Falwell on Hillary

Burn the witch!

Jerry Falwell accidentally tells the truth about what he and his followers think: Falwell Says Faithful Fear Clinton More Than Devil by Peter Wallsten Los Angeles Times 09/24/06.

The Christian Right is having a big shindig known as the "Values Voter Summit" this weekend. It's featured Gary Bauer sneering at anyone who criticizes the Cheney-Bush torture program. And now Jerry Falwell offers up some red-meat Hillary-bashing to the faithful:

Nothing will motivate conservative evangelical Christians to vote Republican in the 2008 presidential election more than a Democratic nominee named Hillary Rodham Clinton — not even a run by the devil himself.

That was the sentiment expressed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the longtime evangelical icon and founder of the once-powerful Moral Majority, during private remarks Friday to church pastors and activists as part of the Values Voter Summit hosted this weekend by the country's leading Christian conservatives.

"I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate," Falwell said, according to the recording. "She has $300 million so far. But I hope she's the candidate. Because nothing will energize my [constituency] like Hillary Clinton."

Cheers and laughter filled the room as Falwell continued: "If Lucifer ran, he wouldn't."

At that moment in the recording, Falwell's voice is drowned out by hoots of approval. But two in attendance, including a Falwell staff member, confirmed that Falwell said that even Lucifer, the fallen angel synonymous with Satan in Christian theology, would not mobilize his followers as much as the New York senator and former first lady would.

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