Question for those watching Rachel Maddow.

[backscatter712]

Maddows' showing clips of this creep speaking at Liberty University about martyrdom, and asking Jesus "Mark me as one of your followers! We'll have to risk our lives..."

and I think I recognized him...

He's the same creep that was in the documentary Jesus Camp, who was taping little kids' mouths shut and giving them little toy fetuses!

He gets around, doesn't he?

[movonne]

1. That is interesting...

[BunkerHill24]

2. speaking of Maddow show...

I thought Azra Klein was such horrid guest on Maddow Show tonight.....he should never be invited to talk about taxes.

[gateley]

3. That's interesting -- I thought exactly the opposite, that he explained it all

very well. I'm guessing we both agree that Rachel did an exceptional job teaching us how to prepare cocktails! :)

[BunkerHill24]

9. But of course !!!....n/t

[gateley]

4. I didn't see Jesus Camp, but yikes! For what you say he was doing to those

kids, I'm thinking child abuse! They can get away with that crap? I'm more than okay with him risking his life.

[backscatter712]

5. AHA, DETAILS!!! It's Lou Engle!

Linkage here to see the segment, fast forward to 1:30 in it to see the gentleman in question

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#36584724

And, yes, he was in Jesus Camp, putting red pieces of tape over the kids' mouths labeled "LIFE" and giving them little toy fetuses.

[backscatter712]

6. More on Lou Engle!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x455395

This is another Rachel Maddow segment. Lou Engel's the new Republican darling going to various Tea Party rallies. He's a real piece of work.

Last time I was there, a woman who I was watching it with, who was a psychologist, noticed his constant rocking back and forth, and his obsession with taping mouths shut. This man's a few french fries short of a Happy Meal...

[Shallah Kali]

7. He had big rallys to support Prop 8 & thinkgs demons make people gay

Lou Engle believes in "gay demons"

2. GOP's New Prayer Guru Says Gays Possessed By Demons

Maddow Looks at the Anti-Health Care Reform PrayerCast featuring GOP Senators

Oh an interesting factoid - Lou Engle & Sen Sam Brownback (R-The Family & Opus Dei) were once roommates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8nn5qrVclo

Right Wing Watch posts tagged with his name http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/individuals/lou-engle

Talk2Action articles that mention him http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=engle&btnG=Google+Search&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talk2action.org%2F&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talk2action.org%2F

[vixengrl]

8. He's a weird-sounding cat--sort of like a professional wrestler

of the old-school variety. He shouts. And is ridiculous. I guess Xtianity is his publicity gimmick until he finds a following. He does good mike as a conservative heel, though--that sounds like a straight shoot. But who actually thinks like that? Or does the pee-pee dance when they speak like he does? (he should just seek out a competent urologist, who'd probably fix most of his troubles. Since most problems he describes are about made-up stuff, or his being about to pee or get mad. Or something.)