful as I could be. Now, is his death going to be 24/7 news like Anna Nicole? Because if it is, I might as well sell my tv right now.
pissed off patricia | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:42 pm | #

the world would be a better place without fundamentalist of any kind
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:43 pm | #

While we should never delight in the loss of human life, I also feel a sense of relief that this evil man has moved on. Now if we can just get some of the other religous extremists to follow we'll all be in a much better world.

Dobson. Robertson. Phelps.

And what the hell, how bout Hannity and Limbaugh and Savage while we're at it.

Drinks on me tonite.
Mark | 05.15.07 - 2:43 pm | #

The world is getting better, one dead religious sadist at a time.
Kald | 05.15.07 - 2:43 pm | #

Sorry, no respect here. The man was a pig and the entire planet is better off without him.

No R.I.P.

Just R.I.H. (Rot In Hell)
I. Remon | 05.15.07 - 2:43 pm | #

[Deleted. Off topic-Sitemonitor]

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Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:43 pm | #

RIP? How about reincarnation; somewhere in India an ‘untouchable’ is giving birth to a future sewer cleaner.
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:43 pm | #

I'm a happy boy - hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba!
Magic Mirror | 05.15.07 - 2:40 pm | #

Hey! You like the Beat Farmers too? Long live the memory of Country Dick Montana. R.I.P.
cheesesauce | 05.15.07 - 2:44 pm | #

Wow, the world suddenly became a warmer, happier place.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:44 pm | #

I know you asked for respect, however, this is the first time in my life I was glad to hear someone was dead.
Google_Meister | 05.15.07 - 2:09 pm | #

Same here. I've never cheered anyone's death, (aside from a movie) but I surprised and disturbed myself by exclaiming "yes!" when I read the headline on Yahoo. This man was a hateful, divisive, nasty person. He and his ilk will not be missed when they all fade away.
Brian | 05.15.07 - 2:44 pm | #

The first thing I thought when I heard the news is "I hope he doesn't suffer." Why? Because I'm not about to lower myself to the Rush Limbaughs of the world who will even attack a good man on the day of his funeral (Tip O'Neil) ...

I then asked myself if there was anything good I could say about him... no I thought, he was the first of many reasons I left Christianity ... and then I thought... Wow! I just had a good thought about Jerry Falwell.
clytemnestra | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

"uh, gee, Mr. Falwell, your name's not on the list, so I can't let you into heaven"

"Are you sure, can't you check again?"

"I've been trhough the list 3 times, and if it's not there, you don't belong in here."

"Isn't there someone I can talk to?"

"Jerry, you know it's too late for that. Going down!"
uncle wally | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

where do i go to dance on his grave?
mr. pickles | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

Let me just say as one who tends to vote conservative 95% of the time:

"Good riddance".
Jay | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

C&L knew this would turn into a hate fest... why bother posting an article of his death here?
Barrett D | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

This is difficult.

My normal instinct is not charitable
straight shooter | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matthew 7:15
Jimmy | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

Bummer, huh?

The truth is, there are several people I wish had died before Jerry. In fact, I think about THEIR deaths every day, and Falwell never enters my mind.

However, it's one fewer of them....
bitter old dude | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

Why not?
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:45 pm | #

The hypocrite Farwell will certainly be in the fires of Hell for knowingly ripping off money from the ignorant, totally uneducated, vunerable and gullible people, then laughing and skipping all the way to the bank getting richer and richer from them.
Ex-Rethug | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

Many will long admire Jerry for his love of money and his lifelong pursuit of material possessions. They will study his skill in evoking the name of Jesus Christ in order to indulge himself in the finest things that the material life can offer.

Many will look on his empire and covet what he has. He will be a light and a beacon to all of those that wish to follow the path of Mammon.

Long may we remember the example he set.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

Hatefest?

All I feel is joy.
EconAtheist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

As they say in times like these, "Lord have mercy on his poor soul."
m | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

Amazing....Although I didn't agree with this mans views, may God have mercy on his soul.

...
Matt Shain | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

It is never good to rejoice over a death. Even when it is the death of someone you dislike greatly.

So forum members -- let's not be like the wingers. Let's refrain from bitterness.

And let's all recognize this ... an era is now ending.

-- Bokonon
Bokonon | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

Well, then I guess you got NO props for Jerry.

Richard Paul the actor played Jerry in "The People vs. Larry Flynt" not Jerry.
WashStateBlue | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

Holy shit, really? I was so convinvced it was him I never even looked at the credits. Great casting job. Thanx for the heads up.
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm | #

Thank God.
RichStraightWhiteAmericanMale | 05.15.07 - 2:47 pm | #

Condoleances to his family.

But i hope his lives work unravel now.
greup | 05.15.07 - 2:47 pm | #

Siteowner: exactly what sorts of quotes were you expecting when you put this post up?

Of course, as a human being I feel for those he left behind. I find it mildly offensive, however, to be expected to go through this ritualised expression of sympathy for someone who disdained pretty much everything I believe in. Not saying this is Siteowner's expectation, but I am sure this thread is being duly scanned by flying monkeys from sea to shining sea.

On the man's passing itself, I have no comment.
Valentinian | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:47 pm | #

It is never good to rejoice over a death. Even when it is the death of someone you dislike greatly.

Faux and their mindless viewers had a hard-on for weeks following Saddam's death.
Dr. Matt | 05.15.07 - 2:47 pm | #

You're not supposed to say that you're glad someone is dead, but I'm glad Falwell is dead.
DNS | 05.15.07 - 2:48 pm | #

I'm sure he'll enjoy eternity in hell
jared in memphis tn | 05.15.07 - 2:48 pm | #

"..who needs him as the talking point on the news the hole damn week"

I will interpret this as a deliberate mis-spelling,as in the news sucking "hole" or vacuum that this event will create,effectively nudging news of real import off the radar for the next week.
pinkobait | 05.15.07 - 2:48 pm | #

That the death of this man of intolerance, bigotry, and hate will get more press attention than the 5 solders who died Monday is tragic and unforgivable.

In honor of those who have fallen and truly deserve the thanks and respect of this country I give you the latest identifications as reported by the military:

---

_ Army Pvt. Anthony J. Sausto, 22, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.; killed Thursday by small-arms fire in Baghdad; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

_ Army Spc. Michael K. Frank, 36, Great Falls, Mont.; died Thursday when a bomb exploded near his patrol in Baghdad; assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

_ Marine Maj. Douglas A. Zembiec, 34, Albuquerque, N.M.; died Friday during combat in Baghdad; assigned to Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps National Capital Region, Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va.

_ Army Pfc. William A. Farrar Jr., 20, Redlands, Calif.; died Friday when an explosive detonated near his vehicle in Iskandariyah; assigned to the 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Darmstadt, Germany.

_ Army 1st Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich, 27, Walpole, Mass.; died Sunday in Balad after an explosive detonated near his unit in Salahuddin province; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Rev. Jim | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:48 pm | #

worm-food
jared in memphis tn | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

"I was 'round when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain

Please to meet you...

Hope you guess my name..."

If Jerry is shaken hands with anyone today, I think Mick Jagger had the person in mind, and it ain't Jesus!
WashStateBlue | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

There goes another Mullah...
yossarian | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

So forum members -- let's not be like the wingers. Let's refrain from bitterness.

Bokonon | 05.15.07 - 2:46 pm |

I agree.
Joe O. | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

Rev. Jim | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:48 pm | #

Well done.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

With his passing, there is one less terrorist in the world, and he was as much of a terrorist as any other.

His prime weapon was his tongue, and it did much damage to a lot of people over the years. His burning hatred of virtually all things that were not within his christofascist realm will forever taint his legacy.

I extend my sympathies to his family however - it is always difficult to lose someone, no matter how evil. I would bet that more than a few also mourned the losses of Sadaam and Hitler when they passed on.
Ex-Canuck | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

The comments are coming so fast I bet Haloscan's servers are in flames
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

My only worry is that he will become a martyr to pork chops and everyone will eschew the cross and start wearing a pork chop for a pendant
Spud | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

I only regret that he wasn't struck by lightning. Forty years ago.

He will NOT be missed.
me | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

DING DONG THE HATE FILLED BIGOTED WASTE OF HUMAN SPACE SON OF A BITCH IS DEAD!!!!
tyler | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

Rev. Jim ...

Is there a blog where all these soliders deaths are noted (in order) from day to day or week to week?
clytemnestra | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

We could do without many of these other sickO fake Reverends.
Don Ho | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

You call yourself the moral majority
We call ourselves the people in the real world
Trying to rub us out, but were going to survive
God must be dead if youre alive

You say, god loves you. come and buy the good news
Then you buy the president and swimming pools
If jesus dont save til were lining your pockets
God must be dead if youre alive

Circus-tent con-men and southern belle bunnies
Milk your emotions then they steal your money
Its the new dark ages with the fascists toting bibles
Cheap nostalgia for the salem witch trials

Stodgy ayatollahs in their dobble-knit ties
Burn lots of books so they can feed you their lies
Masturbating with a flag and a bible
God must be dead if youre alive

Blow it out your ass, jerry falwell
Blow it out your ass, jesse helms
Blow it out your ass, ronald reagan
Whats wrong with a mind of my own?

You dont want abortions, you want battered children
You want to ban the pill as if that solves the problem
Now you wanna force us to pray in school
God must be dead if youre such a fool

Youre planning for a war with or without iran
Building a police state with the ku klux klan
Pissed at your neighbour? dont bother to nag
Pick up the phone and turn in a fag

Blow it out your ass, terry dolan
Blow it out your ass, phyllis schlafly
Ram it up your cunt, anita
Cos God must be dead
If youre alive
God must be dead
If youre alive
stew | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

this world is polluted by religious fundamentalists (hiding behind Judaism, Christianity or Islam )

they misuse religion for their evil intentions


they are all equally intolerant and evil
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

This thread has had approximately 230 posts in 40 minutes. That's one every ten seconds.
Is that the record?
SCHRODINGER'S CAT | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

Paging Dr. Dobson.......Dr. James Dobson......
►Bangkok-Bob◄ | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

This news makes me sad. Now I have to think of ways to celebrate on May 15th every year.
jkb | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

I'm sorry but I'm getting a little sick of this polite society stuff. This man was full of hate. He and his flock had no problem with other people's death. Why does this man deserve any respect at all? He was slime. How many people have died around the world because of the U.S. religious right? The day they show respect for life, is the day I have sympathy for one of their leaders.
PW | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

I always wondered what Jerry fell so well from.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 2:51 pm | #

Jerry-

In your final moment I honor you:

You made the word a better place
Our dreams came true, through you
United we stand in your glory
Saved are we from the grasp of evil
Unwaivering our faith
Confident in your wisdom
Knowing our side is right

P-Rock
p-rock | 05.15.07 - 2:51 pm | #

When I die, I hope that I too will leave the world a better place as Falwell did.

I just hope that for me, the world is better for what I have done, rather than what I stopped doing when I died.

Jerry is a good example for all of us to learn from.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:51 pm | #

Falwell was one big ill wind. No crocodile tears, please.
MoeLarryAndJesus | 05.15.07 - 2:51 pm | #

I hope you go to the heaven... I mean really... as one of the 37 or 38 vigins that those mad men kept talking about.
Smokemon | 05.15.07 - 2:52 pm | #

I could only hope that his religion were true, and that his God exists... because that is the only was he would suffer the true misery and punishment and justice he deserves, according the the biblical philosophy he claims to adhere to.

For all his vile and evil words; for all his judging and condemnation of innocents... for all his trickery and disgusting behavior..

His God would send him straight to Satan's lap, first class, with a bag of peanunts.

Lucky for him, it's all myth, so he gets off easy.
rich | 05.15.07 - 2:52 pm | #

"You're not supposed to say that you're glad someone is dead, but I'm glad Falwell is dead."

I'm rather ashamed to admit it, but I agree with you. That fat bastard was evil incarnate, and I AM glad he's dead. I only wish it had happened long ago.
me | 05.15.07 - 2:52 pm | #

WashStateBlue | 05.15.07 - 2:34 pm | #

Richard Paul also played the major in the TV show Carter Country.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 2:53 pm | #

I only regret that he wasn't struck by lightning. Forty years ago.

He will NOT be missed.
me | 05.15.07 - 2:53 pm | #

today 52 Killed in Iraq; U.S. May Toll Rises to 47

have you heard any name of those 47 seven mentioned on fuks news or cnn nooooooop
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:53 pm | #

Robert... It is just my effort to not hate on him... I am compelled to be vile about this man... so I try to remember that (at least I do believe that) Jesus did die for all our sins (including misguided destructive behavior like Fallwell).
Richard Santoro | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:53 pm | #

Word is, God has already granted him permission to return for the Liberty University graduation ceremony this coming weekend...
Gaddick | 05.15.07 - 2:53 pm | #

pinkobait | 05.15.07 - 2:35 pm

True, the best thing that can be said of Falwell, is that he wasn't as bad as Pat "Blood Diamond" Robertson with his calls for assassinating people and lust for money.
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:53 pm | #

I can't get over the sad irony of people speculating about "where Falwell will end up" or "what he will learn in Heaven" and other superstitious nonsense. Which is just a capitulation to Falwell's twisted fairytales. Let us not forget that Falwell's message and worldview, with all its hatred and intolerance, its ignorance and bigotry, came 100% from a literal reading and interpretation of the entire Holy Bible. Let us not miss this opportunity to reflect on what that book, and the religions it has spawned, has done to the world. And let us read the latest writings of Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, and educate ourselves. AMEN.
Brother Russell | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:54 pm | #

Why did God take him now? The only explanation is that he was too tolerant of gays, lesbians, feminists and the ACLU.
RichStraightWhiteAmericanMale | 05.15.07 - 2:54 pm | #

The site owners are right we need to show dignity and restraint while speaking our true feelings. Let's not be like Jerry Falwell and be hateful and intolerant.
- character first

"Hateful and intolerant", Character? Yeah, it would be in poor taste to express joy over Falwell's death, but I wouldn't call it "hateful" nor "intolerant" to do so.

