Drake says that Dr. George Tiller, the recently murdered abortion doctor, was "far worse than Adolf Hitler."
"This man, George Tiller, was far greater in his atrocities than Adolf Hitler," Drake said. "So I am happy. I am glad that he is dead. . . ."
I guess that in his view, a couple thousand fetuses-- as long as, or presumably since, they were going to be born to Christian families--outweigh six million Jews who, after all, were only Jews.
On the other side of things, my attention was called to one Frank Schaeffer, who was quoted in The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/how-i-and-other-pro-life_b_209747.html) as saying:
"My late father and I share the blame (with many others) for the murder of Dr. George Tiller the abortion doctor gunned down on Sunday. Until I got out of the religious right (in the mid-1980s) and repented of my former hate-filled rhetoric I was both a leader of the so-called pro-life movement and a part of a Republican Party hate machine masquerading as the moral conscience of America. "
It's certainly nice to see that one of these loonies has come to his senses. It might be very interesting to read his book, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All -- or Almost All -- of It Back.
Copyright © Richard Stein 2009
Speaking of the hate machine Bill O'Reilly of Fox news has been amongst the most notorious in stirring up the pot. Keith Olberman of MSNBC has even said that O'Reilly has gone too far and should be removed from his position. Frank Scheffer appeared on Keith Olbermans program and respectfully explained himself and the change in his stance over the years. Dr. Tiller provided late term abortions for women who decided after consultation with their physician that an abortion was the way to go do to problems with the fetus and/or physical endangerment to the mother. Unlike his assassin and tormenters at his lawful workplace, Dr. Tiller was a law abiding citizen and physician. The crazed fanatical gunman murdered Dr. Tiller at the Lutheran church where Tiller was an usher at the horror of Tillers wife and others present. Bill O'Reilly is as guilty as Wiley Drake and Operation Rescue in promoting hate speech and prompting the cold blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller.
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