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I've never been an overtly religious person. Of course I haven't...I'm a Lutheran. Lutherans have a long history of avoiding being overtly anything.
I understand that Garrison Keillor is also a Lutheran. If so, he sure has a funny way of showing it.
Yesterday, I caught the beginning of his monologue and was amazed at both what he said and also by the reaction of his audience. He said, to wild applause, that "born-again" Christians should have their voting rights revoked. I couldn't believe my ears as he continued in this vein, verbally constructing a veritable army of straw men that he insinuated were the hallmarks of the born-again. Today, Power Line has posted a partial transcript of Keillor's dopey remarks:
We're over it. We've moved on. We're just fine. The election was days ago. Days ago. Much has happened since then. We've practically forgotten about it here [laughter] in our rush to enter into new activities, new frontiers, new projects. I am now the chairman of a national campaign to pass a constitutional amendment to take the right to vote away from born-again Christians. [enthusiastic audience applause] Just a little project of mine. My feeling is that born-again people are citizens of heaven, that is where there citizenship is, [laughter] is in heaven, it's not here among us in America. If you feel that war in the Middle East is simply prophecy fulfilled, if you believe that tribulation and suffering are just the natural conditions of life, if you believe that higher education is vanity, unnecessary, there is only one book that one need to read, if you feel that unemployment is -[glitch]- dependent on him and drawn you closer to him. [laughter] If you feel -[glitch]- lousy healthcare is a portal to paradise, [applause] then you don't really share our same interests, do you? No, you do not.
What a twit. This monologue didn't come across on the radio as humorous. It came across as angry. Arrogant. Intolerant.
His tone reminded me of Madalyn Murray O'Hair...on a good day. A really good day. A day involving cake.
The smile. The laugh. The underlying hatred.
Here's my advice, Garrison. Keep talking.
Keep pushing the Democratic Party further away from the life experiences of the average American. Keep demonizing group after group. Gun owners, small business people, the professional middle class and now Christians. Run 'em off, tell 'em the Democrats can get by without their sorry arses.
See if that's the way to win elections.
I dare ya.
UPDATE: : Apparently, Mr. Keillor has a strange fixation with people he considers to be born again Christians. Check it out here.
Google has 932 matches for Keillor + born again.
932!!
Bofus.
-posted by Charlie Eklund
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Charlie, thanks for the input, and you are so right on about Lutherans. I remember when I was first introduced to Garrison, and thought he was a bit odd, with making mockery aout of everything, yet never "owning" anything. The perfect armchair quarterback who doesnt know the name of the team he is rooting for. . . That is my tkae onhim anyway. A dolt who enrages others and leads them into misgivings of the "real American Experience." What a wacko. Thanks for putting his name out there and the reality behind it! Cya
8/16/05 1:42 AM