ABC Breaking on Ted Haggard's Sex Scandal

[Frustratedlady]

THE PRESIDENT OF 30 MILLION-STRONG NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS, REV. TED HAGGARD, HAS RESIGNED AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF PAYING FOR SEX WITH A MAN

[AlCzervik]

1. Shut up!!! No way!!

i don't mean shutup, i just always say shutup instead of no way.

[BootinUp]

2. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

HEY HEYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Linkee?

[AlCzervik]

4. right here

www.abcnews.com

front page!!!

[Pachamama]

56. A lot of the Church members are going to need some serious counseling if these allegations are true.

Such as this member:

New Life Church member Brooks DeMio, 44, said he thinks Jones is a liar and can't believe Haggard would engage in sex with a man.

"He loves the Lord, homosexuality is a sin and that's not Ted," DeMio said. "His desire is to serve other people and uphold the word of God. … I don't know him well enough to give a complete character description, but I know him enough to know it's not true."

These church members are going to have to take a strong hard look at their "faith" and the people that they have chosen to follow...

[LibDemAlways]

5. I heard Randi Rhodes talking about this today.

He had been seeing this guy for years. The hypocrisy of these people knows no limits.

[BootinUp]

6. These Gay bashers, WTF is wrong with these people.

And when will dumb dumb America see the fuckers for what they are? JEEBUSSSSS

[Warpy]

7. Wow, just 3 hours ago when I was taking the cats to the vet

he was still vehemently denying it all.

I guess those letters and recordings existed, after all.

Kudos to the hustler. He's courageously sacrificed his livelihood (like who's going to trust him NOW?) to take down another sanctimonious fraud.

[Wickerman]

8. lol, earlier he said it was all lies

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Look at the bright side, Ted. At least there wasn't any need for an abortion

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. dupe - sorry

[babylonsister]

10. NBC also covered it. Evangelicals are officially horrified! nt

[BootinUp]

12. passing out in the pews

they'll be reborn with a new fire to make the world right no doubt. :puke:

[saskatoon]

21. Problem

What happens with the Rapture

[Old and In the Way]

11. This is hugh!!!!!! I'm series!!!!!

A nuclear bomb just got dropped on the Republican base. This is going to absolutely change the equation on every race. I predict this will have a fundemental and permanent shift on our politics.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Whut a moran!!!!!!!!!Ted, you blew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbolink]

41. "blew it"?

:rofl:

Yer soooo bad.... :rofl:

[Cha]

48. Will this get Kerry out of the

corporatewhore churn cycle?

[Riverman]

13. Is Mehlman Next?

[FrenchieCat]

15. Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh!

Bu-Buy! :hi:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

16. Bwahahahaha...AWESOME!! Another Folier-than-thou goes down

Pun intended.:rofl:

[hvn_nbr_2]

22. Folier than thou

Good one.
:rofl:

And about the basic story:
:popcorn: :beer: :applause:

[bobbolink]

42. Good one--very punny!

:toast:

[Cha]

49. Some caller on c-span today blamed

the foley scandal on Clinton. Is this Clinton's fault, too?!

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

55. But...but...but...aren't they the party of PERSONAL responsibility

:sarcasm:

They are demented. No doubt about it.

[wakeme2008]

17. Some music for your listening pleasure

Queen -- Another one bites the dust

http://www.queenwords.com/audio/midis/aobtd.mid

:evilgrin:

[spooky3]

46. LOL, how apropos!

[hvn_nbr_2]

18. I just can't help myself. I laughed out loud right here in my cubicle. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Looks like you really blew it this time, Ted.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[Tom Joad]

23. Haggard is in line, with Foley, to get the Roy Cohn Award for Hypocrite

of the year.
Let's just say the voting is going to be tight.

[Old and In the Way]

24. I gotta post the FreeRepublic Thread for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731060/posts

That river of De'Nile is gonna get wider and deeper.

Here's a good one:

To: All

I am a New Life member. A couple of things:

1. Pastor Ted's temporarily stepping down is the procedure for any Pastor accussed of a serious moral breach. It does not imply guilt.
2. An outside body will investigate the truthfulness of these allegations.
3. Very curious timing again, very late October surprise.
4. Satan is alive and well and wants to win. He will smear, lie, attack and destroy what he can. Why would he not attack an effective man of God.
5. The truth will come out.

