Elizabeth Hasselbeck attacks Obama for "invoking the name of Christ — our savior!"

[Cali_Democrat]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-friends-obama-crusades-breakfast

The hosts of "Fox & Friends" were not amused on Friday by President Obama's reminder to Christians that the Muslim world has not been the only corner of the globe to deal with deadly religious extremism.

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The three co-hosts then angrily talked over each other while introducing the clip of Obama speaking on Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast.

The footage showed Obama discussing the Islamic State terror group and religious violence more broadly by mentioning the Crusades, initiated by Pope Urban II. The President said Christians should not get on a "high horse" about religious barbarism.

Back in the studio, co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck was visibly agitated.

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"Christians had nothing to do with a man being burned alive in a cage we saw on Wednesday that we saw took place last month. Nothing to do it!" Hasselbeck said.

"Yet he named them, invoked the name of Christ — our savior! — three times and talked about Christians but couldn't call radical Islam for what it was, couldn't name the person behind the match," she added.

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Ummm....

The Klan killed a lot of people in the name of your "savior".

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. And so did the Pilgrims. n/t

[handmade34]

2. ppfffftttt...

[Johonny]

4. I guess some Christian's horse is too high to not get off it

so they'll continue their religious barbarism.

Self awareness: just another talent Elizabeth Hasselbeck lacks. She has so little talent it is just a matter of time before she co-hosts a show with Tucker Carlson.

[liberalhistorian]

5. Ms. Hasseltwit doesn't know the first

thing about being a real Christian. She wouldn't know Jesus if he came and bit her on the ass. Which is what I would do if I were him, frankly.

[niyad]

6. hey, elizabeth, remember the burning times?

[denbot]

7. I'm of Apache blood.

We have know the barbarity the the followers of Christ commit in his name.

[Gothmog]

8. This idiot does know her history

[napkinz]

9. ...

[napkinz]

10. when will we stop persecuting Christians ...

[TeeYiYi]

14. Good posts...

#9 & #10 --->> k+r

TYY

[trumad]

18. Best post of the early year.

[Enrique]

11. stone him!

[Bigmack]

12. Google Image... "lynching burning US"...

... not for the faint of heart.

Those Klansmen were good Christians.

According to my research, at least 70 black WWI veterans were lynched and/or burned after that war... some of them still in uniform. The most recent lynching I can find is 1955. There has been more recent racially-motivated killing, of course.

Native Americans... the list of massacres of Natives is looooong.

For fun... check out the Filipino Insurrection.

Fox phony outrage notwithstanding, we've got baggage when it comes to discussing barbarism.

[ChosenUnWisely]

16. James Byrd, Jr. Recipient of Texas Hospitality

On June 7, 1998, Byrd, age 49, accepted a ride from Shawn Berry (age 24), Lawrence Russell Brewer (age 31) and John King (age 23). Berry, who was driving, was acquainted with Byrd from around town. Instead of taking Byrd home, the three men took Byrd to a remote county road out of town, beat him severely, urinated on him and chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for approximately 1.5 miles. Brewer later claimed that Byrd's throat had been slashed by Berry before he was dragged. However, forensic evidence suggests that Byrd had been attempting to keep his head up while being dragged, and an autopsy suggested that Byrd was alive during much of the dragging. Byrd died after his right arm and head were severed when his body hit a culvert.[10] Byrd's brain and skull were found intact, further suggesting he maintained consciousness while being dragged.[11]

Berry, Brewer and King dumped the mutilated remains of the body in front of an African-American church on Huff Creek Road, then drove off to a barbecue. Along the area where Byrd was dragged, police found a wrench with "Berry" written on it. They also found a lighter that was inscribed with "Possum", which was King's prison nickname.[12] The following morning, Byrd's limbs were found scattered across a seldom-used road. The police found 81 places that were littered with Byrd's remains. State law enforcement officials, along with Jasper's District Attorney, determined that since Brewer and King were well-known white supremacists, the murder was a hate crime. They decided to call upon the Federal Bureau of Investigation less than 24 hours after the discovery of Byrd's remains.[citation needed]

King had several racist tattoos: a black man hanging from a tree, Nazi symbols, the words "Aryan Pride," and the patch for a gang of white supremacist inmates known as the Confederate Knights of America.[13] In a jailhouse letter to Brewer that was intercepted by jail officials, King expressed pride in the crime and said that he realized while committing the murder that he might have to die. "Regardless of the outcome of this, we have made history. Death before dishonor. Sieg Heil!" King wrote.[10] An officer investigating the case also testified that witnesses said that King had referenced The Turner Diaries after beating Byrd.[14]

Berry, Brewer and King were tried and convicted for Byrd's murder. Brewer and King received the death penalty, while Berry was sentenced to life in prison. Brewer was executed by lethal injection on September 21, 2011[3] while King remains on Texas' death row
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd,_Jr.

[Hekate]

13. Ignorance can be cured with education. Stupidity, unfortunately, is a lifestyle choice and cannot...

[Major Nikon]

15. Says the airhead who defended Cheney's torture program

[hobbit709]

17. This idiot wouldn't be able to define irony no matter how many times it bit her.

[napkinz]

19. kick

nt