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04 November 2006

Is it just me that thinks this is hilarious? Tammy Faye can't even hold a candle to Rev. Ted Haggard's definition of what the truth "is".

post by: funmonkey1 at: 09:18 | 14 comments

It seems suspicious. My cynical self posits that given the choice of admitting to some or all of the three sins he is accused of (sex with a man, buying meth, using meth), and given the ideology he espouses (TEH GAY IS BAD!!!1!1!!), admitting to the act that will cause the least amount of harm to his family, his professional standing, etc. enables him to atone while preserving some of his reputation. Just buying the meth could be seen as walking down the road to sin, but not actually committing the sin.

posted by initapplette 04 November | 09:34

Bill CLinton can't even hold a candle to Rev. Ted Haggard's definition of not "inhaling".

posted by Smart Dalek 04 November | 09:35

he indeed purchased the black leather assless chaps, but he never wore them. and that 3 ft plastic dong went right into the garbage. take that, satan!

watch the interview here. notice his kids are sitting in the backseat.

posted by Wedge 04 November | 10:43

I'm going to start a bar band called the Assless Chaps.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 04 November | 11:11

I was actually coming in to complain about yet another Haggard post, but this quote is just stupefying:

... the embattled evangelical leader admitted to reporters that he bought methamphetamine from a male prostitute but denied ever using the drug or having sex with him.

That takes the "I didn't inhale" excuse to all new heights.

posted by brainwidth 04 November | 12:14

I'm going to start a bar band called the Assless Chaps.
Too late.

posted by chococat 04 November | 12:34

Tammy Faye is really sick with cancer right now, btw.

posted by bunnyfire 04 November | 13:10

And...?

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 04 November | 14:10

Fucking hilarious! As Michaek Feldman said on "What Do You Know" today, "I guess the subject of marriage never came up! [between the preacher and the prostitute]"

LOL!

So he is against gay marriage but not gay sex?

Hypocrisy? Naw, never!

This guy and Foley are in the same boat. If it were heterosexual sex and marriage, he'd be pushing abstinence until marriage like all hell. Marriage = great! Premarital sex + teh devil's work!

Abso-fucking-lutely-hilarious!

LO-fucking-L.

posted by shane 04 November | 15:33

Sorry, me + beer.

Premarital sex + teh devil's work! shd be
Premarital sex = teh devil's work!

Michaek Feldman shd be
Michael Feldman

posted by shane 04 November | 15:34

I just feel bad for his wife and kids. Him? Not so much.

posted by redvixen 04 November | 19:35

His church bounced him. So much for Christian charity, the forgiveness of sinners, and the general theory of redemption, as related by various Apostles. WTFWJD? [Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. Would. Jesu. Do?]

posted by paulsc 04 November | 19:38

paulsc, reading through the latest just made me realise yet again that Faith is actually a corporate enterprise.

posted by funmonkey1 04 November | 22:58

if it comes out that he had sex with the guy, he should play the "homosexual sex doesn't count as real sex, not in God's eyes, so that's why I said I didn't have sex with him" card. I think that would be awesome.

posted by Hellbient 05 November | 01:22

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