Military Fatigues and Guns Optional At Church-Held Political Rally

Joanne98

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Mon Aug-03-09 01:15 PM
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Military Fatigues and Guns Optional At Church-Held Political Rally

Let us offer some advice to anyone planning on attending a future "A Call to Arms" rally hosted by a right-wing radio host by the name of Ralph Bristol and TEA Party activists: even though it is being held in a church, be sure to wear your best military fatigues if you want to fit in .... and bring your gun:

An old-fashioned God and country revival broke out at Cornerstone Church in Madison on Friday night, complete with patriotic songs, flag waving, and a dose of fire and brimstone about the dangers of socialism.

There was even an altar call.

But the 600 or so Christian conservatives gathered for "A Call to Arms," organized by talk show host Ralph Bristol, weren't asked to give their heart to Jesus. Instead, they were asked to sign up for conservative causes like the Tea Party Nation and the Eagle Forum, and to donate to charities like the Nashville Rescue Mission.

"You must get involved," said Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation. "The time for sitting on the sidelines is over."

Phillips urged the crowd to fight what he called the "Obama-Pelosi-Reed axis of evil," which he believes threatens the American way of life.

"Tonight we are doing a different kind of altar call," he said. "Tonight's altar call is not for God. It's for country."

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Toward the end of his program, Bristol replaced the Hawaiian shirt with a green army jacket and baseball cap with the American flag on it, to play a character called Sgt. Bristol. He gave his audience marching orders to slay the socialist monster.

One thing Bristol didn't carry was a firearm. He had thought about bringing one to church as part of his uniform but decided against it.

"Sergeant Bristol gets pretty angry, and to be up there, wearing a gun, didn't feel right," he said.

Some of the audience wore similar uniforms, and brought their guns.

Sobota and his wife, Cindy, said they have permits to carry handguns, and brought them along to church on Friday.

"There's been a lot of fear-mongering about that," he said. "I'm probably the safest person out there, because I don't want to do anything to jeopardize my permit."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/military-fatigues-and-guns-optional-church-held-political-rally

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atreides1

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Mon Aug-03-09 01:18 PM
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1. Wow

Sounds just like a Nazi rally of the 1930's.

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xchrom

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Mon Aug-03-09 01:18 PM
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2. obama-pelosi-REED? ralph reed?nt

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DRoseDARs

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Mon Aug-03-09 10:17 PM
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8. As it was a quote from a speech, that was a typo on the article writer's part...

Should have read, "Obama-Pelosi-Beelzebub axis of evil." Seriously though, it should have been Reid with an i instead of 2 e's. I should know, he's one of my senators. ;)

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xchrom

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Tue Aug-04-09 12:11 AM
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10. no i know -- but what with right wingers inability to spell -- and so on. nt

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enlightenment

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:15 PM
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3. No hope of that church losing their tax exempt status?

Church sponsored (they provided the venue), politically oriented lunacy.

oh, yay.

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Joanne98

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Mon Aug-03-09 02:56 PM
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4. It's a terrorist church. Preaching the gospel of violence and hate.

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BirminghamExaminer

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Mon Aug-03-09 07:31 PM
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5. This reminds me of a town meeting I saw back in 1994 or 1995

Where this guy stood up to talk and introduced himself as a Baptist preacher and gun shop owner. I wonder what the statistic of fundamentalists to guns ratio is?

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givemebackmycountry

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Mon Aug-03-09 08:51 PM
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6. But the 600 or so Christian conservatives gathered for "A Call to Arms,"

Reason number 10,875 to hate those fuckers, and I don't give a shit what the Jesus worshipers here think about it.
Jesus can kiss my ass, and so can these people.

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Seldona

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Mon Aug-03-09 10:12 PM
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7. 'He gave his audience marching orders to slay the socialist monster.'

Secret Service? Hello?

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galileoreloaded

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Mon Aug-03-09 11:03 PM
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9. There is too many of them, they can't cover all of them........n/t

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Seldona

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Tue Aug-04-09 03:29 PM
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12. This is pretty overt case though.

He isn't just some lone nut. Though I suppose there are so many in the right wing media like Beck, it is a seemingly insurmountable obstacle.

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TheWraith

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Tue Aug-04-09 01:54 AM
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11. Folks, I know that this is going to be unpopular to say this on DU...

But if you live in an area where these crazies are present, buy yourself a gun and learn how to use it.

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