A cornucopia of well-known wingers and bible beaters will be gathered in Fort Lauderdale (whose mayor is the homo-obsessed $250K robopotty mayor Jim Naugle) to hold a “Values Voter Presidential Debate,” moderated by WingNutDaily’s Joseph Farah.
The is the forum that the Base has been looking forward to because it will be the one debate where candidates will surely get pinned down by the luminaries of the fringe-right movement on the party’s hypocrisy and waffling on social issues.
Regarding the selection of WND’s Farah, debate organizer Janet Folger said, “As long as I can remember I’ve been hearing complaints about the liberal media. I’ve heard about their power and undue influence. For too long the pundits have made their proclamations and people have fallen into lock step. But, not anymore.”Look at who will be coming up with the questions for the GOP candidates, it’s going to be so much fun:Looking forward to the event, Farah said, “So often in presidential debates, questions are asked and answers don’t address the questions. When that happens, I’m going to try to persuade the candidates to focus more precisely on what was asked.”
* Paul Weyrich, founder and president of the Free Congress Foundation
* Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of Eagle Forum
* Don Wildmon of the American Family Association
* Judge Roy Moore, columnist at WND and head of the Foundation for Moral Law
* Rick Scarborough of Vision America
* Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel.
Oh my, get the popcorn ready. So far, only the second/third tier candidates have accepted the invitation; Ron Paul, John Cox, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, and Sam Brownback. They are still “working on” getting Rudy, Mitt, McCain and fantasy candidate Fred Thompson to appear. Let’s see, which is worse for these guys — appearing and choking on their hypocrisy, or not showing up, thumbing their noses at the Base?
You can send questions in here. The debate will be broadcast live on Sky Angel (with streaming at ValuesVoterDebate.com). It will be rebroadcast on the Inspiration (INSP) Network and other outlets.
The organizers also planned a Dem debate, but that all contacted declined. I would have loved seeing Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich up there cutting those pious fundies down to size.
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The male hookers and meth dealers will be working overtime with this crew all assembled in one place.
(I can’t read the damn anti-spam text — think of the middle aged eyes please)
ZOMG! They’re coming right here to America’s Glans™?!? I can’t wait!
If you don’t know about Jim Naugle yet, just read it and weep (or laugh). The guy’s certifiably insane.
Looking at the list of GOP apologists and hypocrites who will make up the panel, I hold out little hope that the candidates will “surely get pinned down” with tough questions. Instead, I’m guessing the questions will be of the “may I pray for you” variety.
(I can’t read the damn anti-spam text — think of the middle aged eyes please)
Me too, FWIW.
Wow - they’re all coming right here to America’s Glans™!
If you don’t know about Jim Naugle yet, just read it and weep (or laugh). The guy’s certifiably insane.
(apologies if this is a duplicate post …)
Looking at the list of GOP apologists and hypocrites who will make up the panel, I hold out little hope that the candidates will “surely get pinned down” with tough questions.
Instead, I’m guessing the questions will be of the “may I pray for you” variety.
(I can’t read the damn anti-spam text — think of the middle aged eyes please)
Me too, FWIW.
How odd, though, that those candidates couldn’t be in south Florida just one day earlier for a Spanish-language debate …
Senator (or Gov. or Mayor) do you believe that the Bible provides essential moral guidance for people today?
Then, do you agree that homosexuals should be stoned to death? And people who gather stickson the sabbath?
oh I can only imagine the questions:
“Evolution: Atheist lie or Islamofascist plot?”
“Should homosexuals be stoned to death or merely incarcerated in a gender preference reassignment camp?”
“How many gulags for the torture of Muslims would you support?”
“In the event a Democrat is elected to the White House in 2008, how do you think Republicans should try to overturn the election: impeachment, violent coup or declare Bush President-for-life?”
“Explain how it’s still all Clinton’s fault.”
There won’t be an empty bathroom stall for miles!
I’m guessing that the first-tier candidates will take a pass, citing “scheduling conflicts,” but they will each record and have played lavish, intensely colorful videos, complete with lush background music, in which they was poetic about their Love for Jesus and their undying devotion to Moral Values and the pro-Family Agenda.
And the mouth-breathers will sop it up.
Strange, isn’t it, that the candidates could make it to a fundie debate on Sept. 17 in Fort Lauderdale but they had “scheduling conflicts” (well, all but McCain) with a Spanish-language debate just 25 miles away and only one day earlier? Hmmm …
Is this going to be televised? It might be a ratings bonanza!
Curious, isn’t it, that the Republicans (or most of ‘em) could be in Fort Lauderdale for a fundie debate on Sept. 17, yet they all (except for McCain) had “scheduling conflicts” for a Spanish-language debate in Miami, just 25 miles away, only one day earlier.
Hmmm ….
And if you’re not familiar with the batshit craziness that is Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle, it’s pretty well catalogued here … read it and weep … or laugh, as the case may be.