No one commenting negatively here so disliked Falwell because he was white or because he was het or because he was a man or because he called himself a "Christian" or because he was overweight or because he was from...wherever he was from.

What commenters here overwhelmingly disliked were Falwell's words and actions. HE created that. The animosity felt for him by millions of people is not based in something inherent about his being and beyond his control.

That's a lot more than can be said for Falwell's more "generous" words for millions of his fellow Americans.

I believe that Falwell's words and actions are legitimate fodder for criticism and that the consistent proffering of such hatred was most certainly reflective of what little character the man ELECTED to exercise during his lifetime.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 2:55 pm | #

(cookie to anyone who understands this)
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #

With an adversary like Lee Grant waiting for him - every single day.

I get it, too, (but Nicole beat me to it). Make mine oatmeal raisin.
lost_nacf_gop | 05.15.07 - 2:55 pm | #

Smokemon | 05.15.07 - 2:52 pm |

Now THAT Would cure some would be suicide bombers...
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:55 pm | #

So why was Falwell so full of hate?

"Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small."
anonimouse | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

Hey yeah,
I'm all for respect, but it's gotta be a 2-way street. If it's not, then sure, you get points for being "bigger" then the other guy/side, but you are also, in a social way, being somewhat of a loser, as well as giving a very important dialectical upper-hand to the other guy/side.
I'm not very articulate, but I hope you can figure out what my point is...
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

Falwell now swimming in the lake of fire.
Wes | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

I swear I didn't do it.

(pause)

But I wish I had.
gcarraig | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

I'll try to be respectful, but it is difficult
Stan | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

Well put. Hard to be respectful to a man who made a living hating others...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

I just read over on AmericaBlog there's a rumor building that Pat Robertson had Falwell killed.

Okay, I also wrote it, but after reading what I wrote, I must say, it seems believable. I mean, it was right there on the blog comments.

The power of print goes a long way with me.
jay | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

Hmm, quite a few posts on THIS subject.

What can you say about this guy? He was a loathsome individual. He preached hate. AND he professed to be a man of God? That's the worst part of all.

I guess W. will be at the funeral, calling him a hero.
Simon White-Thatch Potentloins | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

I have nothing kind to say, and no real words of sympathy to offer. A man who sows the seeds of hate in his lifetime will not be mourned by many. Those who do mourn him are most likely his brothers in hate, and should be treated accordingly. But it is beneath me to celebrate anyone's loss. That's what Republicans do, and I am better than that.
Jeon Ji-Yung | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

God only knows where his soul is. I did not like him or his politics. I feel he did a lot of harm in the world. But here's the thing: Christ asked us to forgive. He asked us not to judge. He asked us to love and to pray for those who would do us harm. Many of us feel Jerry Falwell failed at those tasks in his public life. I'm going to let go of the dislike I felt for him now.
That's all I wanted to say.
booie | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

Brother Russell,
I'm with you but realize that

Cats
Like to play
With dead Rats
c. atrox | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

this world is polluted by religious fundamentalists (hiding behind Judaism, Christianity or Islam )

they misuse religion for their evil intentions


they are all equally intolerant and evil
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 2:50 pm | #

What a bigotted statement . . .

you forgot fundamentalists Hindus too
clytemnestra | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

Fawell’s website doesn’t mention anything yet.

http://www.falwell.com/

They probably want to get one more days worth of uninterrupted donations into the kitty.
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

I extend my sympathies to his family however - it is always difficult to lose someone, no matter how evil. I would bet that more than a few also mourned the losses of Sadaam and Hitler when they passed on.
Ex-Canuck | 05.15.07 - 2:49 pm |

Why is it that I get the sneaky feeling that Donald Rumsfeld will start addressing Jerry Falwell's followers as "dead enders".

Sorry, but thats the first thought that popped into my head after I read your post.
Joe O. | 05.15.07 - 2:57 pm | #

Respect? Fuck him! I hope he suffers the tortures of the damned. I saw him laugh as my friends died of AIDS during the 80's. The only regret I have about Falwell is that he wasn't found with [Deleted-Sitemonitor].

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Dominic P. Lucarelli | 05.15.07 - 2:58 pm | #

If you consider if a liberal icon died, Falwell probably would celebrate their demise.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 2:58 pm | #

Rev. Jim | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 2:48 pm | #

That's the right idea, Rev.

Mom was right, and no, I don't have anything nice to say about him, so over-and-out
lost_nacf_gop | 05.15.07 - 2:58 pm | #

To wit:

Jerry Falwell was responsible for many evil and vile things as well, and though not directly responsible for murders made in the name of Christ, was a conduit to allow those to happen.

Replace Jerry Falwell with Osama Bin Laden. Replace Christ with Allah. The Republicans that would condemn us for the same actions would be the loudest cheerleaders.

But it is wrong to send up a similar cheer for Falwell because he is a white American.

I think if you celebrate the death of a tyrant and terrorist, you celebrate them all.
Russo | 05.15.07 - 2:58 pm | #

"God must be dead if you're alive"

Nice line Stew-very early Dylan.
pinkobait | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

I just wonder who's going to take over his church and if they'll be more civil and progressive or if they'll be just as bad or worse.
I also wonder what Pat Robertson is going to say about it. I'll have to look that up later.
tigerwong | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

A good friend and neighbour of mine died this morning as well, peacefully in her sleep after struggling many years with MS. It was a shock to everyone in my little village, as she was a fiercely independent, lovely, generous, intelligent woman who everyone who knew her respected, admired and enjoyed being around. I talked to her two days ago, while out walking the dogs, and she chatted with other neighbours in the village yesterday after she'd gone to her twice weekly gym session. Just this past year, she walked a mile in the Great North West Run - slowly, painfully, on crutches, every inch of the way on her own power - to raise money for MS research. She was a fantastic woman, with a large and lovely family, and her death will be felt by many as a personal loss to us all.

So when I read that Jerry Falwell also died around the same time, I couldn't help thinking that if there is a God, then he was simply balancing the kharmic books - take a good one, take a bad one. My friend Cynthia was worth a million Falwells, I won't miss his passing one jot.

Rest in peace, Cyn.
nonny mouse | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

What goes around, comes around. Adios, Jerry.
Dr. Acula | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

Dominic P. Lucarelli | 05.15.07 - 2:58 pm | #

News at 10:00
Gort | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

Two random thoughts:

The death of an old man is not a tragedy.

and

If you can't think of anything nice to say, come sit next to me.
Claude Rains | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

May God have more compassion and mercy for him than he had for others.
JustMe | 05.15.07 - 3:00 pm | #

Nicole, all we need to do to commemorate this ugly, ugly man's lonely and unwitnessed demise is to remember him by his own words, which stand in eloquent testimony to the kind of "Christian" he was. His very physical appearance was testimony to his greed, avarice and mendacity. When he opened that despicable maw of his it was insult to visual injury.

He wasn't worth the energy it might have taken to hate him, but I for one am relieved - no, OVERJOYED - that he's gone, because it means he can never hurt anyone again.

To paraphrase Jesus, "He has HAD his reward."
Sharoney | 05.15.07 - 3:00 pm | #

[Deleted. Off topic-Sitemonitor]

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911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:00 pm | #

I guess God decided that Falwell had completed his work on the rapture and called him home.
Paul | 05.15.07 - 3:00 pm | #

What is there to rejoice about? The last I looked there were 394 dead soldiers, more than 200,000 dead Iraqi civilians and many more dieing by action from our government.
He passing means nothing, because non of us have stopped the hate mongering/war mongering/Religious bigotes who still have influence over this government.
GalfromCal | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

I look at it this way----no more stupid comments from him!
911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

Falwell made his living hating others, spreading intolerance, and trying to force his beliefs down the throats of the American people. He was a prick who wielded too much power in politics, and would gladly ship gays, liberals, artists, etc., etc., off to camps if he ever got the chance, which he won't now.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." (Matthew 7:1-5 RSV)

There. That was all the respect I could manage...
JLee | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:00 pm

He's on the deathwatch list.
Dr. Acula | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

[Deleted post]


Death comes in threes

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clytemnestra | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

Aww, man, he didn't get to see Jesus return. Maybe he can finally hang with Tinky Winky in heaven.
Kalapusa | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

JLee | 05.15.07 - 3:01 pm | #

Jerry skipped over that part...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:02 pm | #

Ted Haggard did it.
Weaseldog | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:02 pm | #

Falwell recently said in an interview he had prayed for 20 more years to continue his work to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Perhaps God has spoken?


Never forget: gays and feminists and pro-choice advocates caused 9-11.
gateKrasher | 05.15.07 - 3:03 pm | #

Jerry will be missed by his family, probably.

Is that nice enough?
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:03 pm | #

A medic dislodged the half-eaten Hardees Thickburger, slapped Jerry on the forehead and said, "You could have had a V-8!"
Gaddick | 05.15.07 - 3:03 pm | #

Another radical extremist cleric dead!!
Chris Sandlin | 05.15.07 - 3:03 pm | #

I just have to add my regrets. I regret I can't think of a nice thing to say about him. No big loss. The world is now a bit less evil.
candideinnc | 05.15.07 - 3:03 pm | #

Nonny, my condolences on your loss.
Russo | 05.15.07 - 3:04 pm | #

"Falwell had "a history of heart challenges.""
Yeah like he didn't have one. The man was the embodiment of evil masquerading as a saint. The world is a better place without him.
DrDick | 05.15.07 - 3:04 pm | #

Even money that he's on the DC Madam's list, joining his pal Cheney, who's already on there.
legalpad | 05.15.07 - 3:04 pm | #

Respect? It has to be earned. He deserves no such request.

I'd tell him have fun in Hell, but I do not believe in it.
CharmCity | 05.15.07 - 3:04 pm | #

The only regret I have about Falwell is that he wasn't found with [Deleted post]
Dominic P. Lucarelli | 05.15.07 - 2:58 pm | #

...are you sure??
We(liberals/lefties) need to stop being so worried about offending people. Right is right, and anything else is just a ball n' chain around the ankle of humanity...

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Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:05 pm | #

Too bad it was so swift....but by now he has learned how wrong his sorry ass soul was about EVERYTHING!
PABlueState | 05.15.07 - 3:05 pm | #

I just wonder who's going to take over his church and if they'll be more civil and progressive or if they'll be just as bad or worse.
- Tigerwong

Tiger, I fear it won't make a difference. Falwell, as despicable an individual as he was, didn't create the hatred that exists among select populations of conservative fundamentalists. He merely exploited it to his personal profit. Yes, he deserves whatever animosity such exploitation would bring upon him and his legacy, but it's an unfortuante truth that without him, another will come along to take his place.

Before the "religious right" was talked into believing that they're all millionaires, there was Father Coughlin in the shoes of Falwell - lambasting the New Deal as not going far enough and blaming capitalism as the evil plot of "international banker Jews" who were all out to git the fundamentalist faithful. Before there was Coughlin, there was Billy Sunday, claiming sympathy for the poor and downtrodden while hobnobbing with the likes of Rockefeller and similarly well asseted Republicans.

Whoever takes over Falwell's church will need to be AS hateful as he was if they wish to keep that particular "congregation"/audience. If not, the next nearest hatemonger will be along to scoop up the goodies.

The likes of Joel Osteen or T.D. Jakes don't GET the same "faithful" that the Falwells and the Robertsons of the world get.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:05 pm | #

G'bye funny man, you will be missed.
Mr. Progressive | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

God has a great sense of humor. I'm sure Jerry is about to find out. I hope he breaks out the mad islamo-bomber attire for just such an occaison...maybe even show him the virgins he missed out on.
Lean's Left | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

Nonny, I'm so sorry about your friend. I think you might be right about the balance of Karma.
pissed off patricia | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

All I can say is DING DONG!

I'm giddy at the prospect of god making Jerry Fatwell room with Freddy Mercury in heaven.
jules | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

http://www.legacy.com/ chicagotri...rsonId=88072413
albynamo | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

"He passing means nothing"

Other than the power vacuum that has just been created.The ensuing struggle for total Christo-fascist hegemony in the coming days should prove entertaining and enlightening.
pinkobait | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

Russo - thank you. It was a privilege to have known her, and I know, oddly enough, that this is the way she'd always hoped to have gone, before the MS stripped her of too much of her dignity. It's just that she was such a powerhouse that we all thought she had a few good years left yet. The village is in a bit of shock at the moment. Falwell doesn't even merit a blip on my radar right now.
nonny mouse | 05.15.07 - 3:06 pm | #

The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:05 pm | #

I've seen Osteen before and he's pretty positive for a preacher. I don't think he's ever spewed out the venom of Falwell and Robertson.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:07 pm | #

Back to unconscious comet crap. Everything just went dark for him.
No reward, and lucky for him, no punishment either.