72 posted on 11/02/2006 3:57:07 PM PST by fatez (Euthanasia - GenX's retirement plan for the boomers)

Ahhhh, I think it just came out. :rofl:

[sampsonblk]

30. Freeper threads - always entertaining!

"If it's true, and I'm doubtful, but if it is, he owes it to all his supporters to fight this until after the election."

A little crooked. What chapter of the bible is THAT in???

[Rebellious Republican]

40. Oh man that is so , oh it hurts, funny, I cant stop, oh make it stop, laughing

Bwahahahahah, maybe if I :banghead:, bwahahahaha maybe I can stop :rofl:, :banghead:, :rofl:, :banghead:, :rofl:,

Thanks for posting that link Old and In the Way, best read I have had in a while!

[BootinUp]

44. Satan is only number 4 on the list.

Not as important as I thought.

[Cha]

50. So it is Clinton's

fault! :evilgrin:

[Hepburn]

25. Well, I will be damned....

....the freaking MSM is not soft-peddling this.

[Kingofalldems]

26. Why do people get suckered by TV evangelists with

big hair?

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. Guess the boyfriend got sucke(re)d, too

[sampsonblk]

32. Umm they are gullible

They base their religion on blind faith in a God they can't see. All too easy for earthbound fakers to take advantage of them.

It takes about the same IQ level as people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, as he tells them not to trust the media.

[Deb]

27. He had weekly conference calls to the WH

from his site- http://www.tedhaggard.com/rmNews.jsp

Christian runs with big dogs-

"It's a fitting site for the 48-year-old Haggard, one of the nation's most influential evangelical Christians, whose overstuffed agenda includes a weekly conference call to the White House."

[babylonsister]

28. Someone needs to capture that ASAP before it's deleted!

I don't know how or I would.

[durtee librul]

33. The conversation probably goes

along the lines of how they discuss 'back door' politics if you get my drift. I would like nothing more than Bush to be outed....along with Rove and toyboy Melman. Now THAT would be a nice Christmas present.

[Carla in Ca]

39. Hmmm...Maybe they had Gannon

in on those calls for a little foursome. How cozy.

[Cha]

51. They be talkin' about the big bucks and

koolaid imbibing voters.

[rateyes]

31. Wow.....

The Cocktober (although it's now November) just keep coming!

[Ninja Jordan]

34. What is it about Republicans and GAY SEX?

THEY LOVE IT

[Infinite Hope]

58. Republican Blackmail?

Is that how they keep them all in line? Is that how Rove has dirt on everyone; gay republican sex rings? They bond and simultaneously are blackmailed.

[KT2000]

35. That guy???

Harper's had an article about him several months ago.
His following is huge and he makes a big deal out of his closeness to GWB. As I recall he talks to him regularly.
Sheeple are so impressed they move to Colorado Springs to go to his church!

He certainly seemed to enjoy the adoration of it all.

Ha Ha - what an ass!

[Cha]

53. No wonder Colorado Springs is

purported to have more than its share of whacks.

[Little Star]

36. Get otta here!!!! Typical Hypocrite Evangelical Crap!

[fearnobush]

37. This must be pumped to the highest levels of the M$M.

[ProSense]

38. KKKarma!

PA GOPer Settled "Choking" Lawsuit for $500,000

Rove is an idiot!

[bobbolink]

43. This calls for a party! The only sad thing is that he was one of the

Evangelicals who were getting back to the real message of poverty, and that would really help poor folk. :(

[Infinite Hope]

45. They made it Breaking News?...Wow!

[Imagevision]

47. why doesn't he just go into rehab....yaaaaawwwnnnn.....!

[sampsonblk]

52. Whoa...wait a minute!

I never heard of this guy until I first read this thread. But I took a look to see some of the things he said, and stumbled upon this news clip:

Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, which first floated the idea of putting a gay-marriage ban on the November ballot, had pressed for a more sweeping measure that would also do away with domestic partnerships.

But (Ted) Haggard said Tuesday that the main players have coalesced around the simpler language, which was supported by Haggard and the state's Roman Catholic leadership. "The amendment supports marriage but doesn't stand against anything," said Haggard, pastor of 12,000-member New Life Church, one of the state's largest congregations. "We want to say marriage is something, and we also want to give the freedom for citizens or legislators if they want to give similar benefits to other people."

He doesn't sound like the Limbaugh-Foley type hypocrite - or is there something I don't know?

http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2006/01/colorado-braces-for-marriage-amendment.html

[Cha]

54. Sounds like ted haggard decided

to take his "focus" OFF the family for a wee bit.

[opihimoimoi]

57. A gift to Kerry for taking him off the headlines???