Some how it just struck me. Talking about disappointing “the Base”. Isn’t there some organization out there that goes by the name of “the base” that is radically religiously inspired and intolerant to the extreme?
“Mitt Romney has said he would double the size of Gitmo. How many times will you pledge to increase it’s size? 10? 20? 100? Maybe invade Cuba and make the whole country one big Gitmo?”
“When a guy taps your foot in the stall next to you do you suck him off right there or do you score some meth and get a hotel room?”
“Which escort service do you frequent the most? Will your wife forgive you on national TV when you get caught?”
“How many fags have you beaten this week?”
“How do you plan to suppress minority voters? Caging, intimidation or a mix of both?”
“When shooting Mexicans coming across the border, what caliber of gun do you use?”
A little taste of Joseph Farah from his latest at WND:
He was writing about DePalma’s latest film “Redacted”.
Do you accept that there is a fixed speed of light? If not, why not, if so, how do you reconcile your belief that existence was created by the Christian God some 6,000 years ago with the fact that much the starlight we see has been traveling for 1 billion years?
Shouldn’t “value voters” be “voters with worthless values”?
Yeah, but Fredrudy McRomney D.A. thumbing their noses at The Base, will get all the media gasbags ooing and ahhing at how they are non-bipartisan indycentric kool kids as opposed to the very unserious democrats and their foul-mouthed bloggofacist hippy supporters.
But would you really want to see Obama and Clinton kissing fundie asses?
In an effort to one-up Fred Thompson’s rented red pickup truck, Brownback has his chief of staff calling the nation’s zoos looking for a dinosaur with a saddle.
Here’s the first bullet point from their “How to be a part of it” section on the homepage:
Apparently these people are a little unclear on the concept of democracy.
And yes, your CAPTCHA is too hard to read. Why not do good for the world an implement reCAPTCHA?
“…moderated by WingNutDaily’s Joseph Farah.”
Shouldn’t that read “extremeated by WingNutDaily’s Joseph Farah”? The WND crowd wouldn’t know moderation if it bit them on the ass (though some might pay extra for a good ass-biting).
Okay, all my old comments suddenly appeared. Sorry for the redundancy. I wasn’t trying to be repetitive, I promise.
I was commenting and nothing was showing up … sheesh, WordPress is as bad as Haloscan!
If an admin wants to take out my first FOUR comments, I won’t object … because now I just look as stupid as Naugle.
Isn’t the current governor of Florida a closeted gay person?
* Judge Roy Moore, columnist at WND and head of the Foundation for Moral Law
Is he gonna bring his rock?
“Do you believe that the ancestors of all of today’s animals walked off of Noah’s Ark, yes or no? Do you believe this should be taught in junior high biology classes, yes or no?”
I wish nothing worse for the GOP candidates than to be locked in a room with these assholes.
May I add my voice to the complaints about the anti-spam numbers.
“* Judge Roy Moore, columnist at WND and head of the Foundation for Moral Law
Is he gonna bring his rock?”
Of course. His head’s permanently attached just like everyone else’s…
Oh, it gets better. Moonbat Janet had Stephen Bennett on her show today and they were both just giddy with excitement! You see, ol’ Steph is going to be at the summit and is going to ask the candidates a question. Not just any question, but a SECRET question that they wouldn’t even say on the air!
And on a lighter note: Moonbat Janet has been threatening to have empty podiums at the summit for those candidates who don’t show up and they just might ask the empty podiums questions!
I might just have to watch this shit!
Re: the anti-spam text — two things.
One, my man Roger Johansson happens to have addressed the accessibility problems of CAPTCHA just today. It’s a good discussion that bears much consideration. (I’ll note, per ThomasT’s comment, that Johansson rejects reCaptcha, because it has its own accessibility obstacle.)
Two, I’m pretty sure you can avoid the spam trap altogether if you register. I know I haven’t been asked to retype the distorted letters since Pandagon’s first days at Blogsome.
I found a list of great questions, here’s just one:
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
http://radamisto.blogspot.com/2005/06/leviticus-for-newcomers.html
Isn’t the current governor of Florida a closeted gay person?
Well, allegedly. But, you know, he was married once (for three months, in the ’70s), and he has a “lady friend” from Palm Beach whom he “squires around” on occasion and, oh yeah, it’s okay because he’s a Republican.
It gets better. Why aren’t the top four GOP candidates showing up for the “Values” debate? Because they’re already committed to the CNN/YouTube Republican debate the same night.
Concubines are only for wealthy males. Now if they are wide stancers they can be callled ones ball team.
Wealthy males may have concubines. Now if they happen to be wide stancers they can always be called their scout troop.
I would have loved to see the Dems tear up the Christofascists.
They wouldn’t have, though. They would have kissed ass.
I just watched most of the debate. There was no gay-bashing and no discussion of the Bible, although a few Scriptures were quoted at appropriate points relative to the differing perspectives of the candidates. A lot was said by Ron Paul about protecting civil liberties and walking in love, peace, and forgiveness towards our enemies, when asked what he would do about radical Islam.