How sad. He has no way of knowing the whole Bible thing was made up by superstitious iron-age b.s.ers.
TIKI AL | 05.15.07 - 3:07 pm | #

I cannot say that I wish anyone dead, but I also cannot say that I will miss this hateful, hurtful man at all! I truly believe that this world is a much better place without him but I also know that he had legions who think & talk & act just like him and they are more than ready to carry on his despicable work. Why do I feel like singing, "Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead"??
Clarence H. Cresong Jr. | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

So now all the wingnuts are saying he is responsible for Reagan getting elected.

Another reason the man is in hell right now.
nativeokie | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 2:56 pm | #

Makes sense to me, loud and clear.
jwf | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

Enlightened, peace loving people everywhere would do well to respect the dead. You harm yourself more than you can harm a dead, self righteous idealouge. It is better to spread peace then the venom of your hatred for someone who has persecuted you. Falwell is gone now, he can only do you harm in your own mind. Give all to a higher power and pray for peace.
dkhorse | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

So it goes.
Trafalmadorian | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

nonny mouse | 05.15.07 - 2:59 pm | #

I'll buy that one. Condolences.
Batocchio | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

Well...

I won't be lighting a candle and toasting his memory- that's for sure.

Good or Bad; we all owe one death.
Max Power | 05.15.07 - 3:08 pm | #

Perhaps I am a cretin but I am an unapologetic cretin. I have no sympathy for the fat bastard. Good riddance to bad rubbish. My first reaction upon hearing this was to laugh out loud.
The really good news is that I had him on my dead pool list. Hoorah!
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:09 pm | #

You know what is scary? He was a political figure. He had more influence in the political arena, than most men that use the cloth to hide behind.
Ironically, he represented everything that the Bush Crime family represents and he is honored for this?
For so many people it is a sad day. He represented the Christians? SCARY!!!
Chinodeb | 05.15.07 - 3:09 pm | #

You ask us not to be hateful, which is more than he ever did.
Lee Presson | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:09 pm | #

The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:05 pm | #

I've seen Osteen before and he's pretty positive for a preacher. I don't think he's ever spewed out the venom of Falwell and Robertson.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:07 pm | #

Janeane, that was my point. Osteen (and Jakes is just like him) won't ever keep the same kind of "faithful" that the likes of Falwell would get. That's why the next in line to Falwell's organization will be just another like Falwell and NOT someone who is interested in progressive understanding.

That preacher would just lose the rabble that Falwell collected through the pulpit of hatred.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:10 pm | #

MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:09 pm | #

My office mate did, too. Lucky bastards!
Fanon | 05.15.07 - 3:10 pm | #

Nonny Mouse - that was a great tribute to your friend. Jerry will not receive one even a hundreth as pure.
Honest George | 05.15.07 - 3:10 pm | #

Never a better time! Hell is a BUYER'S market right now!
Celestial Realtor | 05.15.07 - 3:10 pm | #

The deadline for Gonzales to turn over Rove's emails has passed.

No word on if he did as he was directed by US Law or if our most senior law enforcement person failed to uphold the law yet again.

I would wonder if some men in black suits took out Falwell just to make us all forget what was important today.
nativeokie | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:11 pm | #

I hate to see anyone pass away.

If God does exist, as Falwell believed, he will finally be shown the error of his ways.

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Not Dick but Richard | 05.15.07 - 3:11 pm | #

He'll be back...as a shaved gerbil.
Lean's Left | 05.15.07 - 3:13 pm | #

The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:10 pm | #

I figured that was what you meant. Osteen is pretty uplifting at times, and his audience is pretty diverse.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:13 pm | #

With all due respect to C & L…

I lived in Lynchburg, VA, I knew Jerry, his family, his school and his cult (church). One living in Jerry’s circle had few choices, you were either brain washed, harassed into submission or “driven out”.

The only kind words I can muster for Jerry, his family or his cult, is, “Thank you for leading me onto my enlighten path of becoming the compassionate Atheist I am today”.
Luke | 05.15.07 - 3:14 pm | #

well i guess this is one way to lose weight.
redcat | 05.15.07 - 3:14 pm | #

I wonder if John McCain will give his eulogy.
Zach | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:14 pm | #

Fanon | 05.15.07 - 3:10 pm | #

There's always a silver lining
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:14 pm | #

I was a little depressed about life, now i'm very happy and upbeat!!
Chocolate Chipmunk | 05.15.07 - 3:14 pm | #

I just read that when Falwell was found unconcious, there was a Pat Robertson protein shake spilled on the floor right by his head.

Could Robertson have had Falwell murdered by energy drink?
jay | 05.15.07 - 3:15 pm | #

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911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:15 pm | #

In respect for C&L's request I will not go there, but If anyone really wants to spout off Fark has a nice thread going on this. What is strange to me is that the Falwell believers are so shocked and upset and believe that this should be a solemn time. Shouldn't they be jumping with joy that Falwell is now sitting at the Cap'n's table with the big guy upstairs?
iburl | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:15 pm | #

Speaking as a Witch, he'd toast my waffles, but I refuse to return the favor.

Pass the syrup.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 3:15 pm | #

Damn! There really is a Gawd!
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:16 pm | #

My deepest condolences to members of the Falwell family, especially those who can now finally come out of the closet without fear of being condemned to hell by their loving father, uncle, cousin, friend, or whatever relation Jerry had to them. Amen.
shanx | 05.15.07 - 3:17 pm | #

I have as much respect for Falwell as he fostered for people who died of AIDS in the 80s: none. He directly contributed to so many people dying alone, shunned, after a few weeks of having their hospital food shoved under the door on a tray (that actually happened), that I have zero respect for Falwell.
beltwaydude | 05.15.07 - 3:17 pm | #

In the afterlife,
You could be headed for some serious strife.
Now you make the scene all day,
But tomorrow there'll be hell to pay.
Coffins draped with flags | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:17 pm | #

Time for him to start that eternity in hell he was always threatening everyone else with!!

Good riddance to hate-filled rubbish!!
Brawlin Dem | 05.15.07 - 3:18 pm | #

Words Of Wisdom And Tolerance From This Saintly Man Of God
"God is a Republican" - Jerry Falwell - 1979

"Jesus was the First American." - Jerry Falwell - circa 1977

"I do question the sincerity of people like the Reverend Martin Luther King..." Jerry Falwell - 1965

"Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a phony." - Jerry Falwell - August 24, 1985

"The Beast (The Antichrist) when comes he must be, of necessity, a Jewish male" - Jerry Falwell - 2006

"I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don't have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them." - Jerry Falwell - 1979

"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.'" - Jerry Falwell - September 2001

"The (gay-oriented) Metropolitan Community Churches are brute beasts and a vile and Satanic system that will one day be utterly annihilated and there will be a celebration in heaven..." - Jerry Falwell - 1984

THE END...
SweetAtheist | 05.15.07 - 3:19 pm | #

I think the abortionists and homosexuals are responsible for this.
Alejandro | 05.15.07 - 3:19 pm | #

falwell is not in hell,
the_last_laugh | 05.15.07 - 3:18 pm | #

How do you know?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:19 pm | #

hiphiphooray in small type respectful letters
necadawg | 05.15.07 - 3:19 pm | #

WELL I THINK THE WAR IS GOING GOOD IF YOU WATCH FOX NEWS, BYE BYE PIGBOY.
JERRY | 05.15.07 - 3:19 pm | #

Okay, no hatefest-- no point in hating the dead. Falwell was so easy to hate when he was alive. Now, thank God, he can't hurt anybody anymore.
AlaskaRavenclaw | 05.15.07 - 3:20 pm | #

My Thoughts and Prayers to the Family.

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The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:20 pm | #

Beltwaydude, That's actually showing more respect towards Falwell that he showed to AIDS patients ever. At least you're not claiming that Falwell's death is a punishment from God that he brought upon himself and a signal to us all that God is displeased with America.

Sounds like you just think Falwell was an evil ol' f$ck through his own efforts.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:21 pm | #

I wonder what was going through his head at the very moment he realized he wasn't going to heaven after all.
President PNACcio | 05.15.07 - 3:21 pm | #

This is literally the 1st time I've ever felt a tinge of JOY to hear that someone has died. It's a bit of a guilty feeling, yet this bastard Falwell's passing is a very good thing for mankind. I know this in my core. Not the death of Nixon, not of Saddam Hussein (or his sons), not of Strohm Thurmond, not of Arafat, not of Franco, not of Mao, not of the worst death row inmate has a person's demise ever evoked anything but sadness in me before. However, the polarization that Falwell has enabled (along with Limbaugh, Cheney, Robertson, Coulter, Dobson, Hannity, et al has changed the way that I view "humanity". R.I.P. (my humanity).
GoodGod | 05.15.07 - 3:21 pm | #

I would wonder if some men in black suits took out Falwell just to make us all forget what was important today.

My money's on the Twinkies.
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 3:21 pm | #

I find the vile hate on this Blog utterly disgusting and reprehensible.

Let us hope someone says nasty things about YOU, when YOU DIE!

Irony?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:21 pm | #

clytemnestra-

ya i forgot Sikh religious group too (they killed Indira Gandhi)

there so many kinds of fundamentalist groups threatening world peace
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:22 pm | #

"Let us hope someone says nasty things about [b]YOU[/b], when [b]YOU DIE[/b]!
The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:20 pm | #

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
"

Now that sounds hateful, against people who assuredly didn't do that shitty things Falwell did. I hope when you go, those who love you only speak well of you.
jay | 05.15.07 - 3:23 pm | #

The Populist...

I bet they will if I deserve it!
greup | 05.15.07 - 3:23 pm | #

populist go to a religious right blog if you reakky want hate
necadawg | 05.15.07 - 3:23 pm | #

Falwell was just a grifter. Instead of a casino or racetrack, he worked his game in the church or the hearts of the desperate. His currency included hubris and power and no doubt he will be canonized for his 'good works'.
It will be interesting to watch his heirs jockey-up to the succession. Wonder if Ralph Reed will try to 'rise from the dead'.
NotEnuffSaid | 05.15.07 - 3:23 pm | #

Sorry, Nicole, but I honestly can't contain my glee at his overdue departure from this life as we know it. Other than for stoking the flames of hatred and intolerance, I fail to point to anything meritorious in his time here on earth. The world is a better place today.
IdiotShrub | 05.15.07 - 3:23 pm | #

[Deleted. You are insane if you think you can beat a couple of hair trigger sitemonitors. We are working hard to keep this on track. Your nasty commentary to us is not winning you any points, pal. Another poster mentioned that Fark is allowing a more spirited commentary on their site. If that is what you wish, please take it there-Sitemonitor]

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911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:23 pm | #

Let us hope someone says nasty things about [b]YOU[/b], when [b]YOU DIE[/b]

I wish they'd wait until then. Falwell didn't.
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 3:24 pm | #

When do you think we'll hear from LIEberman, or any DLC hack, say, "Jerry was a great guy. Even though we disagreed with him, he was a great man".
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:24 pm | #

I'm pretty sure that if Mr. Falwell is in heaven right now, He is in the middle of long talk with the Master on how thing are going to work for the next eternity and Jerry will have to adjust his attitude.
Mr. Blade2 | 05.15.07 - 3:24 pm | #

My grandmother always told me that if I didn't have anything nice to say I shouldn't say anything at all.


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E in MD | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

Irony?

I'd like to start a pool on how long it takes before the sponge minions begin attributing miracles and visions to the all new holy ghost.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

Unlike Jerry I'm not a hypocrite. I hope he's enjoying the Hell he has created for himself. The air up here smells a little better without his self righteous stench.
Will O'Heart | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

Well, I won't be lighting any candles for old Jer, but I will light a big fattie, have some gay sex, encourage abortion for the unborn slated to be republicans and laugh my ass off. How is that for a fitting tribute to an evil, horrible man like Falwell? Great God, it is a great day! Ding Dong, one more asshole is dead.
Kevin Curriston | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

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911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

There's a GOP debate tonight in South Carolina. Falwell will be mentioned more than Reagan was at the first one...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

I find the vile hate on this Blog utterly disgusting and reprehensible.

Yep, indeed.

Pot meet kettle. Too many here are guilty of the same things that for which they accuse Falwell.

My prayers are with him and I pray that God showers his divine mercy upon Jerry, as I pray that God does the same for each of us here, for while we were enemies to God he loved us all.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:26 pm | #

Let us hope someone says nasty things about [b]YOU[/b], when [b]YOU DIE[/b]!
The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:20 pm | #

For my part...have at it before I die! There's nothing that you can say to/about me that can have ANY effect on my life whatsoever.
I'm sure Mr. Falwells hide was easily tough enough to put up with anything said about him, and I'm even more sure that anything being written about him here, or anywhere, is having much of an effect
on him now...
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:26 pm | #

if you all paid this much attention to our major problems we would be in better shape

top priority should be abolition of money hungry HMO's and having a universal health care

2- if you are so naive and believe in hell/heaven you are years behind
hell/heaven concept was created by the fundamentalist to suppress the poor ie pray to god instead of demanding your right ............


