Newt Gingrich fears the US will be a secular atheist country dominated by radical Islamists

[Rage for Order]

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/gingrich-fears-atheist-country-dominated-by-radical-islamists/?hpt=T2

Hours after declaring Sunday that he expects to be running for president within a month, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he's worried the United States could be “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists,” in the foreseeable future, according to Politico.

Gingrich was addressing Cornerstone Church, a megachurch in San Antonio, Texas, led by the Rev. John Hagee, an influential leader among American evangelicals. Hagee's endorsement of then-presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 was plagued by controversy.

Here’s what Gingrich said at Cornerstone Church on Sunday evening, according to Politico:

"I have two grandchildren: Maggie is 11; Robert is 9," Gingrich said at Cornerstone Church here. "I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they're my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American."


Not only is he an amoral asshole, he's scared of radical atheist Muslims!

:crazy:

[krispos42]

1. Secular Theocracy Now!!!!

Newt needs a brain... preferably one not from a Republican.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I also wondered how you can have a secular atheist society

dominated by radical Islamists. I just don't think it works that way. Newt, Newt, Newt... :eyes:

[lumpy]

10. Ah, poor old Grampa Newty is entering his ''golden years' .

The old brain cells get overcrowded, ya' know, resulting in a case of flakey forgetfulness ala Ronnie Reagan.

[Shallah Kali]

19. it doesn't need ot make sense just include the right words

to scare the right wing authoritarian followers enough to keep following the right wing authoritarian leaders even if it is straight off a cliff

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[fishwax]

32. yes, there seems to be a contradiction there

:freak:

[donheld]

34. Oxymoron from the Moron of an OX

[Liberal Veteran]

3. I'm more worried it'll become a totalitarian democratic dictatorship!

:woohoo:

[Canuckistanian]

4. Radical atheist muslims.....hmmm

Nope, it STILL doesn't make sense to me.

[Newest Reality]

5. Score another one for the

theory that you can read what these kinds of people intend by considering what they say as a projection of the contents of their minds.

Just alter the words that convey who is going to take over and insert the actual terminology based on the trends we have been seeing in action.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Well, he did manage to get the words "secular", "atheist", "radcial", and "Islamists" packed into

one sentence. I think Newt wins the dog whistle award for that. I wonder if the audience broke out in howls after he made that observation? Had he gotten "humanist" included, he could have won the rhetorical quintfecta.

[lumpy]

11. LOL

v

[white_wolf]

21. He left out socialist, communist, and facist. I give him a B.

[Cleita]

7. That would be better than being controlled by Newt.

Him and his cadre of Christo-Fascists led by Palin and Bachmann scare me more than that scenario because the Islamists will never gain the power Newtie and his cohorts are aiming for.

[neverforget]

8. The cognitive dissonance is strong with Newt

[madrchsod]

9. he`ll say that shit as long as the rubes believe it.

he knows dam well the radical islamists will never dominate this country.

[Rage for Order]

22. But these aren't your normal radical Islamists

These are secular atheist radical Islamists. What do you have to say now???

Pwned!!!!!

:rofl:

[Cresent City Kid]

12. Once again the line between the Onion and the news is blurred

I can't call Newt a flip-flopper. He doesn't go back and forth, he holds contradictory postitions simultaneously. As pointed out in previous responses, he didn't even wait for the end of the sentence. "Turn left?" "That's right."

[tex-wyo-dem]

23. I was about to say the same the re The Onion...

When I read the OP title I thought, this has to be satire, a la The Onion...but I forgot this was a RW shill we're talking about.

Newties really outdong himself with the keyword/talking points, ain't he...

[reformist2]

13. Republicans created these paranoid freaks, now they have to pander to them!

What started out as a cynical campaign tactic to scare voters has now become a required article of belief. Being an intelligent Republican these days must be hell on earth.

[blogslut]

14. Wait...what?

Duuude.

I want some of what old Newty is smoking.

[jemelanson]

16. Just what has the Newt dude been smoking?

He is off his ever loving rocker. Just the same old tired, wife cheating, truth challenged, idiot that he has always been. Could not trust him the last time, has not seen anything to make me change my opinion of him this time. Once a Newt always a Newt. I would trust him about as much as I would trust W. or any of the Bushes. It is just not a smart idea.

[Turbineguy]

15. That doesn't make any sense

but then again, his audience wouldn't want it any other way.

[BuelahWitch]

17. That idiot don't know nuthin'!

I have it on good authority that we will soon be ruled by CATS!

[bluestateguy]

18. What they need to be doing is supporting the President of the United States

This nation is at war.

We have troops in the field.

To go against the commander in chief in a time of war is downright treasonous.

[The Second Stone]

20. I worry that America will be controlled by people pretending to

be Christians but who really worship money, power and their own egos.

[Angry Dragon]

24. Did he give his speech naked, trying to wear his

Trojan Patriotic Condom asking for women to step forward so he could show much he loves his country and how patriotic he is??

[Rage for Order]

25. All while singing "Can you feel the love tonight"...

And then whispering "Yes" into their ears when they get close enough.

