Comments (24)

oldtree wrote on December 22, 2006 1:26 PM:

duncan has need to be concerned about his cell mates. they are the only ones he doesn't want to offend now. constituents are sheep. use the fur, eat the meat, feed the rest to your pets

joesixpack wrote on December 22, 2006 1:43 PM:

If the roles were reversed, every talking head would be forcing the issue. Do we remember Kerry's botched joke? This is 100 times worse than that and why isn't anybody holding his feet to the fire?

I distinctly remember how Democrats came out condemning Kerry's botched joke.

The microphone could and should be used extensively in this case.

dahreese wrote on December 22, 2006 2:15 PM:

It's kinda slow going I think, but how many Christian Americans have converted to Islam in the past ten or fifteen years? You can watch it, this is going to grow.

Craig Davie wrote on December 22, 2006 2:19 PM:

If Goode's version of 'Christianity and the Bible' is in danger of being replaced by the Koran and Islam, or any other Faith, it is because HIS brand of Christianity has failed miserably.

He sould do a little sober reflection on why this 'danger' exists.

Anonymous wrote on December 22, 2006 2:50 PM:

The right wing of American politics operates solely on fear. After all, what else do they have? Every policy of the neoconcervatives is a miserable failure. I can't think of one policy that this administration has implemented that has been even moderately successful. I think Kevin Phillips is right, this administration will end American leadership in the world just as Great Britain was ended after WWI and France and Spain in the previous centuries. Our time "in the sun" is past. Whose next?

Anonymous wrote on December 22, 2006 3:58 PM:

Mr. Goode is absolutely right. There are going to be more muslims elected to the office. This bigot can ask to shut down immigration for muslims, but does he have a "solution" for those who are already here and are joining this religion in droves every minute, every hour and every day of the week. These new muslims do not come from out side. These muslim grow right here in this beautiful country of ours. They grow in all colors, shapes & sizes and are happy to adapt Islam as their guiding principle and a way of life.

Virginian

PJGoober wrote on December 22, 2006 5:01 PM:

"If Goode's version of 'Christianity and the Bible' is in danger of being replaced by the Koran and Islam, or any other Faith, it is because HIS brand of Christianity has failed miserably."

Your "if" is in fact not true. It is liberal congregations that have trouble attracting and keeping members.

One New Man wrote on December 22, 2006 9:16 PM:

What Goode had to say was far short of the implications of his words. This IS a religious war with a radical entity within the Muslim population. It's not just terrorism, but a war being fought through a variety of means. Acts of terror, political maneuvering, religious indoctrination, divisions among our own citizens, and the exploitation of free world ideologies regarding individual liberties are but a part of the war.

Watch the Europeans as they deal with the influx of the principles of Islam, ever so gradually, and at the same time, seemingly overnight. As we speak, the UK is grappling with Sharia law. In a time of war, not everyone can be treated equally. The entire globe is engaged in an unprecedented and unpredicted onslaught. It's coming to our shores in manifestations we do nothing about but argue.

Deny this if you choose and your children will live in a society of bondage and confusion beyond your imagination.

This is not about "Christians", but "infidels". That's you, me and everyone who is NOT Muslim.

ckelly40 wrote on December 23, 2006 7:54 AM:

One New Man is exactly right. Look the other way if you wish.

Charles S Gordon wrote on December 23, 2006 4:46 PM:

Virgil Goode seems to be a new brand of Virginia, one without culture or manners. He should be disregarded and ignored, and treated like the bore he is. However it is interesting that he has so many supporters among the Republicans who, by their silence,agree with him. I am more concerned about the religious right than I am about the Muslims taking over.

Anonymous wrote on December 23, 2006 4:46 PM:

I don't understand the fear of Islam. Shouldn't we be more concerned about representatives that consider the leader of the nation-state in Rome to be a higher authority than American law? How can anyone with an allegiance to a foreign leader above their allegience to America can be considered citizens, much less get elected as our representatives?

Anonymous wrote on December 23, 2006 5:01 PM:

Goode represents the stance of many Christian conservatives that I know. They see the religious and international struggle as if it were a sports rivalry, in which they discriminate against all members of the "opposing team" and everyone associated with them.

How can we expect to resolve conflicts when our congressmen blatantly demand "my way or the highway," as they do with their religious stances? I know voters do this but elected officials should be tolerant and open-minded to all issues.

I'm not saying the other side of the world is more tolerant but how can we expect to make friends - and make peace - in the MidEast if we uphold a doctrine of intolerance and bigotry?

