Newt Gingrich has become, frankly, a hate-mongering bigot
Newt Gingrich went on Fox last night to peddle more of his hateful, vile garbage regarding the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” which is not at ground zero and is not a major mosque, but an Islamic community center.
“The idea of a 13-story building set up by a group many of whom, frankly, are very hostile to our civilization — and I’m talking now about the people who organized this, many of whom are apologists for sharia, which is a form of law that I think we cannot allow in this country, period,” Gingrich said.
Once again, my longstanding Gingrich Rule proves valid. Whenever the man utters the word “frankly,” what follows is almost always the opposite of frank speech. It is instead absolute baloney. In this case, he alleges that many of the people involved in the proposal to build the Islamic center “frankly, are very hostile to our civilization.”
That’s a serious charge, and neither Gingrich nor anyone else has provided any evidence whatsoever that it is true. With inflammatory remarks of this sort, Gingrich makes Joe McCarthy look measured and responsible.
Any grudging respect I once held for the man is now gone.
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@@
July 28th, 2010
2:42 pm
Thanks, Midori.
Scout?
Ty?
@@?
RW?
Booger?
I welcome ^^^ those kinda squeeze plays.
I really have nothing to say about the mosque at ground zero. It’s a matter for New Yorkers and Muslims to settle. I dare say the Muslim activity center not 8 miles from my home cares much either.
This article is just jay’s way of being a newt.
And who shows up to celebrate the great divide? The majority of jay’s left-wingers.
Things that make ‘ya go…hmmmmmmmmm
@@
July 28th, 2010
2:43 pm
oooo…oooo
FOIST!!!!!
Scout
July 28th, 2010
2:44 pm
Bosch:
How do you feel about santuary cities “defying” federal law?
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:44 pm
Eyes Rasmussen had it at 63% of “Other” respondents (neither white nor black), and owing to the larger demographic of Hispanics to Asians and Native Americans (and a smaller sampling of all three), it was extrapolated to be just below 50%. Rasmussen polls likely voters, (i.e. citizens) so their number may in fact be more representative.
CNN also had a poll that showed about 26% of Hispanics favored the AZ law.
Either way, it appears somewhere in between both.
md
July 28th, 2010
2:46 pm
“It does not matter why…it is not their responsibility.”
Not their responsibility????????????????
Please…………….then maybe you can explain why AZ is stuck with the bills for security, police, jails, hc, etc etc. You call that no responsibility??
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
2:47 pm
Truth be told… the World Trade Center was a mirror of our society with regards to social make up… all were represented there…whites, blacks, asians, hispanics, chistians, jews, muslims, hindus, rich, middle class, and poor (etc…)…they ALL worked in those buildings to make that place tick…
Those who think that Muslims were not murdered that day along with all the rest are not facing reality. Those buildings were simply a microcosm of our society here in the USA. The Trade Center was probably as close to being on par with the make up of our nation and those residing in our borders as one could have found anywhere within our borders.
It saddens me to think that there are some who think that others who worshiped the Muslim faith were not killed… or that just as many did not rush in as responders to try and save lives.
I was in NYC the day it happened (and stuck there for over a week before I could get home)… I saw what “good” humans can do when they simply reach across all boundaries and see others as “humans” first and all else last… so sad that it all ended… the “humanity” first” and labels second… I can see how at times I too since then have come to forget what mattered most…. humans simply helping humans in a time of need………….
mm
July 28th, 2010
2:47 pm
“Actually, mm, my copy of the Constitution LIMITS the powers of the Federal government.”
That weak @ss argument is what got parts of the law blocked. The federal government sets immigration laws. And there are also liberty issues at play.
You wingnuts can’t change the constitution with silly laws. Changes to the constitution require amendments.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
2:49 pm
Rasmussen???
I’ll bite my tongue this time…but……
md
July 28th, 2010
2:49 pm
Bosch – how is it over there in wonderland??
Take a field trip buddy – go visit their hospitals and jails, and then maybe you can come back and report how wonderful it is out there.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:49 pm
md,
“If GSP wasn’t doing it’s job, I for one would certainly hope some agency would step in and fill the void………..”
