Tuesday, November 08, 2011

I don't remember even seeing Satan on the ballot

You can't make this up:
TUPELO - Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday that "Satan wins" if voters reject Initiative 26 that defines personhood at fertilization.

"This is a battle of good and evil of Biblical proportions," the Republican gubernatorial nominee told a pro-26 rally attended by about 30 supporters at Tupelo City Hall.
Via NMC.

... Another link gets even worse:
No one was as upset as Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, despite the fact that the same polling that found Personhood too close to call also predicted he would be elected governor of Mississippi today. ”You’ve heard some very complex television and radio ads lately that say that these men here and many of the women that join us … somehow want to do harm to women,” he fumed. “Let’s just call it what it is, it’s wild and crazy. But that’s what the other side must do whenever we stand up for life and say, it’s simple, that child in the womb after conception has the same basic human rights as you and I.”

Bryant went so far as to compare the issue to the Holocaust and the Jews of Nazi Germany “being marched into the oven,” because of “the people who were in charge of the government at that time.” He described the ballot measure as “a battle of good or evil,” and warned, “the evil dark side that exists in this world is taking hold. And they’re saying, what we want you to be able to do is continue to extinguish innocent life. You see, if we could do that, Satan wins.”

Presumably referring to Christian leaders who have opposed or declined to support the measure, including the state’s Catholic and Episcopal bishops and a Baptist pastor in Greenville, Miss., who wrote a letter saying, “I’m a Christian and I love Jesus … I’m pro-life and against abortion … and I love Mississippi … but I’ll be voting NO on Initiative 26,” Bryant finished, ”Those who are out there and say, ‘I don’t know, it just seems too complex for me,’ remember this: You’re on the side of the lie. You’re on the side of taking the lives of innocent children. It is no more complex than that.”
What a fool we are stuck with for the next 4 years. If Prop 26 passed, it would not stop one abortion, so long as Roe and Casey are good law. And I'm sure Phil Fucking Bryant knows more about religion than ordained bishops know.

... And at 52% of precincts reporting, WLBT calls it for "no," 58/42. Satan wins!

... And, congrats to Kingfish! 52% with 98% reporting. OR NOT. Damn if they didn't get the numbers reversed. Typical.

5 comments:

  1. I think Satan is more the lobbyist type, myself.

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  2. Right. He wins every damned election.

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  3. Running for office is naive, says Satan; what counts is owning all the candidates in advance.

    ... Which of course brings up how odd it was that Haley Barbour ran for governor .....

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