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291 his magazine’s cruise to Alaska: Jane Mayer, “The Insiders: How John McCain Came to Pick Sarah Palin,” The New Yorker, October 27, 2008, http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all.
291 “we really can relate”: Max Blumenthal, Sarah Palin’s Daughter, Republican Values and the RNC ‘08, Value Voters Summit, St. Paul, Minnesota, YouTube, September 1, 2008.
299 Palin’s magazine reading: Sarah Palin, interview with Katie Couric, “Palin Opens Up on Controversial Issues,” CBSNews.com, September 30, 2008, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/eveningnews/main4490618.shtml.
299 could see Russia from her home state: Gary Tuchman, “You CAN see Russia from here!” CNN.com, September 30, 2008, http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/30/you-can-see-russia-from-here/.
299 not from rigorous study: Nicholas K. Geranios, “Palin Switched Colleges 6 Times in 6 Years,” Associated Press, September 4, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5728215.
299 a “fatal cancer” on the Republican Party: David Brooks, interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, Le Cirque, New York, October 6, 2008, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/david-brooks-sarah-palin_n_133001.html.
299 “extremely ignorant”and “a religious crackpot”: Jeffrey Hart, interview with Mostafa Heddaya, “TDR Exclusive Interview: Obamacon Jeffrey Hart,” Dartmouth Review, October 21, 2008, http://dartreview.com/archives/2008/10/21/tdr_exclusive_interview_obamacon_jeffrey_hart.php.
299 “a dope and unqualified from the start”: Peggy Noonan, “Palin’s Failin,’” Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419210832542317.html.
299 a “cocky wacko”: Lincoln Chaffee, speech “What Does Patriotism Look Like?” New America Foundation, Washington, DC, September 9, 2008, http:// www.newamerica.net/video/chafee/chafee-on-palin-naf090908a.mov.
299 Muthee anoints Palin against witchcraft: Thomas Muthee address at Wasilla Assembly of God, Wasilla, Alaska, May 2005, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4HIc-yfgM&eurl=http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/363724/the_witch_hunter_anoints_sarah_palin.
299 For them she had achieved “the anointing”: Jim Bramlett, “Barack, Sarah, and the Bible,” InJesus.com, September 1, 2008, http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=YB007F5G&GroupID=2A004N9G.
300 “God appoints leaders”: Max Blumenthal, “In the Land of Queen Esther,” posted to YouTube October 18, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpe_lOEn0VY.
300 Declaring that “the gloves are off”: Jim Kuhnhenn, “Palin Defends Terrorist Comment Against Obama,” Associated Press, October 5, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct05/0,4670,PalinRecharged,00.html.
300 “the living room of a domestic terrorist”: Julie Bosman, “Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies,” New York Times, October 7, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html.
300 McCain/Palin crowd rage: Sarah Baxter, “McCain Tussles with Palin over Whipping Up a Mob Mentality,” Sunday Times, October 12, 2008, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4926283.ece http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.crowd/index.html.
300 “Kill him!”: Dana Milbank, “Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame,” Washington Post, October 7, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602935.html.
300 “Terrorist!” “Treason!”: Russell Goldman, “Is Negative Rhetoric a License to Taunt?” ABCNews.com, October 8, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=5987004&page=1.
300 “He’s a nigger!”: Epithet screamed by a Palin supporter at Des Moines, Iowa, rally, “Ballot Bowl 08,” CNN, October 25, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF5ZkgNNBQE.
300 “Go back to Kenya!”: “Racism and Vitriol at Palin Rally in Johnstown, PA,” Salon.com, October 13, 2008, open.Salon.com/content.php?cid=28870.
300 “Born in Kenya, citizen of Indonesia!”: Ibid.
301 “This is little Hussein”: Palin supporter displayed monkey doll at rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, October 11, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKUovpF9LWU.
301 Political Cesspool and Operation Rescue recruit Palin supporters: Max Blumenthal, “Guess Who Came to the Palin Rally?” The Daily Beast, October 13, 2008, http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-30/guess -who-came-to-the-palin-rally/.