I think there might be a slightly more hysterical reaction to a Federal agency stepping in to take over the responsibilities of state agency…
popeye
July 28th, 2010
2:49 pm
Wyld Byll … I asked Newt (a personal friend of mine) if he knew you.
Answer … Never heard of him!
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:50 pm
Actually, mm, we don’t want the Constitution changed, unlike you libs do.
We just want it enforced. Not interpreted to fit our changing whims.
Enforced.
Outhouse GoKart
July 28th, 2010
2:50 pm
Its ok…the Muslim President will be neutered come Nov 2010.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:51 pm
md,
“You call that no responsibility??”
yes ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
The semi-colon is my favorite.
Del
July 28th, 2010
2:53 pm
Jay, it seems that you’re displaying extreme over reaction to Gingrich’s opinion. He makes a pretty good point about Islamic prejudice toward Jews and Christians. Surely, you can’t argue against his point in that regard. I didn’t hear anything hateful in his interview with Greta, only his opinion, which is shared by many. I detect a political undertone in your attack.
popeye
July 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
“Muslim President?”
I understand Glenn Beck is seeking someone to erase his blackboard!
Outhouse….Your tops on his list
md
July 28th, 2010
2:54 pm
Jewco – great, can you send me your address, I want to send you my bills…………
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
Dave R.,
“We just want it enforced. Not interpreted to fit our changing whims.”
Then why did AZ make a law that redefines the responsibility rather than have their elected representatives re-prioritize efforts in the Federal Government to lead to better enforcement? That is what they were elected to do…
Normal
July 28th, 2010
2:56 pm
Del,
From what I’m reading here, I could make a pretty good point about Christian predjudice toward Islam, Tit for tat, I’d say…
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
2:59 pm
Del: “He makes a pretty good point about Islamic prejudice toward Jews and Christians.”
Gee…need i post stuff with regards to Christian prejudice against muslims… I can easily start by reviewing Jay’s blog without having to go any further….
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:00 pm
“we don’t want the Constitution changed, unlike you libs do.”
Um, Dave R., I don’t think there were any “libs” out there wanting the Constitution changed so that no gay folks can go out and get all married and stuff.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:00 pm
md,
“great, can you send me your address, I want to send you my bills………”
Looking for a hand out huh?
Outhouse GoKart
July 28th, 2010
3:00 pm
The liberal left is feeling the heat of the coming 2010 losses by trashing Newtee and constantly trashing Palin, neither of whom I would vote for President.
Kinda sad
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:00 pm
“He makes a pretty good point about Islamic prejudice toward Jews and Christians.”
Btw… you hit the “root” of why I’m against organized religions/cults… thousands of years of prejudice… slung from all sides.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:01 pm
Normal:
If it were just the “religion” of Islam there would be no problem ……….. however, that is just a front for a legal, societal, educational, political, military world conquest by force cancer.
For example, last time I looked Buddists were not cutting people’s heads off all over the world.
SPQR(laissez Faire)
July 28th, 2010
3:02 pm
obama should volunteer to erase Becks blackboard with his head ..obama’s 1/8th inch of hair looks about like an eraser fibers. And before the libs heads explode (hey, actually..thats a cool thought) thats not racial, obama looks like his nap got the mange.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:02 pm
Christianity moves toward the light.
Islam moves toward the darkness.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:04 pm
Scout,
“If it were just the “religion” of Islam there would be no problem ……….. however, that is just a front for a legal, societal, educational, political, military world conquest by force cancer.”
Uh..the same can be said for Christians…and Jews….and Shintos…and….
Don't forget
July 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
It’s a witch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr8DIg3oHFI
Del
July 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
Normal,
When I see Christians and Jews strapping themselves with explosives and murdering innocent civilians, I could give validity to your argument. In fact if Islamic countries gave equal worship opportunities to Christians and Jews in their respective countries as we provide Muslims here we would have a better basis for discourse.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
jewcowboy:
Sorry ………. doesn’t fit the formula.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:06 pm
jewcowboy:
Since I guess you are Jewish, last time I looked I didn’t see the Jews involved in world conquest by force or trying to institution the law of the O.T. in any country.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:06 pm
I hate to bring out the Hitler card, but this sounds an awful lot like something he’d say:
“however, that is just a front for a legal, societal, educational, political, military world conquest by force cancer.”
