Randall Terry to challenge state GOP Senate leader over Schiavo

[Gunit_Sangh]

This ought to be fun :o


Jun 22, 1:09 PM EDT
By RON WORD
Associated Press Writer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The battle over Terri Schiavo's life and death will now be fought in a Republican primary between an anti-abortion activist who became her parents' spokesman and a state Senate leader who helped block a bill aimed at keeping the brain-damaged woman alive.

Randall Terry, who founded the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and helped lead the effort to reinsert Schiavo's feeding tube, officially launched his GOP primary campaign Wednesday to unseat former Senate President Jim King.

Terry, with about 25 supporters standing behind him, said King no longer represents the Republican base. King was one of the nine Republicans who teamed with Democrats to block a bill in the last legislative session aimed at keeping Schiavo alive.

"The Terri Schiavo matter was unforgivable to many of the Republican loyalists. His appointment of Democrats to key positions (in the Senate) alienated another entire group and the third thing is his stand on medical malpractice. Those three things have infuriated people," said Terry, 46.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FL_LEGISLATURE_TERRY_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[truebrit71]

1. Excellent Smithers!!! Excellent!!!

About time they ate some of their own....

[1monster]

38. In truth, King isn't all that bad. He has done a very good job despite

being a Republican. I'd much rather have King than Terry any day. King is a moderate. Terry is beyong radical.

[fishnfla]

41. King's a lock

What Randall got blown out in NY or somewhere and now he's trying to run down here?

The carpetbagger label will sink him, especially in North Florida

[geek tragedy]

2. Go Randall Terry! Go Roy Moore! Take your party back from those RINO's!

And run Fred Phelps for President. God's on your side--he really is.

[David Zephyr]

35. Ha!

This is what every country club Republican deserves: a fundie challenge to them in the primaries. Go Randall! I'm with you, geek tragedy!

[geek tragedy]

37. I wonder who Jebby will support? eom

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Why should the Democrats be the only party with a circular firing squad?

??

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. And they say Democrats are trying to be like Republicans!!

[LiberalFighter]

4. I hope this issue is the downfall of repugs

[mark11727]

5. Drop 'em all in the arena with blindfolds and manure-filled socks...

...and let 'em have at each other.

Pass the popcorn.

[merh]

9. Popcorn!

:popcorn: and a suds :beer:

Just sit back and watch! :popcorn:

[ewagner]

12. May I join you?

:popcorn: :beer:

[Richard Steele]

17. Scoot over guys, this is gonna be GOOD!

:popcorn: :beer:

[merh]

42. certainly

:hi:

:popcorn: :beer:

[ernstbass]

6. pass the popcorn - this is gonna be good!

[msanthrope]

19. Got room for a lady with a bottle of Maker's Mark? n/t

[rateyes]

8. And, don't forget...

Ralph Reed is running for LG in Georgia...already some Repubs shooting at him.

[Lerkfish]

10. Shouldn't this guy be behind bars already as a terrorist?

oh, wait. that's right. No rightwing nutjob white guys are terrorists, they just become republican politicians.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. I love watching them eat their own. nt

[Mz Pip]

13. I love it

It was such a hoot watching Randall Terry get all moist over his new found celebrity status as spokesfucker for the Schindler family. I don't know what rock he has been hiding under all these years but it is so good to see him out there spewing his venom and calling attention to just how nuts some of these rethugs really are.

Pull up a chair. It's going to be a good show! :popcorn:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[ck4829]

14. The Terri Schiavo FRAUD continues

[Lochloosa]

15. He doesn't have a prayer...no matter how hard he prays

Jim King is like a god around here. Terry will not get 35% of the vote. Done deal!

[1monster]

39. I sincerely hope you are correct.

I don't vote Republican anymore, but I have no qualms about Jim King being our representative. He is almost, but not quite, even with his predecessor, Doug Wiles (D) who was term limited out last election.

[gauguin57]

16. Well, Repugs ... now we'll see who the hypocrites are. Terry left his wife

for his assistant. Left his wife and kids, if memory serves. OK ... so, you dragged Clinton through the mud and over the coals for YEARS over Monica (when HE stayed with his WIFE) ... let's see if you keep your mitts off Randall Terry's love life.

[FreedomAngel82]

18. What a hypocrite

This should be good though. :popcorn:

[eissa]

21. And don't forget

the daughter that converted to Islam and the gay son. Woo-hoo! I believe he's disowned both of them.

[Zhade]

30. You wrote "disowned" and I read "drowned".

And didn't blink for a moment before wondering if I'd read it wrong!

[Lecky]

33. Ha! What a republican nightmare

Stories like that warm my heart.

[ovidsen]

36. You forgot about his gay son

Mr. "Family Values" won't have anything to so with son Jamiel since he said he was a homosexual. I mean, at least that scumbag Dick Cheney has enough humanity to love his lesbian daughter.

[salin]

48. He got thrown out of his own church

due to this - and I believe the accusations were about multiple adulterous affairs.

Its okay if Randall breaks the commandments... but his adopted son being gay? Now that, according to Randall, is bad.

Huckster.

[BR_Parkway]

20. I'm halfway tempted to send him a few dollars, just to make sure

he gets his 'message' out there loud and clear.

