Showing posts with label Jerry Falwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry Falwell. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Move Along, Folks...

When Jerry Falwell died, I snarkily wondered how many GOP candidates would show up at his funeral.

The answer is—let me see here—ah yes, none (although we apparently almost had one semi-incompetent right-wing bomber).

I guess I had failed to grasp that Falwell is, well dead. And that, no matter what they say or what we perceived, these Churchy Entrepreneurs are all really free-lancers with no more interest in each others’ fortunes than the girls outside of the cribs in a port-city bordello (hey, sailor—goin’ my way?). The movement as a whole has no more stake in Falwell than it had in, well, say, James Bakker, once it became clear that he was/is a political busted flush. Nothin’ to see here, folks, just move along—ooh, look, there’s a dandy brimstone show just across the street.

I made another snarky crack about recycling old death jokes. Here’s another: on the day Stalin died this guy kept calling the newspaper to say “is it true--?”

“Yes, yes, yes, said the editor, why do you keep calling to ask?”

“Oh, I just like to hear you say it…”

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

But You Knew....

But You Knew…

About Jerry Falwell (link). There’s a concise career summary here (link).

I expect you’ll be able to do a comprehensive encyclopedia of X-goes-to-heaven jokes out of this one. I admit I am tempted by the one (I first heard it of Mayor Daley père) that they’ll bury him face down so they can kiss him goodbye.

Be interesting to see how many GOP candidates make it to the funeral.