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:07 pm
Del:
Which is why my 3:02 is so accurate.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:07 pm
Del,
“When I see Christians and Jews strapping themselves with explosives and murdering innocent civilians”
How ’bout murdering folks in church?
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
3:07 pm
jewcowboy, because their elected representatives only represent 1/50th of the Senate and 2% of the House. And if the Federal government is shown to have failed in their duty to enforce the laws of this country, the state of Arizona has determined that it is their duty to take up the slack – Constitutionally.
And that is why this is being adjudicated right now.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
Scout,
“Since I guess you are Jewish”
When did I say I was jewish?
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:08 pm
Bosch:
Nice try but you have it exactly backwards. That’s what Nazi’s were.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
jewcowboy:
So, o.k. you’re not. Debate the point of my 3:06 !
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
Del,
“When I see Christians and Jews strapping themselves with explosives and murdering innocent civilians,”
Have you ever heard of Bishopsgate in 1993 or the Dockland’s in 1996?
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
Dave R.,
“And if the Federal government is shown to have failed in their duty to enforce the laws of this country”
And there in lies to problem to me – there is no way that AZ would ever be able to prove that. This is a political stunt, pure and simple.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:10 pm
Scout,
Um, what you wrote sounded just like what the Nazi’s wrote. Just saying. You might wanna go reflect upon that a bit.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
3:11 pm
Bosch, pound for pound, libs want the Constitution “interpreted” to expand the role of government far more than conservatives do.
And you’ll note that I am not among them in your example. Would that you could remain as neutral in that regard.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:11 pm
WE have “capital punishment” by putting people to death… many christians approve of it… perhaps a majority of them… but “stoning” that was condoned in their “good book” is now off limits… their rules and laws are always being rewritten… THAT makes ALL of their “laws” from the bible look silly.
Perhaps they can explain where it says “death penalty” instead of all the passages I’ve read where stoning is not only “allowed”…but called for.
Del
July 28th, 2010
3:11 pm
Bosch,
Huh?
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:11 pm
“Which is why my 3:02 is so accurate”
Some people are such champions in their own minds.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:12 pm
Dave R: “Bosch, pound for pound, libs want the Constitution “interpreted” to expand the role of government far more than conservatives do.”
Please go ahead and list each part of the Constitution the Dems have “Interpreted” to expand the role of Government…
While you’re at it… feel free to explain the Patriot Act and how that was not pissing on our rights….
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:13 pm
Bosch:
Thank you. Debate the issue.
stands for decibels
July 28th, 2010
3:13 pm
How ’bout murdering folks in church?
That’d be Wichita and Knoxville, in case anyone’s going “huh?”
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:13 pm
Del,
Christians do crazy stuff too — like shooting people in churches. Well, to be honest, I’m not sure if those two lunatics I’m referring to (the guy who shot the people in TN or the guy who shot the abortion doctor while ushering in his church) considered themselves Christian – but I’d be willing to wager they did.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
Dave R.,
“because their elected representatives only represent 1/50th of the Senate and 2% of the House.”
And that is the system of gov’t we have. Like it or not. AZ is no different from any other state.
“And if the Federal government is shown to have failed in their duty to enforce the laws of this country, the state of Arizona has determined that it is their duty to take up the slack – Constitutionally.”
Unfortunately for AZ, regardless of whether the Federal government has failed or not, Constitutionally it is not AZ’s to control. They can certainly sue the Federal gov into action, but they cannot decided to take over a Constitutionally mandate responsibility from the Federal gov just because they don’t care for the way it is enforced.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
Scout,
“Thank you. Debate the issue.”
When have you EVER debated an issue? You have no idea what that even means.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
Bosch:
Um, what I wrote is just like what the Nazi’s were. Just saying. You might wanna go reflect upon that a bit.
Outhouse GoKart
July 28th, 2010
3:15 pm
Stone em or fry them the outcome is the same. Hairsplitting. Flimsy argument at best.
