Nailing shut those coffins

Mae West said something about Joan Crawford upon hearing the news of her death. Dada'd like to paraphrase it here in light of Jerry Falwell's passing. It goes like this:

"You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good. Jerry Falwell is dead. Good."

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Jerry Falwell (after 9/11): "I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, and the ACLU and People for the American Way—all of them who have tried to secularize America—I point the finger in their face and say 'You helped this happen'."



On Tuesday several of the leading Republican presidential candidates praised Falwell. Here's senator John McCain who described him as "a man of distinguished accomplishment who devoted his life to serving his faith and country."

This should reduce McCain's presidential nomination chances*, thus making more room for the next charlatans with presidential ambitions, senator Newt Gingrich and actor Fred Thompson (who played a senator in real life, flaunts his Cuban cigars at us while telling us why we should hate Castro).

(* "should reduce" but probably won't, for this is America, land of Equal Opportunist's Employment.)

Quotes courtesy of "Democracy Now!"