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Shallah Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 06:06 PM
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Glenn Beck’s and Newt Gingrich’s Christian Nation
As Gingrich tells Southern Republicans Obama is "radical," "secular," and "socialist," his friend David Barton was on Glenn Beck promoting the country's "Judeo-Christian heritage."

http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/2446/glenn_beck%E2%80%99s_and_newt_gingrich%E2%80%99s_christian_nation/

t the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans yesterday, former disgraced House speaker Newt Gingrich, a twice-divorced Catholic convert who now touts "America's Godly heritage" http://shop.newt.org/RDGA_2_DVD_plus_autographed_RGA_picture_book_p/b-rgabundle2.htm as the solution to the country's woes, declared http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/04/gingrich_says_obama_has_create.html that President Barack Obama's administration to be a "secular, socialist regime" and "the most radical administration in U.S. history."

While Gingrich was in New Orleans, David Barton, who serves on the board of Gingrich's Renewing American Leadership (ReAL), appeared on Glenn Beck's program to promote http://www.the912project.com/2010/04/08/original-intent-the-courts-the-constitution-religion/ his theocratic claims about constitutional history and the intent of the founders.

In a statement promoting Barton's appearance on the program, ReAL maintained (emphasis in original):

David’s appearance builds on the mission of ReAL. We work to protect our God-given freedoms in Washington, D.C. and around the country. Educating Americans is critical to preserving those freedoms and spreading the truth about our Judeo-Christian heritage.


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Gingrich and Barton have long traversed the country promoting that "Godly heritage" -- in fact, the idea for ReAL was hatched at the secretive Pastors' Policy Briefings http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_fundamentalist_012308 held in various states during the 2008 presidential campaign season. The purpose of the briefings was, according to David Lane http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_fundamentalist_012308 , one of the organizers, the "mobilization of pastors and pews to restore America to her Judeo-Christian heritage. That's our goal."
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 07:10 PM
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1. Thou shalt not commit adultery, Newtie...
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 08:52 PM
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2. Does anyone have a wooden stake or a silver bullet?
Because these people are Dracula Monsters.. sucking the life blood from the USA.
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