NEXT!!
Elsewhere
July 28th, 2010
3:15 pm
Saul Good
“Freedom of Religion defined by most republicans: Christians and Jews can worship freely and build any shrine they want…. others need not apply.”
Make no mistake that the ONLY reason that this applies to the Jews is the presence of convenient verbage in the book of Revelation, otherwise, the Christian Right and their “Repub” surrogates would be tossing the Jews in the same coffin as they do the Muslims. That is exactly why the State of Israel has always gotten carte blanche from us with regards to their foreign policy.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
3:15 pm
“there is no way that AZ would ever be able to prove that.”
Really? So who is lying about this? The majority of elected officials in AZ who passed this law? The majority of AZ law enforcement that favors the law? The governor who signed the law?
What special knowledge regarding what exactly is going on with illegal immigrants in AZ do you have to offer that would refute all of the above?
HDB
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
Bosch,
Dude, seriously, this IS about the rule of law. Almost 50% of Hispanics polled support the AZ law. Are you saying they’re afraid of their own?
Dave….actually, there are polls in Arizona that show that Hispanics were AGAINST SB1070!!
from the Hispanic News:
Hispanics take Aim at Arizona Law SB 1070
PHOENIX (By Jerry Speer, Washington Times) May 17, 2010 ― The new Arizona immigration law has yet to take effect, but it already has galvanized Hispanic voters to become more actively involved in the political process, according to two recent telephone polls.
Arizona’s Hispanic voters overwhelmingly oppose the law, which takes effect this summer and authorizes state police to arrest anyone reasonably suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
But Hispanics are increasingly frustrated by federal inaction on comprehensive immigration reform and are moving swiftly away from candidates who support the Arizona law, the polls said
Key findings included that 81 percent of Arizona’s Hispanic voters oppose SB 1070. Since the bills passage, the polls found, immigration reform has become the leading issue among Hispanic voters, shooting up by 16 percentage points and moving ahead of the economy and health care as the leading issue among Hispanic voters.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Scout,
“Debate the point of my 3:06 !”
Is that an order?
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Bosch @ 3:14.
I thought you wouldn’t want to …….. but that’s fine.
BTW, I’m sorry you lost your mother recently. Time is the great healer. God bless.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Christians do crazy stuff too — like shooting people in churches. Well, to be honest, I’m not sure if those two lunatics I’m referring to (the guy who shot the people in TN or the guy who shot the abortion doctor while ushering in his church) considered themselves Christian – but I’d be willing to wager they did.
They DID.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:01 pm
Scout,
there are radicals in every walk of life. What you say is just your opinion. It’s a matter of fact that Islam is recognized as a major religion of the world, like it or not.
Chris Salzmann
July 28th, 2010
3:17 pm
Lets see, Newt is in a position to pass judgement since:
1) He left his 1st wife who helped put him through school on her death bed.
2) Left his second wife when she was diagnosed with a serious illness (I think MS).
3) Cheated on his 2nd wife when he began having an affair with his staunchly Catholic, now 3rd wife.
Actually, Newt would make a GREAT Republican candidate since he’s a proven serial cheater and liar.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:17 pm
“libs want the Constitution “interpreted” to expand the role of government far more than conservatives do.””
I dunno – I’ve never seen libs want to change the constitution to define marriage — but as Saul beat me to the punch – please provide examples.
And this I don’t know – but whose idea was Prohibition and all that bahooey?
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:17 pm
Saul Good:
That doesn’t make them Christians.
“Not everyone who calls me Lord, Lord shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven”
Now show me something like the entire Methodist orgainzation in the U.S. (not just individuals now and then) attempting world wide conquest through terrorism, etc., etc.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
3:18 pm
“They can certainly sue the Federal gov into action, but they cannot decided to take over a Constitutionally mandate responsibility from the Federal gov just because they don’t care for the way it is enforced.”
And in this, jewcowboy, we disagree. I believe the Constitution clearly defines the role of the Federal government as being limited and gives states rights that are not clearly deliniated in that document. Clearly, you do not. However, this is why this issue is in court right now.
We’ll see.