[davidinalameda]

22. hell yeah

send him and Cruella donations

[NashVegas]

47. Now You're Talking!

We need to remember how to give them rope instead of shutting 'em down. Let them shoot their own feet off.

[kskiska]

23. This guy's a gold mine

"Our goal is a Christian Nation.... We have a Biblical duty, we are called by God to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want Pluralism. We want theocracy. Theocracy means God rules. I've got a hot flash. God rules." -- Randall Terry, Head of Operation Rescue, speaking in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on April 15, 1993, as reported the following day in The News-Sentinel.

[Mz Pip]

24. "I've got a hot flash."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Maybe he needs a sex change operation. He's obviously in the wrong body.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[kskiska]

25. His son is gay, BTW

Randall Terry jokes about gay past with radio host Alan Colmes: News Hounds reports a bizarre conversation between radical anti-abortion leader Randall Terry, whose son is gay, and Alan Colmes of Hannity and Colmes.

After Colmes reminds Terry that he predicted a death penalty for abortion providers, Terry changes the subject: "Are you drinking Red Bull? ... You're like on drugs. ... I think that it's time that you and I just admit to the whole world that's listening that we used to be homosexual lovers, we had a fight and now you're ..."

Colmes replies, "I know you're attracted to me, and I understand you're vehemently anti-gay, you've spoken out against ... and yet you have a gay son, from what I understand, don't you?"

Terry says, "Yes, very heart-wrenching," and then cuts the interview short. Back to the top!

[MurrayDelph]

31. Now, tell me again

why they wanted Dean to apologize for calling the Republican party a "White Christians only" group.

[Lecky]

34. That man needs to be put in a straightjacket... pronto!

Wackjobs who don't believe in separation of church and state scare me.

[Shakespeare]

26. Let me get this straight--convicted felons can run for office in FL...

But they can't vote?

How convenient for Terrorist Terry.

[SW FL Dem]

27. Damn! as a registered Dem, I can't vote in the primary.

However, I will revel watching the self destruction of Jebbie's party.

[kskiska]

28. "Let the hate wash over you…Hate is good."

(snip)

"What happened was, I was too intense," he says. "When I speak publicly, and I get too intense ... I'll step back. Do something for comic relief.

"'Let the hate wash over you. ... Hate is good.' If you were there, you could hear people laughing. It's obviously a joke.

"What I was saying, though, was, 'If you don't hate child pornography and child molestation, something is wrong with you.'

"It was taken completely out of context. I hate retail politicking. I wear well in person. If you take my quotes out of context ... I look like a lunatic."

http://www.staugustine.com/stories/061205/new_3136797.shtml

[Dave Reynolds]

40. Good quote

If you take my quotes out of context ... I look like a lunatic."


If it looks like a lunatic, rants like a lunatic........

[Zhade]

29. "aimed at keeping Schiavo alive" - more slanted reporting.

An intellectually honest journalist would have written "aimed at keeping Schiavo's body alive".

[brooklynite]

32. Should we take up a collection?

Maybe chip in for some Terry/Harris bumper stickers? I could probably spare a dollar or two...

[Moderator]

43. kick

[maxrandb]

44. Activist (Randall Terry) Begins Senate Campaign to Oust King

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050623/NEWS/506230418/1004

"JACKSONVILLE -- The battle over Terri Schiavo's life and death will now be fought in a Republican primary between an antiabortion activist who became her parents' spokesman and a state Senate leader who helped block a bill aimed at keeping the brain-damaged woman alive.

Randall Terry, who founded the antiabortion group Operation Rescue and helped lead the effort to reinsert Schiavo's feeding tube, officially launched his GOP primary campaign Wednesday to unseat former Senate President Jim King.

Terry, with about 25 supporters standing behind him, said King no longer represents the Republican base. King was one of the nine Republicans who teamed with Democrats to block a bill in the last legislative session aimed at keeping Schiavo alive."

Here's some relevant past quotes from Randall Terry:

"Let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good.... If a Christian voted for Clinton, he sinned against God. It's that simple.... Our goal is a Christian Nation... we have a biblical duty, we are called by God to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want Pluralism. We want theocracy. Theocracy means God rules. I've got a hot flash. God rules."



"When I, or people like me, are running the country, you'd better flee, because we will find you, we will try you, and we will execute you. I mean every word of it. I will make it part of my mission to see to it that they are tried and executed... If we're going to have true reformation in America, it is because men once again, if I may use a worn out expression, have righteous testoserone flowing through their veins. They are not afraid of contempt for their contemporaries. They are not even here to get along. They are here to take over... Somebody like Susan Smith should be dead. She should be dead now. Some people will go, "Well how do you know God doesn't have a wonderful plan for her life?" He does, it's listed in the Bible. His plan for her is that she should be dead."



"What it is coming down to is who runs the country. It's us against them. It's the good guys versus the bad guys. It's the God-fearing people against the pagans, and some of the pagans are going to church."



I'm shocked. SHOCKED!!! I tell you to find out he's running as a Republican in Florida.

[jakefrep]

45. Randall Terry should be hauled off to Gitmo...

..he's no less a terrorist than any of the assorted "brown people" there.

[maxrandb]

46. I Demand an Apology from the Republican Party

for creating idiots like this!!!