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Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:26 pm | #

some people need to learn the meaning of the word decency. The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:25 pm | #

So, "decency" is hoping "someone says nasty things about YOU, when YOU DIE!" Jebus, you're unhinged.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:27 pm | #

Jerry Falwell was a pompous con man who exploited poor, ignorant people's beliefs and bigotries in order to make himself rich and powerful.

He did a lot of damage to America, but now he is dead, and his suddenly headless political movement will quickly fade away.

If enough people like Falwell die, it will cheer me up quite a bit.
jimbo92107 | 05.15.07 - 3:27 pm | #

There are many reasons not to like Falwell. One of them is that he was boy Bush's role model. It was Jerry Falwell that inspired boy Bush to become the non Christ-like christian that he is.
Coffins draped with flags | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:27 pm | #

has jesus raised that old c********r up from the dead yet?

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tyree | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

However, I am also going to ask that C&Lers wishing to comment on this thread show some respect

Like HE ever showed us any respect.
(spits on floor)

The world is a better place today.

DL.
Dire Lobo | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

This is the best day America had since the Nov elections.
Joeaksa | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

this was a subhuman with no redeeming characteristics whatsoever. he was a criminal, plain and simple. there is no evidence of him doing anything good in his entire life.

the planet and cows everywhere are better off without him

If you don't want comments, then I will refrain from visiting this site again. I hope that anyone that believes in free speech will tell you the same damn thing.

religion is how people use others for their own gain. you may have it. people with values never justify slavery and theft from another person.
oldtree | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

[Enough of the "Shaming of the Site Owner" on his own dime. If you aren't happy here...Sitemonitor]


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The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

I bet he's doin' some splainin' right not. Along the lines of, "I've been a baa-aaad boy." (In full Lou Costello tone, of course.)
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

Should we be expecting some family in-fighting over all of Jerry Falwell's assets or did he manage to take them with him?
Coffins draped with flags | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

I'm pretty sure they'll blame this on teh Clenis...

"we can hope that if there is a god, he will judge falwell by the very standards falwell warped and used to attack everyone. alternatively, there is no god and falwell's life was just a bad joke. either way, it's a win-win i'd say."
greggy | 05.15.07 - 2:11 pm | #

Bravo!
Karl Rove II | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

Should we give respect or provide any level decency for the death for Saddam? Why should anything change for someone like Falwell who preached the same level of hate and intolerance?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:30 pm | #

Ah, the founder and guiding light of the "Moron Majority" has left us too soon to finally be at peace with his Lord -
the Great Daddy Moron in the Sky whose moronic nature is infinite!
Bobb999 | 05.15.07 - 3:30 pm | #

I harbor no hatred for this man, and try not to have hatred even for an instant toward anyone. Anger is not the same as hatred. I have been angry with Falwell, angry at a lot of folks. But I wish him the same that I would wish anyone--that he finds peace at last.
petunia | 05.15.07 - 3:30 pm | #

CREMATIONISM!!!
LeeBurtAriann | 05.15.07 - 3:30 pm | #

The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

Ah, how droll...a concern troll.
Karl Rove II | 05.15.07 - 3:31 pm | #

What did he say about 9-11? As much hate as the asshole spewed I hope he rots in hell for eternity.
I wish I could say what I realy feel.
Captain Kangaroo | 05.15.07 - 3:31 pm | #

The populist is a travel agent looking to take us on a guilt trip.

Lighten up. Find something else to do if it bothers you that much.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:31 pm | #

The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

Get bent...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:31 pm | #

It's amazing that people are getting mad by the fact that people here are treating this mans passing like he treated others when they passed. Did he show respect for the fallen on 9/11? AIDS victims? It would be the moral, and Christian, thing to turn the other cheek and show him the respect that he never showed for the people that he disagreed with. However, no one should be surprised at this type of reaction. Should we, for instance, show respect for that priest Phelps, who goes to soldiers funerals, taunts the families and holds up signs that “god kills fags dead”?
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:31 pm | #

I feel for the pain of his family...but the world will be a better place without his sanctimonious hate mongering.
GoodbyeGOP | 05.15.07 - 3:32 pm | #

[Deleted]
UNFUCKING-BELIEVABLE!!! [...that you are still here. Only morons stick around places they hate so much-Sitemonitor]

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911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:32 pm | #

CREMATIONISM!!!
LeeBurtAriann | 05.15.07 - 3:30 pm |

Ohhh snap!
I believe that's game set and match.
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:32 pm | #

Although I do not see it possible for me to have been anymore the opposite of mr. falwell or disagreed any more strongly with his views, which are catergorized as hateful, bigoted, anti-semetic, misogynistic, i will say that i feel for his family and wish them solace and strength through this extraordinarily tough time, and wish for the media to treat this man's death with dignity. dignity being something perhaps obligatory because a man did die. And when the time comes and mourning is over, i will be first in line to denounce his legacy as hateful and hope that the movement he began to end.
Eric | 05.15.07 - 3:32 pm | #

How do you know?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:19 pm | #

Because there is no hell you silly little man!
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

Turned into a hate fest? What are we supposed to do? Mourn his death?

Who's next? Hitler? Stalin?
shell5960s | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

Will the Gonzales defense hold up in front of Falwell's god? Will Jerry get into heaven by answering "I don't recall..."?
Coffins draped with flags | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

well has he?
tyree | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

The world just seemed so much brighter to me the minute I read he kicked the bucket. I thought of daisy's for some reason. I'm glad I'm not alone in seeing this was a hate-filled, egotistical, moronic, evil, and greedy man, and the world is a better place without him ! Ding Dong ! the wicked old witch is dead !
Google_Meister | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

Paris going to jail and now this, I'm playing U2' A Beautiful Day.

Time to go rent a keg and throw a huge party.

If Pat Robertson goes any day I'll be doing back flips.
Joeaksa | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

Sorry...but I'm glad the douchbag is dead. Deserved a much slower death.
Secomav | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

It's hard to be tolerant of the intolerant....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.15.07 - 3:34 pm | #

Bobb999 | 05.15.07 - 3:30 pm | #

May Connie wash out your mouth with Lava soap.

A taste I know all too well.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 3:34 pm | #

This blog has dipped to a new low...
The Populist | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:29 pm | #

Let's hope someone says nasty things about YOU, when YOU DIE!
~The Populist


I agree!
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:34 pm | #

Good riddance. He's in hell now.
dan | 05.15.07 - 3:34 pm | #

All I can think of to say is...he now knows that hate is never the answer.
seagull_girl | 05.15.07 - 3:35 pm | #

Jerry who?
Jo | 05.15.07 - 3:36 pm | #

Hey, John....Why not just shut this thread down altogether....
Q: What good is it doing??????
A: No damn good at all.
Johnny2Bad | 05.15.07 - 3:37 pm | #

I just think its really sad that a human being dies and one of the results is a huge thread filled with hate and vitriol. Sure I disagreed with him, and thought he was wrongheaded, but for crying out loud he was a human being, and yet ya'll are spewing just as much hate toward him at the time of his death as he ever did toward any he disagreed with.

Hypocrites.

[Thanks for your concern-Sitemonitor]

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Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:37 pm | #

Yes. This is indeed a great day for humanity. Maybe there is a GAAWD afterall.
IdiotShrub | 05.15.07 - 3:37 pm | #

All I can think of to say is...he now knows that hate is never the answer

I sure hope that many here learn that lesson before their time is through.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:38 pm | #

" It would be the moral, and Christian, thing to turn the other cheek and .."

Why is it always the poor and downtrodden who do the cheek turning? Christianity is just goofy, isn't it??
Oh, and mad props to the acerbic one for the "get bent!" Man, I haven't heard that for days. Sweet!
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:38 pm | #

Does anyone doubt that some right wingers are going to come here, or blogs like this, and post offensive, over the top stuff, just so they can show their lemmings how horrible the left is? I'm guessing a few above fall into this group.
Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 3:38 pm | #

Tinky Winky can breath safe again!
johnx | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:39 pm | #

I do not have anything positive to say. I love and respect C&L, so I won't go there. Besides, I pride myself on never having been reprimanded by the site monitor. I will just let Mr. Falwell speak for himself. Below are some of his wonderful and inspiring quotes...


AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.
Jerry Falwell

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

Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.
Jerry Falwell

Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.
Jerry Falwell

The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability.
Jerry Falwell

I believe that global warming is a myth. And so, therefore, I have no conscience problems at all and I'm going to buy a Suburban next time.
Jerry Falwell

I drive a GMC Suburban. And I have since the early '70s.
Jerry Falwell

It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.
Jerry Falwell

There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas.
Jerry Falwell

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.
Jerry Falwell

Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America.
Jerry Falwell

My problem is not with the intentions of the Bush presidency. My problem is where it might go under his successors.
Jerry Falwell

I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Jerry Falwell
TruthSeeker | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:39 pm | #

even halo scan saves the fat bastard!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm | #

Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 3:38 pm | #

Well, you can search all my postings and you will find that I am not one of those. I attempt to honor all life, even the lives of those who fail so badly at life. Its a little thing I like to call consistency.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm | #

[Thanks for your concern-Sitemonitor]

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911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm | #

Nevermore, because the poor are far more likely to have to forgive than the rich. Who do the rich have to forgive? Those who take away their toys?
Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 3:41 pm | #

Why be respectful to a theocratic fascist just because he died from a busted gut? He had no respect for anybody while he was alive and gloated with glee when the Towers fell. The world is better off without him.
Doug | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:41 pm | #

I'd say any hate seen here at C&L is just Falwell's legacy. As you sow so shall ye reap. Hope there is an after-life so you get a chance to learn that lesson Jerry.
Thing Fish | 05.15.07 - 3:41 pm | #

I disagreed with his stated beliefs, but I credit that he believed what he stated. I credit that he worked hard to build what he believed to be a good and necessary thing. I credit that he devoted himself to his beliefs and his works.

I have no doubt that he loved his family and friends deeply and did his best to care for them and honor them in his daily life.

Whatever the truth of God, which none of us really know, I credit this man with having done his best to serve that which he believed.

I hope that he finds peace and comfort in the afterlife and that those who knew and loved him find peace and comfort in their memories of him.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:42 pm | #

Because there is no hell you silly little man! Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

Same question...how do you know?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:42 pm | #

And hate inspires hate. This is the legacy of the man. What a waste of a breathing human carcass he was.
candideinnc | 05.15.07 - 3:42 pm | #

Coffins draped with flags |

and 'D' and the 'A' and the 'M' and 'N' and 'A' a 'T' and the 'i-o-n'.
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 3:43 pm | #

"Mr Scrooge!" said Bob; "I'll give you Mr Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!"

"The Founder of the Feast indeed!" cried Mrs Cratchit, reddening. "I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he'd have a good appetite for it."

"My dear," said Bob, "the children. Christmas Day."

"It should be Christmas Day, I am sure," said she, "on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr Scrooge. You know he is, Robert. Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow."

"My dear," was Bob's mild answer, "Christmas Day."

"I'll drink his health for your sake and the Day's," said Mrs Cratchit, "not for his. Long life to him. A merry Christmas and a happy new year! -- he'll be very merry and very happy, I have no doubt!"

The children drank the toast after her. It was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness. Tiny Tim drank it last of all, but he didn't care twopence for it. Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes.
Joe Max | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:43 pm | #

Guess the Father of Lies came to collect his due as per their contract.
ikonoklast | 05.15.07 - 3:43 pm | #

Q: What good is it doing??????
Johnny2Bad | 05.15.07 - 3:37 pm | #

A: It's making a whole shit load of people who were the targets of Falwell's oppression marching orders to his brain dead minions feel good.

Hell, it's giving us a chance to bond in our schadenfruede over the death of one of Americas nastiest puppet masters.

He was vile in life, at least he can bring some joy in death.
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:43 pm | #

Hey! I am NOT a hypocrite! I hated him when he was breathing and I hate him now and I'm not going to feel bad or shamed or evil for treating the waste of skin EXACTLY as he treated others during his time on earth.
I do not give even the TEENIEST f**k if it puts me a notch higher on the "better person" chart if I smile and pretend to care.
If anyone has a problem with that TS. I am not making jokes or singing songs but I'm sure as hell not going to sit here and say "awww that's too bad." BECAUSE IT ISN'T!
My opinion is as valid as the weepers and I'm not going to change it to be polite or so someone who reads my post won't get their panties in a bunch.

Thank you for your time.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:44 pm | #

Finally the designer called back his substandard creation.
the 4th Reich is rising | 05.15.07 - 3:45 pm | #

hey C & L, just so you know. im from the media and I will be doing a story on how much hate you allow on this blog and how you delete posts that arent even bad. I have the proof now. I cannot wait to fucking expose this site to my high-up media friends. Ive copied every post everyone has said. Im sure Falwell's family would LOVE to see this site.
911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm | #


Yeah, me 2, me n' all my HIGH-UP media friends...
sounds like someone needs a hug!
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:45 pm | #

I'd like to think that in one way or another he's in for a very rude awakening... in heaven or hell, balls deep in gays, muslims and everyone else or at least the breifest moment of realizing that it was all a bunch of bullshit, if he hadn't already, before falling back into that great cosmic nothingness of nonbeing.
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:45 pm | #

Well, color us angry Americans. We are sick of men like this who condone murder,torture,war,hate,and greed, all while twisting the love, charity, and kindness that Jesus' teachings represent.

