[Peace-discuss] Republican Congressman champions 10 Commandments but can't name any of them

[John W.]

At 10:09 AM 11/13/2007, Brian Dolinar wrote:

>This is hilarious stuff from the Colbert show.  BD

Even as jaded as I am, it's hard for me to believe that the Republican 
Congressman (Lynn Westmoreland) is a real Congressman and not an actor on 
the Colbert payroll.  He seems to be oblivious to the fact that Colbert is 
satirizing him.

John



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>From: Grover Furr <<mailto:furrg at mail.montclair.edu> furrg at mail.montclair.edu>
>Date: Nov 13, 2007 10:02 AM
>Subject: [radcaucus] Republican Congressman champions 10 Commandments but 
>can't name any of them
>To: undisclosed-recipients
>
>
>
>Dear Colleagues and students:
>
>Here's a clip from a Steven Colbert show in which he interviews a
>Georgia Congressman who wants to put the Ten Commandments in a
>courthouse or other public building, but can't name them.
>
>Here's the link. In fact, he can't name ANY of them.
>
>So why is he promoting them? Does "fooling the public" have anything to
>do with it?
>
>Anyway, you can watch it here:
>
><http://gorillamask.net/colbert10c.shtml>http://gorillamask.net/colbert10c.shtml 
>
>
>It has been pulled from YouTube for copyright reasons, but it's still at
>this site.
>
>Westmoreland is a Republican. That hardly needs to be said, of course.
>All Republican politicians are liars.
>
>The Republican Party is a far greater danger to us Americans than all
>the Osama bin Laden-type terrorists in the world.
>
>The Republican Party is the spawn of Satan.
>
>(How about the Democratic Party? offspring of the Devil! Note the
>difference!)
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Grover Furr
>English Dept.
>
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