:puke:
:rofl:

[Withywindle]

26. Well, yeah, that's obvious.

Because of COURSE the "secular atheist"* population in this country only hates government-sanctioned misogyny, homophobia, and general theocracy when CHRISTIANS do it. As soon as we welcome our Muslim overlords, every form of sexual oppression that fringe-cults of Islam can come up with will be fine with me!

:sarcasm:


*disclaimer: I'm not an atheist, but I am not a monotheist or worshipper of a Middle-Eastern male god. I am very secular in my politics, because I think that's the best way to work for free-worship rights for everyone. I don't want a theocracy of any religion, including my own.

[deacon]

27. He's a madman. 'Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard...' n/t

[Lucian]

28. How can a country be secular and Islamic?

That's oxymoronic. The very definition of secular is "without religion" so how can a religion be included in that?

[Quixote1818]

29. I guess technically you could have a secular government with Islamic leaders

Just like today we have a secular government with a lot of radical Christian leaders. But personally I think you are right, he is just throwing out two words that are scary and evil to fundy Christians. Those words as like grade A prime red meat to the base for triggering anger and fear even if they don't make sense in context.

[Lucian]

30. You're right.

I guess you can have religious leaders and remain secular. France is one of those countries.

And you're also right on Gingrich stringing together "scary words" to rally his followers.

[defendandprotect]

31. Newt is constantly looking for enemies -- that's how rw runs its business ...

Newt couldn't make it with "The Chinese Are Coming!" when he left Congress --

but he continues to dabble -- take him seriously, he's one of the GOP's filthiest

and most successfull propagandists!!

[glinda]

33. He needs a psychiatric evaluation.

[Golden Raisin]

35. Repub Code for n**%ers in burnooses.

Hell, they think there's already one in the Oval Office. In addition to blood chilling greed, with Repubs it's all about fear and hate of the other. Gays, Jews, Blacks, Browns, Hispanics, Muslims, Atheists, Socialists, Democrats, you-fill-in-the-blank. Everyone who doesn't belong to their Country Club or live in their gated community.

[JCMach1]

36. scratch islamists and put-in Xtians and you will have the TRUTH

[kickysnana]

37. He really does not believe in America does he? n/t

[calimary]

38. "...to fight and decisively win multiple wars on multiple fronts..." newt sounds like he just took

a page from the PNAC. "...Decisively win..."


What a horse's ass. A horse's ass who jilted one wife while she was still in the hospital struggling against cancer, so he could have his little blonde side cake and eat it too. Although that was in the past and I'm certainly not going to talk about how he jilted his SECOND wife (for whom he threw over his FIRST wife, if I'm not mistaken) in the cancer ward because he wanted to trade HER in on an even newer new model. But if I WERE to talk about how he jilted his second wife for his little blonde side dish while his wife was fighting cancer, I'd certainly have my doubts about whether he could be trusted. After all, he DID jilt his first wife for his girlfriend and then when he married the girlfriend, he wound up jilting her (while she was battling cancer for her very life) for yet ANOTHER girlfriend.

... get my drift? :evilgrin:

newt, there are people like me - TONS of people like me - all over the place out there in VoterLand who will NEVER let YOU or ANYBODY ELSE forget about that. EVER. And you can take that to both the bank AND the ballot box, ASSHOLE. We will follow you with that one to the last day you suck air off our planet, chucko.

Fucker.

So he says he had such a hard-on for America that he just had to turn around and give it to a series of backstage girls instead? Fucking his mistresses while he fucked the country and fucked WITH Bill Clinton. Yeah, SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE, you bloated, pompous shit-head.

newt gingrich. If his own wives couldn't trust him... SHOULD YOU?????????

[Raine]

39. HOW can it be "secular atheist" and "Islamist" at the same time????

:wtf: Is he stupid or just pretending to be ... I can't decide. :silly: :shrug:

[LeftishBrit]

40. Contradiction in terms!

[Runework]

41. lol wut newt?

this is the stupidest thing I've seen in a while

incidentally the teaching of evolution is outright banned from public schools in most muslim countries, and more or less strongly discouraged even in Turkey

[Warren DeMontague]

42. It doesn't matter if it makes zero sense. He knows just SAYING those words gives the base an orgasm.

It's like talking to a foot fetishist about toenail polish.

[6000eliot]

43. Could he really be this fucking stupid?

Or does he just think that WE are?

[Chris_Texas]

44. the real threat is the ATHIEST MUSLIM UNDEAD APOCOLYPSE!

[opihimoimoi]

45. For a supposedly smart dude...he is making stupid remarks and is fear mongering...he is toast

[Rage for Order]

48. It sounds like something Glenn Beck would say

Incoherent and full of scary buzzwords

[opihimoimoi]

49. That makes two of them......then theres Oreally, Hannity, Rash, Palin, Bachmann, etc

Oh my God, a nwhole SLEW of them....

[sendero]

46. Newt..

... is a craven fear-mongering douchebag sociopath.

[ReggieVeggie]

47. a secular atheist country dominated by religous extremists

:crazy:

Unfortunately, there are a shitload of people who will listen to this idiot.