Sorry if watching 5 more soldiers and 50 more Iraqis die today because of "Christians" like Falwell and Bush doesn't put us in more of a civil mood.

The bastards who shouted us down when we told our countrymen this war was a lie were not worried about civility.

"Traitors" Look who the real traitors are. Bush's actions show that he is traitor to his nation. Falwell's actions show that he is a traitor to his very religion.

There ARE NO MILLIONAIRES following Christ.
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:45 pm | #

at least the fat douche bag wont be feeding off the morons that follow his hate filled sermons!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 3:46 pm | #

If I believed in Hell, then I'd believe I'm going there for what I've just posted about him. I mean, I hate to speak ill of the dead around but, sweet Jesus, I just can't find anything nice to say about Falwell.

So I guess that puts me in the minority of people who don't mind kicking the dead around when they're people like Falwell.
jurassicpork | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:46 pm | #

[Deleted. Thanks for your concern-Sitemonitor]

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K.O. Sucks | 05.15.07 - 3:46 pm | #

my high-up media friends.
911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm |

hee hee, this is goooood stuff

do you write your own material?
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 3:47 pm | #

"Oh cieca cupidigia e ira folle, che sì ci sproni ne la vita corta, e ne l’etterna poi sì mal c’immolle!"

- Dante, Inferno, Canto XII

(Translation)

O blind cupidity, O wrath insane, that spurs us onward so in our short life, and in the eternal then so badly steeps us!
Karl Rove II | 05.15.07 - 3:47 pm | #

Because there is no hell you silly little man! Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:33 pm | #

Same question...how do you know?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:42 pm | #

FAITH!
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:47 pm | #

I do not take pleasure in anyones death but without him the world just may be a better place. He hated people who didn't think like him and branded people. I hope he is forgiven but I don't know.
Well Well Well | 05.15.07 - 3:47 pm | #

No, he's not in hell. He's been reincarnated as a deadly pathogenic bacterium in a biological warfare research lab in Fort Detrick.
sphinx | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

I can't say I have anything other than absolute loathing for the man, but I still give my best to those close to him.

I don't blame those who have nothing good to say about Falwell, but I think it's important that if we don't have anything nice to say, we say nothing at all. Should someone on our side of the political fence die, we would be outraged by such words spoken against the deceased. I think that it's important for us all to bear that in mind.
Mattastic | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

Saying that the hate on C&L is Falwell's legacy is like saying that the Iraq war is a legacy of 9/11. Hate begets hate. We have to figure out a way to stop hating, and figure out how to convince people like Falwell's followers to stop hating. (I didn't say it way easy...)
seagull_girl | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

Same question...how do you know?
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:42 pm | #

Gee Doc, the absolute lack of any evidence pointing to the existence of said place of retribution despite millenia of failed attempts and providing such evidence relegates the question of the existence of said place of punishment to the "mythology" column right along side the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny (and Leprechauns and Unicorns and Cyclops and...).
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

Ding dong, Larry Flynt outlives Falwell.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

he was carbon based.
there. that's the best he's getting out of me.
sassafra | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

Careful when spewing venom... Karma, whether you believe in it or not, has a way of finding you!
K.O. Sucks | 05.15.07 - 3:46 pm |


coming from a bonehead using the screen name 'ko sucks'

oh the irony.

watch out, its karma!
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 3:49 pm | #

K.O. Sucks | 05.15.07 - 3:46 pm | #

MORE concern trolls...it's an infestation.
Karl Rove II | 05.15.07 - 3:49 pm | #

Why should people who respect or share Falwells views be upset? hasn't he 'gone home to the father'?

Why would you be upset about that unless of course your faith isn't nearly strong as you think it is!

Good RIDDANCE anyway!
Robert | 05.15.07 - 3:49 pm | #

I have no doubt that Jerry hated anybody that did not agree with him. It's hard not to turn this into a hate feast when he hated so many people. HATE is the first tenet of the Jerry Falwell's hate groups.

He has done as much harm to America as he could. He and his followers are NOT christians. Real christians don't hate and they don't want more wars. I just told my wife the other night that he is not going to live long since his was so fat and out of shape. All good things come to them that wait.
azbill | 05.15.07 - 3:49 pm | #

This is going to burn up myu commuter. I have to click thered X.
Captain Kangaroo | 05.15.07 - 3:49 pm | #

You got it Nicole

now if you could just come around to seeing that the HPV lacks appropriate safety testing. Women deserve more assurance for safety, long term implication studies and study of its effectiveness (a recent NEJ article questions it) than it was given before being recommended and rushed unto the market at $350 a shot.
n | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

The only way this could be better is if they found him on top of a his gay lover with a big ol crack pipe on the bedside table.

Sounds like a family guy scene.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

My My My, why on earth would anyone be so mad at 'uncle' Jerry now?

It's the first sensible and honest thing the man's done in his life.
skunqesh | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

"...and God said, 'forgive him. It'll teach him a lesson.'"

RIP Rev. Falwell. May you find forgiveness and mercy.
Gitazhian | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Falwell will finally have to answer to 'The Man' Himself for all the hatred he spewed in His name!

I'm sure ole' Jerry's more surprised by who is in Heaven, rather than isn't, that is if he's permitted a view before his own final destination, which I think will be considerably warmer!
Darth_Romney | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

What?!? So that's just a one horned horse in my backyard? Damn...
Fanon | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

Should someone on our side of the political fence die, we would be outraged by such words spoken against the deceased.

And there it is.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

Why was my post deleted? Is this a different site-monitor, that there's been for the past month or so?

I haven't had a post deleted in quite some time, and I guess something must've struck a chord with someone, not usually affiliated with this site...

I thought my post was a pretty respectful way of asking people to have a little decency... Does C&L now fit the far-left label???

Interesting...[Again, thanks for your concern. We so appreciate it-Sitemonitor]

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K.O. Sucks | 05.15.07 - 3:51 pm | #

Just remember this:

Jerry Falwell did not always empathize with others when they died or passed away. Falwell has utter contempt for equal rights of women in America and led the fight to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment and was the leader in the present day "religious right" movvement. Falwell along with Pat Robertson have advocated for more and not less violence in the Middle East and have had violent contempt for gays and lesbians and single mothers here in America.

I cannot judge Jerry Falwell and will not on this day either. Falwell never had the right to judge others and he led the charge to divide America into one of a secular versus a religious fundamentalist one and I never went along with that and do not today, either.

I do know that these evangelical preachers have made millions of money by taking it from hard working people to promise them things they cannot promise in reality.
Mr. XXXX | 05.15.07 - 3:51 pm | #

[Deleted. Off topic-Sitemonitor]

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Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:52 pm | #

There ARE NO MILLIONAIRES following Christ.
fade | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:45 pm

Can I get a witness? AMEN!
sphinx | 05.15.07 - 3:52 pm | #

Geez....and he looked so healthy at the fag burning at the stake last night...
Chris Sandlin | 05.15.07 - 3:52 pm | #

Jerry, say hi to Adolf, Pol, Joe, Augusto and the rest of the lads for me.
Chris from Canada | 05.15.07 - 3:52 pm | #

"But you've got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops. And I'm for the president to chase them all over the world. If it takes 10 years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord."

--Jerry Falwell

May 'St. Tinky Winky' have mercy on him! Good riddance!
Darth_Romney | 05.15.07 - 3:53 pm | #

Should someone on our side of the political fence die, we would be outraged by such words spoken against the deceased.
And there it is.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:50 pm | #

Actually, the people on my side of the political fence aren't as vile or nasty as those on Jerry's side.

Those on my side try to help others more that they try to help themselves.
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 3:53 pm | #

"Let’s leave the lamentations to the illiterate. What is this? Be kind to bigots week? Why should we weep for him? That bible-breathing bunko artist." (E.K. Hornbeck, Inherit the Wind)
goddoc | 05.15.07 - 3:54 pm | #

Should someone on our side of the political fence die, we would be outraged by such words spoken against the deceased.

Oh please... we've come to expect just that. And anyway, 1/2 of these posts here just using his hate-filled words against him. 1/4 are respectful and 1/4 are bilious.

Hardly earth-shattering... and not too far outside the bounds of, "Do unto others..."
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:54 pm | #

For this bigoted, homophobic hater, I feel nothing but JOY for his now silent bitter tongue.
PhejOmatic | 05.15.07 - 3:54 pm | #

Man tricks brothers girlfriend into sex. Falwell dies. Should be enough news for the MSM for at least a week. Don't worry about any of our brave men and women getting killed or receiving life altering injuries in Iraq.
Ron | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:54 pm | #

listen i sat watching crossfire the day of the last national election with carvell and novacs ,carvel predicted kerry would win in a landslide , fallwell smirked his fucking fat evil grin and said really, then you dont know what i know, and you want that rat bastard given respect? id rather cut my throut!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 3:54 pm | #

It will be interesting to see what his successors do. Things could get even more right-wing conservative with that outfit.

RIP.
JudyLou | 05.15.07 - 3:54 pm | #

Jeremy, that's very noble. However, if the people who control this country don't reciprocate that (and they don't in their economic and social policy) the situation can in a pretty short time turn into outright abuse. This man, and many on the right, attack those who are less powerful than them, and to not attack back, or to always give them a pass out of morals that they don’t adhere to, makes us their servants. I'm not going to waste my time bashing him, who cares and what will that accomplish? I just doubt you’d be so forgiving if you were a family member of an AIDS or 9/11 victim.
Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 3:55 pm | #

The nicest thing I can say about this is that I am happy that he is dead. The world will be better off with him getting screwed by Satan in Hell. Here was a man that divided the country in way that we haven't seen since the civil war and spewed more hatred than almost anyone I've ever seen.

I would also like to note that he was a very stupid person.

And yes, this is the nicest thing I can say about him.


Michael | 05.15.07 - 3:55 pm | #

My sources tell me that he was placed in the same cauldron as JP2. Happy Hell!
DemVet | 05.15.07 - 3:56 pm | #

Where is his god now? This news put a smile on my face. One less hateful bigot in the world...many to go...
Daniel | 05.15.07 - 3:56 pm | #

Should someone on our side of the political fence die, we would be outraged by such words spoken against the deceased. I think that it's important for us all to bear that in mind.
Mattastic | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

Mattastic, if someone on our side of the fence passed away, as even liberals do sometimes, what would an HONEST conservative say? That that liberal "spread hatred", as so many commenters here are saying of Falwell? That that liberal personally profited from manipulation of hatred, like others are saying here about Falwell?

IS this generally said about liberals from even the most unhinged of conservative pundits?

Or is it more likely that the conservative wishing to trash the work of a liberal pundit or preacher would have to default to untruths? Is it likely that they would resort to attacks on inherent qualities of the person or entire groups of people, like being homosexual or non-white, non-Christian or female?

What is being trashed about Falwell here are his ACTUAL words and deeds, not some fiction nor some inherent quality of his being.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 3:56 pm | #

Actually, the people on my side of the political fence aren't as vile or nasty as those on Jerry's side.

That's debatable, I see plenty off hate spewing intolerance from some on the Far Left toward people of faith.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:57 pm | #

This thread could set a new C&L post record.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:57 pm | #

What hatefest?

God decided that his time had come. He had been nudging him along for some time, though. He gave Falwell a nice roll of fat under his chin, and probably one around his heart.

It was God's will. Who am I to argue?

--Dan
dan robinson | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:57 pm | #

RIP, glad we don't have to hear from him anymore.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 3:58 pm | #

America will accept his death with perfect resignation.

Jerry Falwell left a legacy of hate, and will be missed by the haters, but not by anyone with half a brain.
Capability Jones | 05.15.07 - 3:58 pm | #

God rules all.

God wanted that motherfucker stopped.

God stopped him.

No hatred required.
Oz | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:59 pm | #

Falwell was (and still is) one of the bad ones. A smug, self-righteous, bigoted fuckface whose life's work was dissemenation of ignorance and thuggery.

He'll not be missed.
scott | 05.15.07 - 3:59 pm | #

That's debatable, I see plenty off hate spewing intolerance from some on the Far Left toward people of faith.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:57 pm | #

Yes you certainly do, but only as a REACTION to what the people of faith have said/tried to do to those people
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 3:59 pm | #

Jeremy,

From blog posters? That's your equivalent of the likes of someone like Falwell?

Even Hitch is generally disliked by most liberals - blog commenter and WIDELY publicized pundit alike.
The Mean Ol' Liberal | 05.15.07 - 4:00 pm | #

The bashing that Falwell is getting, while it might be distasteful to some, serves as an example to others who would emulate him.
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 4:00 pm | #

Ha Ha, Jerry. You're DEAD! I hope it was painful! I hope you and your new boyfriend, Adolf, are havin' a grand ole' time!

