Smearing Simon

Christianity Today ^ | 07/03/2002 | Ted Olsen

[streetpreacher]

Christianity Today, Week of July 1

Weblog: Smearing Simon Plus: Idolizing Christian musicians, and other stories from online sources around the world. Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 07/03/2002

And "Simon Says" is a totalitarian training exercise! Opponents of Bill Simon, California's Republican gubernatorial candidate, are going to great lengths to paint him as some kind of religious extremist. On Sunday, two Bay-area papers had news articles suggesting he's some kind of theocrat. The San Francisco Chronicle assigned two reporters to cover Simon's appearance on the Trinity Broadcasting Network's Behind the Scenes show. "Simon made no controversial statements on the TBN broadcast," the Chronicle reported, but the news is that he appeared "on a controversial religious cable network that has featured flamboyant faith healers and showy ministers who promise to raise loved ones from the dead."

The candidate refused to play the game. "Simon, who is a vice chairman of PAX-TV…said that he doesn't support all the teachings on the Trinity Broadcast Network or the controversial programming, or wasn't even aware of them," the Chronicle reported. But the paper keeps pushing. The article's subheads say it all: "TAPES OF SHOW SURFACE" (gotta love the word surface, as if internationally broadcast shows are kept secret), "'LUNATIC FRINGE,'" "STATE VOTERS MORE SECULAR," and "NETWORK'S WEALTH AND REACH."

"The question is not his religious beliefs; the question is the company he keeps," said Hoover Institution research fellow Bill Whalen. (Funny thing about Whalen: He's the dominant voice in the story, yet the fact that he was a media consultant for Richard J. Riordan, whom Simon beat in the Republican primary election, is never mentioned. He's just quoted as an independent scholar.)

The question apparently isn't just the company he keeps, but also the company of the company that his company keeps. The San Jose Mercury News reports, "In the late 1980s, the Republican candidate helped found Good Counsel, which runs five homes for unwed mothers in New York state." Sounds good so far, doesn't it? Keep reading:

But Good Counsel's executive director—whom Simon has known for about 20 years—is an outspoken abortion opponent who has long supported activists known to have violated some of the laws Simon pledges to uphold. The group's director is married to a central figure in the anti-abortion movement who has said that killing abortion doctors might be justified. And he hired a man with a long arrest record for blockading clinics who is now charged with killing an abortion doctor in a sniper attack.

Well, that practically makes Simon a murderer, then, doesn't it? Simon again said he never heard about Good Counsel's "connections to anti-abortion extremists and does not condone using confrontational tactics to protest abortion," nor did he ever hear of James Kopp, who worked for four months as Good Counsel's handyman before allegedly killing abortionist Barnett Slepian.

One last comment—though these charges against Simon are absolute poppycock, Simon's responses do leave a few questions. A PAX-TV vice chairman and former Christian television host never heard about wacky things over at TBN? A gubernatorial candidate in a race where abortion has been a major issue never heard about Kopp, who is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list?

[streetpreacher]

Looks like Simon's in for a tough one. I saw the Behind the Scenes TBN flake a couple of days afer the interview. He publicly "wondered" if Simon's primary victory had anything to do with his appearance on TBN. What a dope.

[streetpreacher]

Here's the thread with the San Francisco Chronicle article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/708563/posts

I'm too dumb to know how to link it.

[eureka!]

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[streetpreacher]

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[blackbart1]

It is maddening the way Bill Simon is being treated, however, he is taking the high road and I think he can weather the storm.

Davis and kind have no character and wouldn't know the truth if it hit them in the face!

[streetpreacher]

Thanks for the ping. You Cali FReepers (I assume that you're from Cali) have your work cut out of it... does this just reveal the desperateness (word?) of Davis?

[Free the USA]

bttt

[streetpreacher]

Bill Simon is probably the last great right hope for California. I couldn't have imagined anyone as conservative as he is to be ahead of Davis in several polls. As it is, I can't believe Davis actually beat Dan Lundgren in '98. Who knows? Maybe there's still some of the 'ol Reagan DNA in the fabric of California voters.

[streetpreacher]

OK, I never thought I would have to reveal my ignorance in a public forum. But now someone has forced me into it. What, pray tell, does bttt mean?

[streetpreacher]

Thanks for the ping. You Cali FReepers (I assume that you're from Cali) have your work cut out of it... does this just reveal the desperateness (word?) of Davis?

What the heck does that mean? Work cut out of it? I should have written "work cut out for you".

[Free the USA]

bttt = bump to the top
of the latest post comments list so that another freeper may see and read the thread.

[SierraWasp]

"desperateness (word?) of Davis?"

Yes! Davis is a desperate Demonicrat Desperado!!!

[Carry_Okie]

"The question is not his religious beliefs; the question is the company he keeps," said Hoover Institution research fellow Bill Whalen. (Funny thing about Whalen: He's the dominant voice in the story, yet the fact that he was a media consultant for Richard J. Riordan, whom Simon beat in the Republican primary election, is never mentioned. He's just quoted as an independent scholar.)

Gerry Parsky and Karl Rove strike again.

[eureka!]

Yes, it will be a very ugly battle. Fortunately, many 'Rats in California share disgust with Grayout. It will be a very interesting race as it develops. Thanks for the post...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here is the Link:

Simon downplays religious TV role

[Russell Scott]

Psalm 2
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[NormsRevenge]

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[sauropod]

Aren't RINOs fun?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

In tthis case they are ridiculous and hurting their cause!