As we ponder the fringe right’s murderous actions in the news, let’s turn to these soothing words from a man of God. Alan Colmes (Faux News Radio) recently interviewed Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, CA. Drake was also the running mate of failed presidential candidate Alan Keyes. Anyway, Colmes, who was discussing the pastor’s remarks calling the assassination of Dr. George Tiller “an answer to prayer” probably couldn’t believe his ears when this tumbled out of the pastor’s piehole.
Imprecatory prayer is agreeing with God, and if people don’t like that, they need to talk to God,” Drake told syndicated talk-show host Alan Colmes. “God said it, I didn’t. I was just agreeing with God.”
Asked if there are others for whom Drake is praying “imprecatory prayer,” Drake hesitated before answering that there are several. “The usurper that is in the White House is one, B. Hussein Obama,” he said.
Later in the interview, Colmes returned to Drake’s answer to make sure he heard him right.
“Are you praying for his death?” Colmes asked.
“Yes,” Drake replied.
“So you’re praying for the death of the president of the United States?”
“Yes.”
...“You would like for the president of the United States to die?” Colmes asked once more.
“If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death, that’s correct.”
As we let that sink in, imagine if Drake was a Muslim cleric uttering this garbage. Do you think the Secret Service, the FBI and Homeland Security would be all over his *ss in a hot minute, bugging the mosque, rounding up his flock for questioning?
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I think People for the American Way’s call for the Department of Homeland Security to release its “Rightwing Extremism” report is spot-on.
In the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas and Stephen T. Johns at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, People For the American Way President Michael B. Keegan called for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to finalize and publish its “Rightwing Extremism” report. The report was released by DHS earlier this year, but retracted after its content became the subject of manufactured controversy from Religious Right groups.
“DHS is charged with protecting the security of all Americans,” said Keegan. “And in order to do that it needs to be working with the best available information and analysis. When the ‘Rightwing Extremism’ report was released earlier this year, rightwing groups found it politically convenient to feign outrage. Since then, the essential findings of the report have been tragically confirmed. The killings of Dr. Tiller and Mr. Johns are domestic terrorism, and they should underscore the urgency of addressing the threat of politically motivated violence. Secretary Napolitano should publicly announce the current status of the report and expedite its final release.”
Read Keegan’s letter below the fold.