Adios, dipshit!
Michael | 05.15.07 - 4:00 pm | #

Should someone on our side of the political fence die, we would be outraged by such words spoken against the deceased. I think that it's important for us all to bear that in mind.
Mattastic | 05.15.07 - 3:48 pm | #

On a daily basis Reich-wingers constantly wish for the death of liberals, leftists, main-streamers, progressives, Dems, etc.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:00 pm | #

I just doubt you’d be so forgiving if you were a family member of an AIDS or 9/11 victim.

At this point forgiveness is not for me to grant Falwell, but I would hope that through my faith that I might be able to forgive Falwell et al if indeed I had someone in my family with AIDS was a 9/11 victim. My faith teaches that forgiveness is necessary, but not necessarily easy.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

"The bashing that Falwell is getting, while it might be distasteful to some, serves as an example to others who would emulate him.
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 4:00 pm | # "

Or inspiration...
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

To those of you who have expressed dismay at the "hatred" found in this thread. A few of jerry's greatest hits. (Hat tip to BoingBoing)

# “AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals”

# "It appears that America's anti-Biblical feminist movement is at last dying, thank God, and is possibly being replaced by a Christ-centered men's movement which may become the foundation for a desperately needed national spiritual awakening."

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

# After the September 11 attacks Falwell said, “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."

# “Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions”

# “[Homosexuals are] brute beasts...part of a vile and satanic system [that] will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven.”
Yellow Elephant Safari | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

That's debatable, I see plenty off hate spewing intolerance from some on the Far Left toward people of faith.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:57

Falwell had faith in money and the ignorant masses ability to believe in him. This is not about "the far left people spewing intolerance"; this is about the reality based community exposing a fraud. Now, go and commiserate with your kin over at RedState!
TruthSeeker | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

I, for one, am tired of showing restraint towards the right. I feel bad for his family but have nothing but contempt for him. Let's hope he's working up a sweat down there.
Kevin Simms | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

I trust The Fred Phelps Family Viginettes will be singing at his memorial?
skunqesh | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

Falwell is up in Judgement City right now. My guess, is they'll be looking at 23 days.

(cookie to anyone who understands this)
stonicus | 05.15.07 - 2:24 pm | #



You owe me a cookie. It will be the most delicious cookie I have ever eaten.

After the 23 days, he is definitely going back. Based on his life he has a LOT to learn.
notreallyabadguy | 05.15.07 - 4:02 pm | #

On a Sunday morning in 1978 I was flipping through the TV stations looking for something to distract me from a hangover. And there it was, a scene right out of Stranger in a Strange Land. Some sort of preacher in a white suit, microphone in hand, descending stairs on a stage while lit up by spotlights!! WOW!! I listened for a few minutes. His name was Jerry Falwell and at the moment he was recruiting members for something called the "I LOVE AMERICA CLUB". For a mere $1,000 donation you became a member and received an American flag lapel pin. WOW AGAIN!! (dime store .59 cents) What stunned me at the time was his blending of politics and religion, something I had not heard before. When the camera panned the audience it was mostly female, mostly middle-aged and older. Mostly white. There were a few men and a few younger people and even a very few people of color. These people seemed dedicated to everything he had to say. I knew our country was in some kind of trouble that day, and I've watched his rise to heights of power over the politics of hate. I believe he did a lot to elect Ronald Regan because I was watching his rants from time to time. There were several tactics that I noticed him using, one was FEAR, of Communists, non-Christians and anyone liberal who supported abortion rights. The other tactic was the martyr tactic. He kept repeating how much Christians were hated in modern society. How they had to stick together on things. Planting the fear the everyone with a different political view HATED THEM!!!! Again blending politics and religion, yes way back then, and encouraging people to send Regan to the White House. They were his Moral Majority. He seemed as power hungry as he was narrow minded. I'm trying not to be disrespectful, but these are just the facts, maam, just the facts.
ozma10 | 05.15.07 - 4:02 pm | #

Falwell: "So, this is it! Hey, don't they have A/C up here?"

Being with horns and tail: "Up?"
Bookem Danno | 05.15.07 - 4:02 pm | #

Jeremy, does the "far left" (define this for me) spew as much intolerance towards Islam as people like Falwell have? No. What you are talking about, obviously, is Christianity. People on the "far left", which I am probably a member of, don't hate people of faith, they hate people of faith forcing their world view on others. There was an interview I saw on Bill Moyers program with a graduate of Robertson's law school. She said that she wanted the law to reflect TRUTH. What was TRUTH in her mind? The bible. I don't want that "truth" to be law. THAT is what the "far left" has a problem with. You want to prey to Jesus, you want to take (parts) of the bible litteraly in YOUR life, go ahead. Just keep it away from me, unless I invite you in.
Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 4:02 pm | #

Today is the best day since Ted Haggard's little detour!
Michael | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #

I'm a Christian and one of Falwell's harshest critics.

I was curious to see the response here as I enjoy the viewpoints and comments.

Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #

I trust The Fred Phelps Family Viginettes will be singing at his memorial?
skunqesh | 05.15.07 - 4:01 pm | #

Wouldn't that be great if that freakshow decided to make an appearance to protest.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

"The bashing that Falwell is getting, while it might be distasteful to some, serves as an example to others who would emulate him.
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 4:00 pm | # "


They just have really no F'ing idea how many people they're pissing off.
PhejOmatic | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #

HUH??
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Without Jerry Falwell and the morons that lived by his every command, there would be no preznut named George W. Bush today.

Good riddence!!
Jason | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Falwell's Dead? Now I got religion!
JD | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Now, go and commiserate with your kin over at RedState!

LOL, ad hominem attacks that's classic, because I don't think that hatred toward someone who is now dead is a good thing I am thus thrown in with the RedState group. Come on, surely you can do better than this, and if not then you have my pity, whether you want it or not.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Jeremy, again, very noble of you. Like I said though, if the nobleness comes only from the relatively weak, tyranny will follow.
Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Jerry's version of turning the other cheek:

"but you gotta kill the terrorists before the killing stops and I'm for the President! Chase them all over the world and if it takes ten years blow them all away in the name of the lord."

Here is Jerry Falwell on CNN - In His own Christian words...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W...h? v=WGOTUG16REE
sphinx | 05.15.07 - 4:06 pm | #

Was I the only person here who cheered out loud when I saw he finally keeled over and croaked?

My only lament is that he didn't live to reach that undefendable stage of senility when he'd finally snap on live TV screaming " [Deleted-Sitemonitor]!" so I could sit back and watch BillO & Hannity try to defend that little outburst.

And you know they WOULD.

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About freakin time | 05.15.07 - 4:06 pm | #

DEAD DEAD DEAD. (finally)
Michael | 05.15.07 - 4:06 pm | #

Respect? Ask for silence maybe but to ask people Falwell had an active hand in keeping down (women, blacks, Jews, gays, AIDS victims, and on and on...) to show some "respect" is pretty amazing. Of all the coverage I've read on this today this is the first call for respect for Falwell I've seen. Sad that it's at C&L because I really like the site and generally find it friendly to gay rights issues, something important to me in the most personal way. I can't show Falwell any respect. Sorry. And for the request of it I can't feel I owe much respect to the site either -- you have to give it to get it and asking me to be nice about Falwell is disrespectful.
Gabe | 05.15.07 - 4:07 pm | #

Looks like god will have to fumigate hell now that Falwell has arrived.
davevelo | 05.15.07 - 4:07 pm | #

That's debatable, I see plenty off hate spewing intolerance from some on the Far Left toward people of faith.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 3:57 pm | #

Well Jeremy, you guys get what you give.
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 4:07 pm | #

they said fallwell was found unconscious without a heartbeat, that being the case how'd they know he was dead, the pricks heart stop beating yrs ago!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 4:07 pm | #

This pig had it coming. He blamed America for 9/11

Enjoy hell, asshole!
Tony | 05.15.07 - 4:08 pm | #

I hear you, Gabe. You have to EARN respect.
Michael | 05.15.07 - 4:08 pm | #

my voodoo curses finally worked! hooray! what a great day for freedom! go away falwell. and stay there. now i get to start sacrificing chickens regarding his son, junior.
jimmy | 05.15.07 - 4:08 pm | #

Worm food!!!
bubba | 05.15.07 - 4:08 pm | #

I don't understand why someone who is unworthy of respect in life is suddenly worthy of respect when he dies.
Rusty Shackleford | 05.15.07 - 4:08 pm | #

HUH??
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

In other words, you could have taken the high road, but most here have shown themselves to be just as cruel and intolerant.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

"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.'"

sept 13, 2001, jerry falwell, in response to 9/11
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

the definition of irony

fallwell...man of god....dead

larry flynt...man of porn...still alive and kickin

bwahahaha

my momma always taught me never to speak ill of the dead...but fallwell was a prick...good riddance
uncle joe mccarthy | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

re: Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #

Yea, my own personal worldwide money-milking, political propaganda operation cloaked as a church will be issuing a hate-filled screed later today. Stay tuned to Fox News who air our "church's" political opinions on a friendly, regular basis.
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

Praise the Lard!
boozemop | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

Not only am I glad that he's dead but I'm glad that it pisses people off that I'm glad that he's dead.

Wait...
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:10 pm | #

Jeremy, again, very noble of you. Like I said though, if the nobleness comes only from the relatively weak, tyranny will follow.

Strength through force is not the answer to hostility, when will we ever learn...

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:10 pm | #

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Michael | 05.15.07 - 4:10 pm | #

I’ll try not to say anything bad. Jerry, you were an inspiration to all the snake oil salesmen and phony faith healers around the world. You lied with the best of them. You never were found with a prostitute. You truly were a credit to you profession. I hope that there is a heaven and a hell so that you will get what you really deserve.
lafin gas | 05.15.07 - 4:10 pm | #

Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #

Yeah, I often wish "in the name of the Lord" the mass murder of fellow humans. pffffft. dopes.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:10 pm | #

Now! The question is...when will Dobson and Robertson have their big day at the Pearly Gates?

Things like this usually happen in three, so hope these 'good servants' go to their rewards and join Brother Jerry as soon as possible!
Darth_Romney | 05.15.07 - 4:10 pm | #

Having hard time saying something respectful.

Best I can come up with is no one is really dead until they are forgotten.

Jerry who?
Thing Fish | 05.15.07 - 4:11 pm | #

The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

Someone who calls himself zoner shouldn't refer to terms like HIGH road.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 4:11 pm | #

Relax. What I obviously meant was in your vitriolic comments, not actions. Duh.

Simma.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:12 pm | #

The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

They're not cruel or intolerant. They're just sick to death of bullshit!
PhejOmatic | 05.15.07 - 4:12 pm | #

Folks, just remember this:

Jerry Falwell, in short, had utter hatred for his fellow man. He was a proud segregationist in the 1950's and 1960's and who started his first religious school after the Brown versus Board of Education decision demanding racial integration. Falwell's hatred of the Federal Government began not with anti-gay or anti-women hatred but racism which easily led to hatred of single mothers and later gays who had AIDS.

did not always empathize with others when they died or passed away. Falwell led fundraising campaigns along with Pat Robrtson directed at gays, lesbians, feminists, and single mothers with children.

Falwell, in fact, had utter contempt for equal rights of women in America and led the fight to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment and was the leader in the present day "religious right" movvement.

Falwell along with Pat Robertson have advocated for more and not less violence in the Middle East and have had violent contempt for gays and lesbians and single mothers here in America.

I cannot judge Jerry Falwell and will not on this day either. Falwell never had the right to judge others and he led the charge to divide America into one of a secular versus a religious fundamentalist one and I never went along with that and do not today, either.

I do know that these evangelical preachers have made millions of money by taking it from hard working people to promise them things they cannot promise in reality.

Yes, Falwell was hardly empathetic to gays who died of AIDS and was an enemy of feminists, single mothers, the poor, women in general, and anyone who did not walk the way he and the likes of Pat Robertson, Billy Graham, and James Dobson preach to this day. Falwell used poor people's plight to manipulate them into giving to the evangelical movement. The evangelical movement too often tells the poor they are in that situation because they lack the "grace" of Jesus which is one of their big lies that the media does not report on.