Del
July 28th, 2010
3:18 pm
jewcowboy,
Not analogous enough to even be considered a weak counterpoint.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:18 pm
Chris Salzmann :
None of which has anything to do with Islamic terrorism.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:20 pm
Normal:
“It’s a matter of fact that Islam is recognized as a major religion of the world, like it or not.”
Exactly, and it takes wisdom and guts to know that it is something else that must be fought !
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:21 pm
Scout,
I would be glad to debate you, but again, you’ve never offered anything to debate. You present your opinion as absolute — there’s no room for debate. And like this:
“Um, what I wrote is just like what the Nazi’s were.”
That doesn’t even make sense.
And thanks for the condolences.
Chris Salzmann
July 28th, 2010
3:21 pm
@@ July 28th, 2010 12:38 pm SAID: What’s that I see? Upper right-hand corner of the video? ThinkProgress has become, frankly, a hate-mongering bigoted arm of the Democratic Party given their edited videos portraying “The Tea Party” as racists.
Tit for tat, jay.Same ol’…same ol’
CHRIS SAYS: So your complaint is that Newt got exposed or that he’s being dubbed and these aren’t his words, or…………? So what’s your complaint?
neo-Carlinist
July 28th, 2010
3:21 pm
Hey Jay, you got any leftover acid from yesterday? take some, play the Gingerich-Van Sustren inteview video, but the Brando-Sheen audio from Apocalypse Now (Greta is Kutrz and Newt is Willard):
Kurtz: Are you an assassin?
Willard: I’m a soldier.
Kurtz: You’re neither. You’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.
Fox News is the new Apocalypse Now, don’t you think?
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
Elsewhere…you’re quite right…The Talibangelicals (the EXTREME)… will only go so far though… they embrace the jews and Israel ONLY because it’s one of the “steps” they think will lead them to the “rapture”… I mean how many times have they been wrong about that? Yet when polled…an overwhelming majority of evangelicals believe that the rapture will happen in their life time… what happens to the “jews” in Israel maters not to them at that point…because according to their faulty beliefs…those jews will go to a human created mythical place called “hell” if they don’t accept jezzbus christ as their savior.
Still waiting for that Rapture… perhaps someone can give us an update on what they have… I know somehow from what I’ve read on the Talibangelical sites that “Obama” figures into this rapture thing prominently…..
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
OH and Dave R.,
What jewcowboy said — but you’ve already said you disagreed and that’s cool. Indeed, we’ll have to see how the courts square up.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
Bosch:
You’re welcome. Take care.
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
3:23 pm
Well, seeing as everything should now be considered coming under the “interstate commerce” clause or the “welfare” clause, pretty much everything is fair game for the Feds according to libs. Health Care, Insurance, Finance and Banking, Gas mileage, Environmental issues, Retirement, the list goes on and on.
Nothing is safe from Federal regulation as long as you hang your hat on those two clauses. And you libs have worked that magic for decades.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
3:23 pm
Del
July 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
Del,
In this country it really doesn’t matter does it? If we are truly a nation of religious freedom, we must open our doors to religions that are recognized by the world as a major religion as I told Scout. If we are going to ban Islam, we must ban them all. Anything else is hypocrisy.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:24 pm
Del:
This is getting to where it’s not even much fun anymore.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:24 pm
Now show me something like the entire Methodist orgainzation in the U.S. (not just individuals now and then) attempting world wide conquest through terrorism, etc., etc….
Nah….you just send in “Missions” who dangle a carrot on a stick when offering help… “take the carrot…but first worship OUR god… as your own beliefs are silly and foolish”…
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:25 pm
Normal:
No ……… you only ban those who goal is world conquest through force.
Del
July 28th, 2010
3:25 pm
Bosch,
I’ll be willing to wager that the 9-11 hijackers who killed about 3000 innocent people, all the perp’s of documented Islamic terrorist attacks since then as well as The Ft.Hood terrorist all did so in the name of Allah their Islamic God.
jewcowboy
July 28th, 2010
3:25 pm
Del,
“Not analogous enough to even be considered a weak counterpoint.”
