Politics: The Defender of the Faith

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Politics The Defender of the Faith Gingrich knows the South: When things get desperate, talk about the United Nations, Lucifer, and a war on Christians. By David Weigel Posted Monday, Mar 12, 2012, at 11:16 PM ET BRANDON, Miss.—"There's a show," says Newt Gingrich, "that uses the word Christian in a deliberately hostile way." There's no chance that anyone in Gingrich's crowd—several hundred people gathered in the chilly storage area of Brandon's city hall—will end up watching or DVRing the show in question. GCB, a midseason replacement on ABC the past two weeks, started life as a novel titled Good Christian Bitches. When the network adapted the book, it softened the name to Good Christian Belles, then to the acronym. Not good enough. ABC hadn't fooled Gingrich, and he wouldn't let the network fool his base. "To show you how sick the system is," says Gingrich, "try to put the word Muslim in, instead of Christian. It is inconceivable that anybody in our elites would tolerate a program that was that defiling of Islam. But it's fine to defile Christianity? That's how sick the system is." You want more examples of how sick it is? Gingrich has got 'em. "We have a president who apologizes to religious fanatics in Afghanistan, while he's attacking the Catholic Church and every pro-life group in America," he says. "He says we're going to respect the sacred objects of every religion? Fine. Put up all the crosses the courts have torn down!" In my section of the crowd, I hear "Amens" and shouts of "Yes, yes, yes!" Hearing a national politician talk about this stuff is exhilarating for the ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Real Reason Insurance Companies Won't Cover People With Pre-Existing Conditions Is Touch-Screen Voting Better or Worse for the Planet Than Paper Ballots? Kaplan: We Need To Get Out of Afghanistan—Now. Staying Will Only Make Things Worse.	Advertisement
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