The legacy of Falwell will be leading the anti-gay movment in America and pointing fingers of those whom had the AIDS virus. Falwell pointed to those who were suffering with AIDS to their death seem like felons and criminals rather than human beings. This is what I will always remember about Mr. Falwell above and beyond anything else he may have done "worthy." Falwell was a hater and did not walk the talk that Jesus did--as in the Sermon on the Mount!
Mr. XXXX | 05.15.07 - 4:12 pm | #

I hate to be uncharitable but good riddance.
Nick | 05.15.07 - 4:12 pm | #

This is unusual for me, but GOOD RIDDANCE. That fat fuck made so many miserable-- especially we gays. The world is a better place without his ilk. Sorry, but...
Edwin | 05.15.07 - 4:13 pm | #

"Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #"

Yeah, whatever! Thanks for stopping by and don't trip on yourself on the way out. Maybe you can drop a rose on fatso's grave for me as he takes his long dserved dirt nap!
Darth_Romney | 05.15.07 - 4:13 pm | #

you bleeding hearts cant spoil this day , its the only bright thing thats happened in six yrs of torment, thank you god you did a good thing
tyree | 05.15.07 - 4:13 pm | #

Sorry. Falwell was just the warning label on a nasty can of poison. The contents are still there, as vile and deadly as ever.
Larry Santoro | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:13 pm | #

If you don't have somrthing nice to say. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..






well, you know what I always say. . .
Leg | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:14 pm | #

Actually, I'm grateful to Falwell. Once he became a primary spokesman for Christianity I left, and began practicing Witchcraft.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 4:14 pm | #

"Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner"

You're right, The Zoner. By posting a comment critical of a single evil man on a non-important blog, we are every bit as bad as this "reverend" who:

* Became fabulously wealthy destroying the hearts of other men
* Cannibalized Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker's hard work to launch himself into fame and stardom
* Spread hatred and lies about entire swathes of the U.S. population
* Amassed large groups of people to deny the AIDS epidemic and treat it as an act of a righteous God, rather than a medical issue
* Advised President Bush on the war and provided religious cover for his claim that "God told him to invade Iraq" and kill its civilians.
* Championed policies of governments with which he held considerable sway, that killed thousands of innocent people (see above)

You are absolutely right! I can see the error of my ways now. Ass.
JD | 05.15.07 - 4:14 pm | #

"Time wounds all heels." - John Lennon
.
Atlas Shrugged | 05.15.07 - 4:15 pm | #

HUH??
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

In other words, you could have taken the high road, but most here have shown themselves to be just as cruel and intolerant.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

F*** the high road, why should I be the only traveller on the high road while all of the powerfull people in the world are on the low road reaching up to the high road so's they can stick their "invisible hands" into my wallet...
Nevermore | 05.15.07 - 4:15 pm | #

I can't help but feel that Falwell's death will make the world a better place.
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i | 05.15.07 - 4:15 pm | #

ysbaddaden, my catholic upbringing did a similar thing for me. It helped me realize that religion is a big stinking pile of excrement used to control people.

No god. No saints. No prophets. And no one to smite me because I won't save da unborn babeez.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:16 pm | #

> they said fallwell was found
>unconscious without a heartbeat,
>that being the case how'd they know
>he was dead, the pricks heart stop
>beating yrs ago!

They knew he was dead when his skin color turned to what the doctors described as "Tinky Winky Purple."
Gaddick | 05.15.07 - 4:17 pm | #

Having grown up in Lynchburg,(home of chapstick), I've been aware of Falwell's wily ways for many years. He's always had his followers, mostly from the rural farmlands around Lynchburg, but he would mostly just cause people around town to roll their eyes with his fire and brimstone snake oil salesmanship. Then Reagan came along and brought him up to national prominence. That's when things got weird and I moved away.
onohayo | 05.15.07 - 4:17 pm | #

You know what's really going to be funny??

When the autopsy is performed and reveals the Mother Mary buttplug that Jerry kept hidden all these years.
Chris Sandlin | 05.15.07 - 4:17 pm | #

falwell deserves no respect.
NeoClassic | 05.15.07 - 4:17 pm | #

In other words, you could have taken the high road, but most here have shown themselves to be just as cruel and intolerant.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:09 pm | #

Walking the high road just makes it easier for those walking below to punch you in the nuts.

A little lesson I learned from Uncle Jerry.
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 4:17 pm | #

Respect for that POS?!?!?!?

I'd bet my bottom he's in Hell right now paying for his crimes against humanity.
I hope Jesus gives him an earful before he burns for all enternity!!!!

Good Riddance! I only wished he suffered horribly before he died!
Tom Holmes | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:18 pm | #

I agree, John if you are not going to let people vent why post the damn story if you knew what kind of reaction it was going to get, you are so soft sometimes, this is one of the main reasons we lose elections, I bet you if those Katrina victims dont give a shit about him.
Chocolate Chipmunk | 05.15.07 - 4:18 pm | #

may GOD have mercy on his soul
organmeat | 05.15.07 - 4:18 pm | #

Gee, where's the comment cop who was so offended when people were uttering similar sentiments regarding Tony Snow a few weeks ago?

[Thanks for your concern-Sitemonitor]

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kali yuga | 05.15.07 - 4:18 pm | #

Pope Todd,

AMEN!
LOL!!
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:19 pm | #

i know we're supposed to be respectful... but i don't think Jerry would have spared any words of hate over the dead body of any one of us... or our liberal leaders...
neamhni | 05.15.07 - 4:19 pm | #

That is the type of thinking that keeps slaves slaves. The elites in DC put all of their support behind the top 5% of the country, they could care less about you, me or anyone here, but I'm supposed to accept that and be the bigger person because it was written into a book by a human centuries after Christ. Um, no. If people like Falwell want to ignore the basic messages of the bible (for every reference to homosexuality, how many references are their about poverty?) and plunder the earth I'll fight back, damn the Bible, Koran, Torah or the book of Scientology.
Wicked Legs | 05.15.07 - 4:20 pm | #

Jeremy | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:05 pm | #

Ad Hominems are an attack on character to deflect from the message. You used it in reference to merely an opinion on where your comments would be most welcomed. Whether you agree with the comment or not doesn't make it any for of rhetorical device.

It may have deflected from your message, but this thread has a message of its own and doesn't need yours or mine.

Personally, I say when an enemy has fallen, it's time to put away your sword, unless your wary of his compatriots. Otherwise, all your doing is corpse mutilation.

Yet as ye reap so shall you sow. This is what's happening now on the thread, Falwell is sowing in his death the animosity he himself projected out.

One can liken it to the Golden Rule as well.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 4:20 pm | #

I'm waiting for Busholini to announce a national day of mourning.
Dr. Acula | 05.15.07 - 4:20 pm | #

Have fun in Hell you biggotted buttfuck! Toodles! Love you, mean it! Best news all year!
bilhelm-X | 05.15.07 - 4:20 pm | #

Oh, and good riddance. May Tony Snowjob follow soon . . .
kali yuga | 05.15.07 - 4:21 pm | #

"Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #"

And I don't even care!!
Edwin | 05.15.07 - 4:21 pm | #

Can't wait for this country to get over and done with all this fundie flying spagetti monster in the sky horseshit. It's pathetic. This irrelevent dead dude is a good start.
PhejOmatic | 05.15.07 - 4:21 pm | #

Hypocrisy reigns here.
kali yuga | 05.15.07 - 4:18 pm | #
---------------------------------

1. Read my earlier post.
2. We've been judged and informed of the "learned" result already about six dozen times. Could you at least READ them first before you add your own?

Now can we all just agree and you know, stop repeating the 'wah wah you're all a bunch of meanies' stuff? We are, we know, we get it and we don't care. Ok ? Great thanks.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:21 pm | #

To you naysayers out there, on this thread we express our own opinions. Unlike Falwell, we don't presume to talk for God, or even all liberals.

I'm a moderate myself.
ysbaddaden | 05.15.07 - 4:23 pm | #

His first coffee in "heaven" will be served by some guy named Mohamed.
boozemop | 05.15.07 - 4:24 pm | #

Being the vicious atheist with no morals that I am, I have no shame in hating the hater.

May his following (not the followers though, they need to suffer a little more) die with him.
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 4:24 pm | #

where oh where will the good follers of bluber limpdick find another dork as good as fuckwell to guide them? can their be anothe evil piece of shit like him in the land!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 4:25 pm | #

So sorry! I was attacked first for being a homosexual, then attacked again and again and again. Now I'm supposed to feel sorry for this bloated hate factory of a bigot? Wrong! As he has sewn, so now should he reap.
bilhelm-X | 05.15.07 - 4:25 pm | #

inappropriate comment
Lewis_Stoole | 05.15.07 - 4:25 pm | #

The NYT article noted that his father and grandfather were militant atheists. Just blew up another irony meter.
Glen | 05.15.07 - 4:26 pm | #

Each person has their own feelings about the loss of a great (in Falwell
s case we're talking a "Built By Wendy's" kind of greatness) public figure and for most, death ameliorates the past. But in Falwell's case, I have to make an exception.

Within me are conflicting voices. In one ear I hear the popping of champagne corks and celebration. In the other, a voice of reason suggesting that expression of pleasure would only diminish any right to moral rectitude that I might otherwise possess.

The sound of champagne won the battle.

Falwell's finally gone? NO LOSS.
Mark Richards | 05.15.07 - 4:26 pm | #

I believe God will sort out what to do with Mr. Fallwell's soul. It's up to Him, but I'd rather humble civilian be me than Jerry when it comes to judgment time.

I'm sad Jerry didn't have time to find true tolerance and love in his soul before he left.

And I'm sad so many valued his misguided opinions.
Biggus Diggus | 05.15.07 - 4:26 pm | #

i hope he brought sunblock. it gets hot down there
biff | 05.15.07 - 4:27 pm | #

There is absolutely nothing I could possibly say about this man's actions or words that is both accurate and "respectful".

I suspect that he will have the afterlife that he earned, not necessarily the same as the one he thought to have.
mongoose | 05.15.07 - 4:28 pm | #

I'm sad that it's too late for him to repent.
hurumph | 05.15.07 - 4:29 pm | #

Mister Falwell... solely out of respect for the request of the C&L team, I won't comment on my feelings about you, your life, or your death. I'll let that be inference enough.
JJohnson | 05.15.07 - 4:29 pm | #

For all of you hateful lefty posters:

Please be advised that howie kurtz will use this blog on his sunday review and blame lefty blogs for spewing hatred.

So in the spirit of the ever-hate-spewing Jerry Falwell,

FUCK HOWIE KURTZ!!!

You compromised scumbucket pieceofschitt lying asshole.

Go and get the real venom on LGF or some other nutbag neocon site, you shill!
____________________
bascombe | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:29 pm | #

JD | 05.15.07 - 4:14 pm | #

Woo Hoo!!
Fanon | 05.15.07 - 4:29 pm | #

From I, Claudius:

Tiberius: Germanicus...why do the people love him so?

Sejanus: There's no harm in loving the dead. Everyone is loved when they're dead.

Livia Augusta: I wouldn't count on that if I were you
Jason Shankel | 05.15.07 - 4:29 pm | #

There is a special little place in the Universe, some may call it hell, for men like you Falwell ... and Hitler. Enjoy your stay, I hope it's all you hoped for you homophobic bigoted turd!
The Axman | 05.15.07 - 4:30 pm | #

So, this threads bears out that hate begets hate. So much so that one person would be hard pressed to read all of the posts without feeling filthy. And, BTW, I don't think Falwell himself felt filthy.

So, what in what of world do YOU (and your kids) want to live in? Do not Shia vs. Sunni in Iraq and Catholic vs. Protest in Ireland serve as any forewarning to you all of where such vitriole leads.
JoAnne | 05.15.07 - 4:30 pm | #

Someone earlier cried that Falwell was a HUMAN BEING and the death of a HUMAN BEING is never good.

I say BS.

If a person dying stops the deaths of many others, it is worth it. And Falwell did cause the deaths of many.

So stick it in ... oh, never mind.

Oh, another thing -- why are "Good Christians" always the loudest sobbers when one of their flock dies? Aren't they with Jesus now? You'd think they would be smiling.
shell5960s | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

Altho I don't have the exact quote. Fawell while riding in a car with Mel White, before Mel came out, told him . . . If gays didn't exist, we'd have to invent them.

Thanks for stopping by Fawell. Now on to your TRUE calling. Fertilizing the soil
Musk | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

Ah, well, he's been called home by his master. Satan. This is where Jerry finds out that Jesus wants nothing to do with him.

That's about all the respect Falwell has earned from me through his life of smug, self-rigtheous hate mongering, all of it done in God's name.
Paul | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

Great! All we can hope for now is that Robertson and Dobson will sacrifice themselves in order to help Jerry sneak through the gates when god isn't looking.
davevelo | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

Respect? This putz doesn't deserve respect. Face reality.
Me | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

See ya in Hell, Jer!
Le Roi Est Mort | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

Ding! Dong!
Nobody4President | 05.15.07 - 4:31 pm | #

baby jesus is too busy flipping a coin to comment on this
baby jesus | 05.15.07 - 4:32 pm | #

JoAnne | 05.15.07 - 4:30 pm | #
-----------------
you should ask the fallwell fallowers.
bascombe | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:32 pm | #

Do not Shia vs. Sunni in Iraq and Catholic vs. Protest in Ireland serve as any forewarning to you all of where such vitriole leads.
JoAnne | 05.15.07 - 4:30 pm

I agree, organised religion is a bad thing.
greup | 05.15.07 - 4:32 pm | #

Everyone is loved when they are dead.
That is the absolute truth.
My MIL's husband was a ruthless abusive drug dealing thief. When he died all anyone could talk about was what a "good guy" he had been.

I sprained a muscle in my eyes due to rolling them so much.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:32 pm | #

For all of you hateful lefty posters:

Please be advised that howie kurtz will use this blog on his sunday review and blame lefty blogs for spewing hatred.



BIG DEAL. I'm shaking. Take your "terrorism" somewhere else. They already do that every day, and then add a healthy dose of their own B.S.
Edwin | 05.15.07 - 4:33 pm | #

RE: Do not Shia vs. Sunni in Iraq and Catholic vs. Protest in Ireland serve as any forewarning to you all of where such vitriole leads.
JoAnne | 05.15.07 - 4:30 pm

Mmmm, as AM radio is so fond of pointing out, what about Axis Vs. Allies?
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:33 pm | #

I sprained a muscle in my eyes due to rolling them so much.
MargeAggedon

I love it!
bilhelm-X | 05.15.07 - 4:33 pm | #

Baby jesus, you get to be the decider on this one. You get to be the holy commander guy too. Go for it!
pissed off patricia | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:33 pm | #

Nobody's going to be more shocked Falwell when he comes to in the middle of a lake of fire this afternoon.

