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Piety and politics: the right-wing assault on religious freedom

On January 23,2003, Falwell told me on CNN's Crossfire that if I really read the Bible I'd be a conservative. I told him I did read it, and to prove it I'd be happy to come down to his church in Lynchburg, Virginia, any Sunday and preach at all of his services. Falwell replied, "I wouldn't trust you to preach the gospel out on the corneL"
Even Bob Novak, the curmudgeonly conservative cohost of Crossfire, told me after the show that he was "shocked that Jerry didn't take you up on it."
And then there was the time Falwell called me a "left-wing thug" and the time he said I was a "rancher without any cows"-a bucolic allusion that I had to research on the Internet.
Finally, there was his strangely paranoid comment right before a live side-by-side appearance on yet another Crosljire episode. To get me, Falwell, and then cohosts Pat Buchanan and Geraldine Ferraro into the shot, the producers made us sit very close together at a table. About fifteen seconds before airtime, Falwell complained to Buchanan, "Barry's knees are touching mine!" Buchanan quickly responded, "No time to do anything." Quickly picking up on his apparent fear of human (or was it demonic) contact, I waited until we were live and Falwell was complaining about a Disney movie with images he found disturbing to reach over and pat his hand, saying, "If it bothers you, don't watch it." There was a brief moment when I thought Falwell was going to turn to stone.

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Piety and politics: the right-wing assault on religious freedom
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USA : Random House, Inc.,
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1-272
Language
English
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13: 978-0-307-34654-
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1st Edtion
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Governance
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