Joan Walsh Attacks Mitt Romney's Faith on Twitter
CNN a few weeks ago suspended Roland Martin for making homophobic comments on Twitter.
Will MSNBC consider Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh's attack on Mitt Romney's faith Tuesday equally offensive?
For those unfamiliar, Mormons believe that a living person can have a baptism by proxy for someone that has died without having gone through this ritual.
For Walsh to mock it is shameful.
Will MSNBC think so, or is it always acceptable for contributors to this joke of a so-called "news" network to attack conservatives - including their religious beliefs - on and off the air?
Stay tuned.
(H/T Dana Loesch via @imau2fan)
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So Joan...
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 3:01am.
...Is that like:
“My individual salvation is not going to come about without a collective salvation for the country."
~ OBAMA, 1995
...and...
"John tells us that, ‘If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.’" - "I have fallen on my knees with great regularity... asking God for guidance not just in my personal life and my Christian walk, but in the life of this nation.”
~ OBAMA 2012 a few weeks ago at the Prayer Breakfast
So... That's preferable to a guy - who "would like to buy the world a Coke" - using the power of the Presidency & OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY and CALLS IT CHARITY, which is a vile, cynical bastardization used by all the best despots throughout history, and somehow preferable to a guy who VOLUNTARILY gave more of HIS OWN money to charity - in percentage terms, by far, and in dollars terms by far - just last year ALONE than The Messiah has EVER VOLUNTARILY GIVEN IN HIS WHOLE LIFE? Consider, too, that while Obama is out there EVISCERATING people for LEGALLY TAKING LEGAL DEDUCTIONS, Obama HIMSELF DIDN'T HAVE TO take EVERY SINGLE AVAILABLE deduction on his tax returns the since he became a millionaire so his effective rate was 26% BUT HE DID, DIDN'T HE?
Obama sat and stewed in Reverend Wright's church for 20 years.* The New York TImes published a piece in 2008 saying that Wright was recognized by the father of Black Liberation Theology, James Cone, as one of its top practitioners. Have you ever READ the 1970 book Cone wrote that started it all? Of course you haven't. Many of us - responsible guardians of liberty - have. Here's a taste, from page 107 of “A Black Theology of Liberation" - and just so you know PAGE AFTER PAGE of this book is FILLED with this vile, hateful stuff. I LITERALLY had to light a white candle, pray, shower, and repeat to get through it, it FUMES evil:
“What, then, does sin mean for whites from the black perspective? ...It is believing in the American way of life as defined by its history. Most whites ...believe that, if we just work hard enough at it, this country can be what it ought to be. But it never dawns on these do~gooders that what is wrong with America is not its failure to make the Constitution a reality for all, but rather its belief that persons can affirm whiteness and humanity at the same time. This country was founded for whites and everything that has happened in it has emerged from the white perspective. The Constitution is white, the Emancipation Proclamation is white, the government is white, business is white, the unions are white. What we need is destruction of whiteness, which the source of human misery in the world.”
*Joan - I want you to THINK about that. TWENTY YEARS OF SUNDAYS - For 1000 mornings - Hell, let's say he only made it HALF the time, though it's been well documented that Obama was a REGULAR - but let's be generous. FIVE HUNDRED TIMES Obama - a young man in his THIRTIES was SUFFICIENTLY MOTIVATED to DRAG HIS ASS OUT OF BED, TAKE A SHOWER, PUT ON UNCOMFORTABLE SHOES & CLOTHES, GRAB HIS KEYS, DRIVE TO CHURCH AND SIT THERE TO LISTEN TO THAT SH*T.
How many YOUNG MEN DO THAT on a SUNDAY FRICKIN MORNING unless THEY REALLY REALLY REALLY ARE DEVOTED TO IT, huh?
This was NO CASUAL THING for him you frothy, silly woman.
THINK IT THROUGH AND GET A CLUE.
"Like"
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:10am.
Here, here.
Very well said.
Thank you.
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:15am.
All you gotta do is THINK - LIKE A REGULAR PERSON.
Kudos, Annie
Submitted by Meredith1966 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:28am.
That just might be the best post I've read in my 5 years of devotion to Newsbusters. Good job, Annie.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson
Obviously a rhetorical question...
Submitted by Too Old To Be Cool on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:32am.
"Will MSNBC consider Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh's attack on Mitt Romney's faith Tuesday equally offensive?"
All those who think MSNBC will treat Walsh like they did Martin, raise your hands.
Yeah, thought so.
We all know there is one
Submitted by d1carter on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:41am.
We all know there is one religion even Progs won't touch...right Joan..?
Religious bigotry is A-OK with liberals..