Oh, Virginia. How embarrassing. Please stop electing people like this.

irradiatedmeat wrote on December 23, 2006 5:33 PM:

Was Tim McVeigh a muslim?

A. Ashe wrote on December 23, 2006 6:08 PM:

A previous poster brought up the point that naturally born American citizens are becoming Muslims. It seems in Goode's world, they should be deported somewhere!

This country is America, first and foremost. IF we continue to elect people who are ignorant, delusional, and think this Is a Christian nation only.....we're doomed....they've already taken us down in the eyes of the intelligent world.

Bush is not my President...he and his employees don't speak for me.

I call for all non-Christian soldiers to be honorably dischaged from the military. This isn't their war, and they shouldn't risk life and limb for people in our country who hate them. They already have a song...ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS, MARCHING AS TO WAR.....

A. Ashe wrote on December 23, 2006 6:17 PM:

Please, everyone....write to your Congressional representatives and ask them to speak up! It's embarassing that news services all over the world are buzzing....yet our "keepers of the Constitution" are mum, "no comment."

A. Ashe wrote on December 23, 2006 6:20 PM:

If Goode's comments used Black, Negro, Mexican, Jewish, etc instead of Muslim....all hell would be breaking loose!
I completely respect Mr. Ellison's restraint and grace....he must be an adult...what a concept in Washington DC!

matt pyers wrote on December 23, 2006 8:42 PM:

It's the people who don't understand America who are against the Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison. This is due to their own ignorance and the education they receive in their classrooms. It makes me ashamed of the South. We are supposed to be the melting pot of the world - taking the best ideas from all races, nations, and faiths. Enlightenment still has not spread to the southern and/or red states. Just because it is a tradition to swear on the bible does not make it the only right thing to do. You morons thought (and often still believe) that slavery was a traditional right. You thought that women have no right to vote because of tradition. You still think that interracial relations are wrong when in fact it doesn't make a damn bit of difference what race, religion, or sex you are. In this country we are all equal. We are all human. That is what it means to be an American. As long as you do not infringe on another person's human rights, you can be whoever you want to be in this great nation. That is freedom! Just consider what would happen to you if a non-tolerant muslim majority like the Taliban ruled this nation. You would no doubt be executed if you had the courage to exercise your beliefs. The south and the religious right have more in common with the intolerance of the radical muslim community overseas than anyone else in this country. Just because you believe something doesn't mean the whole country has to. The Taliban said you have to believe their beliefs in Afganistan. Anyone else was executed. It is our diversity, openness, and tolerance to new ideas that makes our country strong. The south's fear of the new and the educated that holds us back. Tradition does not always equal correctness. If that were true, than why are you partaking in our democratic/capitalist society. Traditionally, we should be ruled by autocratic kings who claim to speak for god. Oh, I forgot, we do. Thanks GWB! You "southern religious" hypocrites only speak for the Anti-American values that weaken our nation and equate us with our enemy. In fact, if you were in any way Jesus-like, you would not oppress the poor and the different like the ultra-right republicans do. Since it is tradition, lets go back to the time before fire, the wheel, and monotheism were invented. Unless the south and religious right stop seeing education and intelligence as a threat, that is where we are headed. So go ahead and secede from the US - we in the North won't stop you. You'll just be absorbed into a Catholic exclusive Mexico while the north will be a heaven on earth. Then you Protestants will find out what oppression means.

Good riddance!

Wolverines!
Matt Pyers
Wallingford, CT
Dear God save the USA from ourselves

Neil wrote on December 23, 2006 10:13 PM:

Shame on the Republican Party for its silence and acquiescence in this blatant racism. Abraham Lincoln would be ashamed.

Gaius wrote on December 23, 2006 10:43 PM:

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

-Hermann Göring

rjwalk wrote on December 25, 2006 1:41 PM:

Mr Goober says:

"It is liberal congregations that have trouble attracting and keeping members."

In the US, Christian revivalism and conservatism is traditionally a fear response to changing times such as 2nd Great Awakening after the revolution, the 2nd after the civil war, and the originins and growth of fundammentalism in the 20th century.

I'm not sure I'd be proud of pandering to people's fear with a narrow message. (I regularly attend 3 churches, a mega church, for the music, a mainline church's "contemporary" service for the people (and I am on the leadership committee at this church), and a "liberal" church for the theology.)

The "liberal" churches are actually doing fine, anbd are helping lead American evangelicals to broaden their view from fixation below the belt to the range of issues that Christ pointed the way on.

It is the "traditional" churches, doing things the same old way week after week that are struggling.

Namaste

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