You mean Catholics blowing up innocent civilians isn’t the same as Muslims blowing up innocent civilians?
HDB
July 28th, 2010
3:25 pm
BTW…here’s whom the LAW should be going after….not the laborers…
…from the Arizona Republic:
Most Arizona employers aren’t using E-Verify
by Jahna Berry – Jul. 28, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic .
Despite a state law requiring businesses to verify that all new employees are legal workers, only about half of new hires in Arizona have been vetted by a federal system that checks their status.
About a third of the state’s estimated 100,000 employers have signed up for the E-Verify program.
The state’s employer-sanctions law, which took effect more than two years ago, requires employers to use the free online federal system to check the legal status of all new employees. Those who don’t risk losing their business licenses if they employ an illegal worker.
But federal employment data and figures from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services requested by The Arizona Republic suggest hundreds of thousands of workers have been hired without being checked against federal records.
Any new hire made starting Jan. 1, 2008, that was not checked against E-Verify would be a violation of the law known as the Legal Arizona Workers Act.
During E-Verify’s most recent full fiscal year, which ended in September 2009, Arizona employers made more than 1.3 million new hires but ran just 730,000 E-Verify checks.
Some businesses would prefer not to check the legal status of their workers. Many others probably intend to hire only legal workers and aren’t bothering with the program.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/07/28/20100728arizona-employers-ignoring-e-verify.html#ixzz0v0TnUto8
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
Scout @ 3:24 –
Well, you could always leave the blog, come back as someone different, try the same old tired arguments that get shot down over and over and see how you feel.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
Saul Good:
Classic dodge as I expected. Islam is in it’s own league. One day you will realize that.
@@
July 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
I must say…the recent controversy over the NY Mosque is the only time I’ve seen jay’s left-wingers come out in support of a mega anything religious. Before this, all mega churches were bad…
bad
bad
bad!!!!!
Must be brought to heel!!!!
Weird
rick
July 28th, 2010
3:27 pm
Useful Idiots: Islam’s Best Soldiers Islam enjoys a large and influential ally among the non-Muslims: A new generation of “Useful Idiots,” that Lenin identified as those who lived in liberal democracies and furthered the work of communism. This new generation of Useful Idiots also lives in liberal democracies but serves the cause of Islamofascism—another virulent form of totalitarian ideology.
Useful Idiots are naïve, foolish, ignorant of facts, unrealistically idealistic, dreamers, willfully in denial or deceptive. They hail from the ranks of the chronically unhappy, the anarchists, the aspiring revolutionaries, the neurotics who are at war with life, the disaffected alienated from government, corporations, and just about any and all institutions of society. The Useful Idiot can be a billionaire, a movie star, an academe of renown, a politician, or from any other segment of the population.
Arguably, the most dangerous Useful Idiot is the “Politically Correct.” He is the master practitioner of euphemism, hedging, doubletalk, and outright deception.
The Useful Idiot derives satisfaction from being anti-establishment. He finds perverse gratification in aiding the forces that aim to dismantle an existing order, whatever it may be: an order he neither approves of nor he feels he belongs to.
The Useful Idiot is conflicted and dishonest. He fails to look inside himself and discover the causes of his own problems and unhappiness while he readily enlists himself in causes that validate his distorted perception.
Understandably, it is easier to blame others and the outside world than to examine oneself with an eye to self-discovery and self-improvement. Furthermore, criticizing and complaining—liberal practices of the Useful Idiot—require little talent and energy. The Useful Idiot is a great armchair philosopher and “Monday Morning Quarterback.”
The Useful Idiot is not the same as a person who honestly has a different point of view. A society without honest and open differences of views is a dead society. Critical, different and fresh ideas are the life blood of a living society—the very anathema of autocracies where the official position is sacrosanct.
Even the “normal” spends a great deal more energy aiming to fix things out there than working to overcome his own flaws and shortcomings, or contribute positively to the larger society. People don’t like to take stock of what they are doing or not doing that is responsible for the conditions they disapprove.
The Useful Idiot, among other things, is a master practitioner of scapegoating. He assigns blame to others while absolving himself of responsibility, has a long handy list of candidates for blaming anything and everything, and by living a distorted life, he contributes to the ills of society.