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 4:02am.
so long as it's directed at Christians and Mormons. If no Christian or Mormon is around to ridicule, in select cases on an exception basis, anti-Semitism can be allowed, so long as it's done in a more genteel fashion. But you can never, under any circumstances, criticize any adherent of "The Religion Of Peace" - it is forbidden amongst liberals.
Between Joe Walsh here, and Charles Blows raging away about Mitt Romney's "magic underwear", it's clear that the Democratic Hate Machine is ready to roar. So much for "The Self-Declared Party Of Tolerance"..
??
Submitted by BeanMan on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:21am.
Sir, are you the arbiter of who is and who isn't a Christian? Just aksing. Better take that responsibility carefully.
Since government is coercion, politics is largely the exercise of deception regarding the intended use of coercion - George Orwell
Beanman - Am I the arbiter?
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 1:46pm.
No idea what your question/accusation is based on. I re-read my post, and your question to me is bewildering - I see no basis at all in my post that would lead you to ask that question. Care to explain?
I'll answer the question, anyway - NO.
...so long as it's directed at Christians and Mormons
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:02pm.
...so long as it's directed at Christians and Mormons. If no Christian or Mormon
That statement above you made is what he is addressing. You separated Christians and Mormons, possibly implying Mormons are not Christians.
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
I said Christians and Mormons..
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:54pm.
because the Left's intolerance is freely aimed not just at Mormons (as in the case of Walsh's bigoted swipe, and Blow's bigoted "magic underwear" comment), but at ALL Christian denominations.
I thought that was amply clear. Odd that anyone would infer a slight where none was intended, especially since the entire post was criticizing liberals for bigoted attitudes towards not just Mormonism, but all of Christendom.
As a separate issue, if we want to get technical, or even P.C. (heaven forbid), there are denominations within the scope of Christianity which commonly differentiate themselves as singular or unique in character. For example, I have yet to ever meet a Catholic who simply says "I'm a Christian" - every Catholic I've ever met has said "I'm Catholic". I have met Catholics (and even a Baptist or two), who believed that only their denomination was truly saved. I have had the same experience more than a couple of times with people from the Church Of Christ. What about Jehovah's Witnesses? Do they consider themselves to have a unique identity, distinct from the overall body of Christian believers? I'm certainly under the impression that they do..
Does this mean that I dislike them, or think they're not going to Heaven? No, on both counts.
Do Mormons feel that they are similarly set apart or unique from the overall body of Christian believers? I don't know the answer to that. I don't know whether most Mormons introduce themselves simply as Christians, or as Mormons. Are their history, and their Bible, and their traditions sufficiently different from the Protestant denominations I was raised in, in order for me to refer to them more specifically as Mormons, rather than the generic "Christian"? In my opinion, yes. Does that mean I dislike Mormons or Mormonism? No. Would I be more reluctant to form a close friendship with a Mormon, than a more "generic" Christian? No.
Would I object or dispute it if a Mormon in my presence referred to himself simply as a Christian? No. Let's leave the P.C. and the imagined slights to the Left, shall we?
referencing Mormons
Submitted by Kawliga on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 3:48pm.
The reason they say they are Mormon is because it is much shorter than saying I am a member of the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"...that is a mouthful. But beyond that, most Mormons are active "missionaries" where ever they reside....so by using "Mormon" instead of "Christian", they are able to have a conversation on what a Mormon is with an individual. But yes, Mormons are Christian. I did enjoy your post...but I would have used Catholics and Mormons rather than Christians and Mormons as the other two main candidates are Catholic.
Thanks for your post..
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:13pm.
Appreciate your input.
In the context of that post, I would not have referred to Catholics and Mormons, simply because the scope of bigoted anti-religious comments coming from the Left are hardly limited to the presidential candidates - they are directed at Christians inside and outside of the world of politics. The ridicule is directed at Mormons in the recent comments by Walsh, and Blows, and at Catholicism in the attacks on Santorum, but the ridicule of Christendom has hardly been limited to presidential candidates.
Just this morning, I saw ABC advertising the new show "GCB" on their website - and on the same page advertising that the show is based on the book "Good Christian Bitches". They also advertise the book on the same page, under that full name. Last year, an anti-Christian film was widely distributed starring the very popular Emma Stone, called "Easy A". Also last year, the movie "Paul" was released, which was also stridently anti-Christian, and the film "The Invention Of Lying" was purely pro-atheist, while snarking at Christianity.