And for lurking MSM jerks who would ascribe this to angry liberalism, I would point out that you did nothing, NOTHING when Falwell blamed 9/11 on the left, while the bodies were still burning.

I'm talkin' to YOU, Kurtz.
Broadsword | 05.15.07 - 4:34 pm | #

Here is the simple truth:

It Falwell followed the Word of Christ and actually acted like Christian, a real Christian, you wouldn't see this level of contempt for this "man".

..
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:34 pm | #

RE: Do not Shia vs. Sunni in Iraq and Catholic vs. Protest in Ireland serve as any forewarning to you all of where such vitriole leads.
JoAnne | 05.15.07 - 4:30 pm

Mmmm, as AM radio is so fond of pointing out, what about Axis Vs. Allies?
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:33 pm

AC vs DC??
Fanon | 05.15.07 - 4:34 pm | #

Respect is earned....He failed. Later, Jerry..don't let the door hit ya....
mb | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

Does anyone care what HOWIE KURTZ says or does?
shell5960s | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

((Argh, people who come from the right, pretend they give a shit about our dialogue and then post some screed about Stalinism in the 'far left' or whatever piss me off because they make it harder for say what I actually f'ing care about. Since I never was a 'concern troll' I am still sore about that.))

That said...I too have nothing nice to say about Falwell. I find it incomprehensible that he was treated as...remotely sane?, let alone "the moral majority", during his tenure as a living person, and I *don't* think death gives you a free press. I'm sorry there are people unfortunate enough to share his genetic material who might be grieving today on account of that.

I think it's fairly accurate to say that I hated Jerry Falwell and everything he represented. I think get what C&L site owners are asking for when they ask that this not turn into a hate-fest. There's no need to *celebrate*, to revel in it. Pretty much everything associated with Mr. Falwell was a sorry, sordid (morally repugnant) affair; his passing marks a blessed end to that. Unfortunately, he will continue to be treated with _inappropriate_ respect by the MSM, etc., and his death will only cement his false legacy. So overall, this is a sad event for me. We never got the chance to out the ((suppresses curse)) for who he was, and we probably never will.
Althelia | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

I don't understand the plea for respect for this traitorous villain. I'd spit on his grave, given the chance. The man was a blight on the nation, and helped usher in the nightmare we are all saddled with today. I only wish there were another 20-30 obits to read today.

If you want to show this man all the respect he deserves, don't comment on his passing. Lord knows many better people have passed on unnoticed by C&L.

["...However, I am also going to ask that people wishing to comment on this thread show some respect (for the site and the site team, if no one else)..."] I hope you read your med texts a little more thoroughly than the thread, Doc. A lot of posters thought that respect was being demanded for Falwell. It most certainly wasn't-Sitemonitor]

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David H. Stern, M.D. | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

FUCK HOWIE KURTZ!!!
You compromised scumbucket pieceofschitt lying asshole.


Best of the day.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #

...and the concern trolls keep flooding in.

Who left the cage door open?
Karl Rove II | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

hey C & L, just so you know. im from the media and I will be doing a story on how much hate you allow on this blog and how you delete posts that arent even bad. I have the proof now. I cannot wait to fucking expose this site to my high-up media friends. Ive copied every post everyone has said. Im sure Falwell's family would LOVE to see this site.
911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm | #

If that's truly the case, then you need to go back to whatever Journalism School it is that you come from 'cause there is a whole lot of things wrong with your "writing".
IgnoranceIsNotBliss | 05.15.07 - 4:36 pm | #

Damn, I'd bring back Falwell over Cheney! Okay God?!
bilhelm-X | 05.15.07 - 4:36 pm | #

he is difffent from jim baker in jat Jim got caught and jerry didint.
Anonymous | 05.15.07 - 4:36 pm | #

What a down to earth(God)would say to Jerry Falwell. - "YOU DUMB FUCK" You were supporting NAZI NEO fascist, eugenisist, thiefs that kill there own citizens and other innocent poeple around the word.

YOU did'nt learn sh!t on Earth, did you?
Mr. Blade2 | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

AC vs DC??
Fanon | 05.15.07 - 4:34 pm | #

Now THAT'S some kick ass vitriol.
BDIII | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

Does anyone care what HOWIE KURTZ says or does?
shell5960s | 05.15.07 - 4:35 pm | #

Who is Howie Kurtz?? Does that answer your question?
Edwin | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

Whatever Falwell was, most of you have shown yourselves to be just as bad.
The Zoner | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:04 pm | #
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I don't think 'most of you' wished for or celebrated the deaths of other human beings, or reveled in their suffering as did Fallwell.

So use your judgmental attitude as a suppository and remember to first remove your head.
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bascombe | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

I wonder if the intern was able to get his britches back up after he kicked. Good riddens A-hole.
Jim G | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

will the country be able to see fallwells solid gold coffin with an american flag drapped on it or will they do like they do our fallen from iraq hide the coffin!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

tyree | 05.15.07 - 4:25 pm |

Hiya tyree! Good one.
Paul | 05.15.07 - 4:37 pm | #

see you in hell my friend
some random guy | 05.15.07 - 4:38 pm | #

Edwin -- if only everyone was like you!
shell5960s | 05.15.07 - 4:38 pm | #

What goes around... Comes around...
RIP buddy.In all farness, I really do hope you made peace.
Mr. Blade2 | 05.15.07 - 4:39 pm | #

hi paul thnx i loved the fat maggot!
tyree | 05.15.07 - 4:39 pm | #

Heaven or hell: I'm ambivalent. I don't even belive, but if I do go, please (if there is a god) may I go to the one the neo-cons and Falwell (et.al.) won't be in. That's my only request.
Edwin | 05.15.07 - 4:40 pm | #

I can not absolve Jerry of his sins. I will not try. Jerry’s life deserves the elucidation from the light taken from him by his death – that is just. But no eulogy or simple epitaph in death can come close to capturing any man’s life, Jerry included. Jerry is dead. His life is now, what it was, though his legacy will live on (for a while).

So why hate? Or more particularly, why hate Jerry in his death? Most likely, it is his legacy that is hated, no longer his person. There is no more to fear from Jerry’s person, there is much to fear from the hatred he espoused. Jerry cultivated bigotry, fear, and hatred - with impunity (and a grin). He reveled in “collecting souls” for his own purpose which he stated as God’s. And too many followed him, thinking that they followed Him. They that were fooled are not dead. They continue believing in intolerance, separation, and self-righteousness, as Jerry taught them.

In my world view, understanding conquers fear & hate. I think I understand why so many followed Jerry, and I don’t hate them, or even fear them. I AM conscious of them, wary of them, and leery of them. Understanding brings nothing more than recognition for what they stood/stand for – and I simply object. I don’t hate them – I just object.

I also look forward to the dismantling of his life’s work.
Taarak | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:40 pm | #

Jerry Falwell and the megaChurch crowd tore down their barns and built bigger barns. They have lined their pockets with contributions from weak minded bigots.

"But God said unto him, Thou fool! this night thy soul will be required of thee: then whose shall these things be, which thou hast provided?" Luke 12:20
Clay Potts | 05.15.07 - 4:40 pm | #

http://www.positiveatheism.org/h...es/ foulwell.htm


Good riddance to another intolerant bigoted fool.
Ramone | 05.15.07 - 4:40 pm | #

i think ann coulter, bill'o, medved, hannity, etc. all got a little glimpse as what type of reaction the public will give when their life comes to an inglorious end...
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 4:40 pm | #

I sprained a muscle in my eyes due to rolling them so much.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:32 pm | #
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bascombe | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm | #

To paraphrase Bette Davis:

My mother always taught me that if I didn't have anything good to say about someone to not say anything at all.

Jerry's dead. Good!
Ron Tunning | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm | #

The only person responsible for the way we feel about Jerry Falwell, is Jerry Falwell. He brought all of this upon himself. It wasn't our fault that he was a mean and heartless man. It wasn't our fault that he used the words of the bible to demonize people. He did all that all by himself. We're just commenting on it.
pissed off patricia | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm | #

i know we're supposed to be respectful... but i don't think Jerry would have spared any words of hate over the dead body of any one of us... or our liberal leaders...
neamhni | 05.15.07 - 4:19 pm | #

Best post of the day!
Chocolate Chipmunk | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm | #

If Jerry was able to comment on his own death, I'm sure he'd blame his demise on the godless homosexuals.
Common | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm | #

This man brought a lot of misery into the world that didn't have to be. He was a living symbol of hatred, ignorance and subtle sadism.

Trust me, he shall not be missed. In the long run he will not be missed by anybody at all.
Newbie | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm | #

Where's the burial? When? I want to sneak out onto the grave site after a huge barbeque dinner and take a long gut-wrenching shit on his casket, right about where his face would be. Jesus will smile.
The Falcon of the Adirondacks | 05.15.07 - 4:42 pm | #

I am soooooo saddened


that he didn't die any sooner.
MammaJamma | 05.15.07 - 4:42 pm | #

Good riddance!
Michael | 05.15.07 - 4:42 pm | #

I so wana quote Larry Flint, but I can't because I have to be respectful.....

Maybe his meeting with Jebus, will teach him that he should have loved all people.
Jebus Love me | 05.15.07 - 4:42 pm | #

Wait wait I just thought of something good to say!! There's so much of him he'll be able to fertilize a football field.

Ok how about, 'It's too bad he's gone. He was an endless source of sustenance for humorists, atheists and bob's big and tall stores.'
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:42 pm | #

If Jerry was able to comment on his own death, I'm sure he'd blame his demise on the godless homosexuals.
Common | 05.15.07 - 4:41 pm |


well, we still don't know exactly what led to his death...

(check for new issue of playgirl in his office)
Samson- | 05.15.07 - 4:43 pm | #

The Falcon of the Adirondacks | 05.15.07 - 4:42 pm | #

I admit it. This made me laugh out loud.
MargeAggedon | 05.15.07 - 4:43 pm | #

The NYT article noted that his father and grandfather were militant atheists. Just blew up another irony meter.
Glen | 05.15.07 - 4:26 pm | #
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I believe Fallwell never believed in God, but he found God extremely useful, especially for tax purposes.
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bascombe | Homepage | 05.15.07 - 4:43 pm | #

Im sure Falwell's family would LOVE to see this site.
911truth | 05.15.07 - 3:40 pm | #

I'm sure that Falwell's atheist father and grandfather would agree whole heartedly.

Now why don't you be useful and go bother Coulter for a while.
Pope Todd | 05.15.07 - 4:43 pm | #

Some people will say that "being gay is a sin," of which Falwell was justified. How does that explain Falwell's jutification of slavery and white segregation in the south? Some may not know that Falwell was a proud white segregationist during the civil rights era and started his first religious school, consequently, because of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown versus, Board of Education, in 1954.

The Bible says many things which are wrong as well. According to the Bible slavery is not a sin either and even condoned and practiced for years by the same itenerant preachers in America that can be traced to Falwell and Robertson and the white preachers who opposed the civil rights movement of Martin Luther, King, Jr.

Falwell and his ilk certainly looked at blacks as being "sinners" during the civil rights era and started white religious schools in opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Eduucation, in 1954. In the south where Falwell came from, "being black" certainly had the same effect of being a "sin" when it came to blacks by these same white preachers that Falwell and Robertson can be traced back to, and of whom King pointed at during his "Letter from Birmingham Jail." And, yes, blacks were killed for being black and lynched in places like Lynchburg, Virginia of where Falwell is from.

So spare me any hollow justifications for the likes of Falwell and your selective reading of the Bible.
Mr. XXXX | 05.15.07 - 4:44 pm | #

"Im sure Falwell's family would LOVE to see this site."

If his family doesn't know what kind of person he was, they need to read these comments, whether they'd "love" it or not.
hurumph | 05.15.07 - 4:44 pm | #

If Falwell were so truly Christian, why would people in such numbers be saying unseemly things about him?
The reason is . . .he was a truly vile man cloaked in Christianity.

Hagee, Robertson and all the others over 60 are probably quaking in their boots.
David E. Toronto | 05.15.07 - 4:44 pm | #

Edwin -- if only everyone was like you!
shell5960s | 05.15.07 - 4:38 pm | #

Listening to, or following, these hate mongers is a step in the wrong direction. They muddy the water of your mind. When you're angry you lose your reasoning ability. Focus on positive steps, not reacting to their propaganda. I didn't even know who Ann Coulter was till I got addicted to C&L. The reason I'm here, is I've never seen the USA so fucked up. It's frightening the entire world. Europe is backing out of Darfur. Why? The US is getting involved and that means it must be BAD. Same in Asia.
Edwin | 05.15.07 - 4:45 pm | #

Oh the irony. I just heard an advertisement on the radio for some show (I think it was Entertainment Tonight) and they mentioned that the Doctor's were going to stop Tammy Faye's treatments for her cancer.
IgnoranceIsNotBliss | 05.15.07 - 4:45 pm | #