The Useful Idiot may even engage in willful misinformation and deception when it suits him. Terms such as “Political Islam,” or “Radical Islam,” for instance, are contributions of the Useful Idiot. These terms do not even exist in the native parlance of Islam, simply because they are redundant. Islam, by its very nature and according to its charter—the Quran—is a radical political movement. It is the Useful Idiot who sanitizes Islam and misguides the populace by saying that the “real Islam” constitutes the main body of the religion; and, that this main body is non-political and moderate.
Bosch
July 28th, 2010
3:27 pm
Del @ 3:25 –
Come again?
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:28 pm
Bosch:
Well, it’s kind of like when I used to try to convince my teenage kids that driving fast in the rain was too dangerous. They just couldn’t seen to understand that.
Normal
July 28th, 2010
3:28 pm
Scout,
I’m sorry you are so afraid of them. I’m not. I’ll keep an eye on them but they have as much right to have a place to worship as you do. That’s the America I fought for.
theyeshaveit
July 28th, 2010
3:28 pm
Christianity moves toward the light.
Islam moves toward the darkness.
The open-minded move toward the light,
The narrow-minded move toward the darkness.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
and Scout…you keep using this little human written quote:
“Not everyone who calls me Lord, Lord shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven”
let me ask… WHO wrote that? YOUR god…or some humans?
Seems to me the whole thing was penned by humans… and it’s been edited so many times who knows WHAT was the “real” text the first ones penned….
Yet I guess I’m not getting in…cool… I HATE going to church…even when it’s for a wedding.
Ever notice how the pastors/preachers/rabbis don’t do that for FREE????
They CHARGE to marry people?
i mean where is THAT in the bible?
Dave R.
July 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
HDB, it appears that when you poll LEGAL Hispanics in Arizona, you get a very different view of the new law, as both the Rasmussen and CNN polls show such differing views.
I wonder if you polled all convenience store thieves if they thought that the laws against stealing should be repealed, what would they say?
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
Normal: “Scout,
I’m sorry you are so afraid of them. I’m not. I’ll keep an eye on them but they have as much right to have a place to worship as you do. That’s the America I fought for.”
Thanks!!!!
WhoME
July 28th, 2010
3:30 pm
And who shows up to celebrate the great divide? The majority of jay’s left-wingers, declares @@.
HDB
July 28th, 2010
3:32 pm
Bosch…almost forgot: My condolences on your loss! Keep the faith!
rick July 28th, 2010
3:27 pm
“The Useful Idiot may even engage in willful misinformation and deception when it suits him. Terms such as “Political Islam,” or “Radical Islam,” for instance, are contributions of the Useful Idiot.”
Weren’t those the consternations coming from the Bush Administration??
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:32 pm
Rick’s source:
http://www.americanthinker.com/
Jeeezbus….take a look at that site!
makes me feel that “warmth” you get when thinking of Evil-gelicals…. how “kind” they are…
hmmmmm…..so sweet and loving that site is…
Del
July 28th, 2010
3:32 pm
Normal,
We may have found a point of agreement. I’m all for banning them up and until they come forward recognizing Israel, Christianity and loudly condemn their radical Islamic brethren. The voice of so called moderate Islam by and large does not do so.
Scout
July 28th, 2010
3:33 pm
Saul Good/Normal, et al:
Hint, Hint:
They’re not “worshipping” ……….. they’re “planning” ……. just ask the FBI who tries to infiltrate most of the mosques through informants, etc.
P.S. The FBI is not doing that to the Methodists ……………..
Got to run for the day ……… back tonight ………. everyone be nice.
WannaBe
July 28th, 2010
3:34 pm
Scout,
Try coming back as a General next time. Maybe you’ll be able to command some respect.
Saul Good
July 28th, 2010
3:35 pm
Anyway…this has been fun…. nice to see the religion debate… all I know is that this topic started with Newt. And if NEWT is a “good moral man”…. then we should all be as moral as him… just tell your spouses/girlfriends/boyfriends that you’re as “moral” as Newt in your relationship… see what they think…
See ya’s lata!