I will continue to defend Romney and other Mormons when they are mocked, just as I will continue to defend other Christians when they are mocked and insulted. But because of real differences between The Book Of Mormon and The Bible, and because of real difference in some of the beliefs between Mormons and Protestants, and because of real differences in some of the traditions and practices between Mormons and Protestants, I do feel that it's perfectly reasonable to be more specific when referring to Mormons than to use the generic "Christian". That doesn't mean I don't accept Mormons as Christians - it just means that I see a value in being more specific. I don't intend any offense by that, but I suppose if someone is hellbent on finding offense with it, they will.
God is
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:15am.
anathema to liberalism.
God requires boundaries and accountability to something bigger than government. There is no evil in liberalism when in truth the whole system is evil. As Hitler said about the old Soviet Union, kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will collapse.
Kick in the door?
Submitted by mandrake on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 3:55pm.
and the whole rotten structure will collapse"
How did that work out for Hilter?
A twit on twitter.
Submitted by Andrew H. on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 6:39am.
A twit on twitter.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
The Well Is Dry
Submitted by scottyusmc on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:55am.
When you can't debate your own position - the only thing left is the personal attack of those you disagree with... These personal religious shots are the most cowardly of all and do more to expose the lack of intelligence of the attacker than to undermine the 'victim' of the attack...
This "woman"
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 8:01am.
is singularly the most offensive person on television
Except for
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:20am.
Debbie Wassermann Schultz. They're two peas in a pod when it comes to offensiveness.
Hell, what's-his-name saw no
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 8:34am.
Hell, what's-his-name saw no repercussions for tweeting "Stick that in your magic underwear" so why would Joan be ostracized for this?
Let's face it, folks: this is the real reason Obama wants to run against Romney. His religion will be a target-rich environment.
What's next.....yukking it up over Mormon food storage?
All the while Obama will stand by and let his surrogates do the dirty work.
Just like Obama never lifted a finger to stop them from portraying him as the messiah, he will not lift a finger to stop them at this.
His religion will be a target-rich environment.
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:28am.
His religion will be a target-rich environment.
obama through his minions will capture the 'woman' (which last I knew they are 50% of the population)vote by using this method.
...and there is a lot more.
2 Timothy 2:14-19
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
You think women are really
Submitted by Kawliga on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:36am.
You think women are really that dumb????
au contraire...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:33am.
...they are really quite smart and observant.
Just that they may be a little surprised at some of the doctrine about women that Rmoney's faith promotes.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Ad what "doctrine" might that
Submitted by Kawliga on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 3:32pm.
And what "doctrine" might that be????
Joan needs to wrap herself in a head-dress...
Submitted by ChrisNH on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:16am.
...and move to the Middle East.
She'd be much happier there, and so would we.
Joan of Snark
Submitted by Kawliga on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:32am.
I did not know she was in to religion...perhaps she ghost writes for the religion section in the NYT ???? Oh, I forgot...they don't have one.
Joan Walsh is truly an awful
Submitted by NCfairandbalanced on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:41am.
Joan Walsh is truly an awful person.
I know this is a little off the subject, but it reminded me when someone said "the most offensive woman on TV", and then someone disputed that with Debbie Wasserman-Shultz. It IS a tossup...but here's an observation.
Did you ever notice (women in particular...Walsh being a prime example) when a liberal is on TV, you can tell he or she is a lib (obviously if you don't know them) because they just look angry, where the conservative almost has a glow about them?
Actually, it makes sense, but it's kind of uncanny. Joannie looks like she always wants to bite your head off.
Me and the Missus
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 12:04pm.
Whenever Fox News is going to have talking heads from both sides debate a topic, we turn off the sound.
The game is to look at the facial expressions and tell which is left and which is right. Just as you say, there is always one that looks perpetually angry.
Joan Walsh is cowardly scum, period.
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 11:01am.
Does anyone truly think she would ever say this to Romney in person? No. She's a coward who uses salon.com and news media outlets stupid enough to have her on as a guest attack and then leave. Very typical presentation of a sociopath.
Joan Walsh
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 11:30am.
It is a right of passage for the idiots on M.S.S.R. (M-BS-NBC) to trash all religions. My guess is that this godless twit is auditioning for a tv show.
I'll Take
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 11:40am.
A Morman president over a Muslim one any day.
Atheistic secularists have no business talking about religion.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
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Evangelicals accused of anti-Mormon bigotry; left practicing it
Submitted by nkviking75 on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 6:09pm.
Ever since 2007 I have been hearing about how evangelicals will not vote for Romney because he is a Mormon. Apart from a few kooks out there, I never believed it. I think evangelicals are bothered by Romneycare and perceived flip flops on abortion and gay marriage. If those problems didn't exist, I believe evangelicals would see a Mormon as a person of character and maybe an ally on social issues, even if we had major problems with Mormon doctrine. As usual, it's the "tolerant" left who are exposing themselves as bigots.
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