Gingrich Praises Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist

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from Mother Jones:



Gingrich Praises Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist

— By Tim Murphy
| Fri Mar. 25, 2011 12:20 PM PDT


Former House Speaker and likely GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich commenced his address at an American Family Association event in Iowa today by lavishing praise on a controversial amateur historian who believes that Jesus opposed the minimum wage and that Islamic extremists have literally infiltrated the Justice Department. "I never listen to David Barton without learning a whole lot of new things," Gingrich said, while inviting his audience to read the Texans' writings on the Founding Fathers. "It's amazing how much he knows and how consistently he applies that knowledge."

Barton is the founder of WallBuilders, an Evangelical organization devoted to breaking down the barrier between church and state—which Barton believes to be a work of pure fiction. Although his work has been torn apart by professional historians, Barton has fashioned himself as one of the leading experts on the idea that the United States is a Christian nation and that its development has been aided at key junctures by divine intervention. (He does have an honorary PhD. from Pensacola Christian College.)

So, what exactly can you learn by listening to Barton? For one, Barton subscribes to a conspiracy theory that has taken hold on the far right: that the Muslim Brotherhood has infilitrated the highest levels of American law enforcement and is planning to destroy America from within. On his radio show last week, Barton, referring to a former FBI agent named John Guandolo, said, "John used to be the guy who briefed the FBI on terrorism and radical Islamic terrorism and so many Islamic folks worked their way into the FBI, they got him thrown out. They said he keeps speaking bad about Islam, he keeps saying bad things about radical Islam, you need to get rid of him.'" ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/gingrich-praises-muslim-brotherhood-conspiracy-theorist-david-barton

[SpiralHawk]

1. Jesus also opposed dumping your sick wife for your hot young secretary

Jesus also opposed Republicon Family Amorals.

Get a clue, Newtie, you draft-dodging, philandering, opportunistic, totalitarian, hypocrite, whiney RepubliBagging poltroon: your whack-job Ahrimanic-Luciferic, make-up-shit, hate-&-fear buddies are the absolute antithesis of what Christ represented. Hello? Get a freaking clue.