301 whether abortion clinic bombers were terrorists: Brian Williams interview, NBC Nightly News, NBC, October 22, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBv88ixx74k.
301 a dead bear cub riddled with bullets: Dale Neal, “Dead Bear Dumped at WCU,” Asheville Citizen-Times, October 21, 2008.
301 a report from the Secret Service: Jon Meacham, “How He Did It, 2008,” Newsweek, November 17, 2008.
301 Palin’s red Naughty Monkey heels: “Sarah Palin Likes Naughty Monkeys,” Sarah Palin Blog, January 29, 2009, http://www.thesarahpalinblog.com/2009/01/sarah-palin-likes-naughty-monkeys.html.
301 criticism of Palin as anti-Christian phenomenon: “Christophobe Attacks Palin,” Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, September 3, 2008, http://www.christianadc.org/news-and-articles/116-christophobes-attacks-palin.
302 “what I call the real America”: Elizabeth Holmes, “Palin Touts the ‘Pro-America’ Areas of the Country,” WSJ.com, October 17, 2008, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/17/palin-touts-the-pro-america-areas-of-the-country/, and Rosa Brooks, “The ‘Real’ America, Really,” Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2008, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/la-oe-brooks23-2008 oct23,1,7763246.column.
302 above the fray, repeating his unifying message: “Obama Says No Red States [or] Blue States in Times of Need,” WisPolitics, September 2, 2008, http://www.midwestpolitics.com/blog/2008/09/wi-obama-says-no-red-states-bluestates.html.
302 endorsing Obama during an October 19 appearance: Tom Brokaw interview, Meet the Press, NBC, October 19, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=efv3Vr8T9MA; and Colin Powell, Meet the Press transcript for October 19, 2008, MSNBC.msn.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27266223/.
302 no longer a place for him: Tom Brokaw interview, Meet the Press, NBC, October 19, 2008 (0:40, 2:39, 4:12/7:09), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efv3Vr8T9MA.
302 a casualty of the movement’s machinations: Max Blumenthal, “The Man Who Helped Drive Powell Away from His Party,” The Daily Beast, October 22, 2008, http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-22/the-bitter -back-story-behind-powells-defection/1/.
303 “She is a diva”: Dana Bash, Peter Hamby, and John King, “Palin’s ‘Going Rogue,’ McCain Aide Says,” CNN.com, October 26, 2008, http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/.
303 “positioning herself for her own future”: Ginger Adams Otis and Carl Campanile, “Pit Bull Turns on McMaverick,” New York Post, October 26, 2008, http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262008/news/politics/pit_bull_turns_on_mcmaverick_135366.htm.
303 “a whack job”: Mike Allen, Playbook, Politico, October 28, 2008, http://www.politico.com/playbook/1008/playbook476.html.
303 “manic zeal”: Scott Horton, “Palin’s Mole at The Times,” The Daily Beast, November 7, 2008, http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-07/ palins-mole-at-the-times/.
303 Scheunmann’s firing: Dana Bash, “Sources: McCain Aide Fired for ‘Trashing’ Staff,” CNN.com, November 5, 2008, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/05/soruces-mccain-aide-fired-for-trashing-staff/.
303 Scheunemann, a neoconservative foreign policy hand: Elisabeth Bumiller, “Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps,” New York Times, November 5, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06mccain.html?pagewanted=2.
304 “To tell you the truth, Bill”: William Kristol’s Palin interview, “The Wright Stuff,” New York Times, October 5, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06kristol.html.
304 The message was a mess indeed: Bill Kristol, “Fire the Campaign,” New York Times, October 12, 2008, htt
p://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/opinion/13kristol.html.
304 McCain all but vanished: Scott Horton, “Palin’s Mole.”
304 interview aired on October 22 with James Dobson: “Focus on the Family,” Focus on the Family, October 19, 2008, http://www.citizenlink.org/dailybroadcast/A000008476.cfm.
305 supported a federal gay marriage ban: Ed Henry and Craig Broffman, “McCain: Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Un-Republican,” CNN.com, July 14, 2004, http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/mccain.marriage/.
305 ban on federal funding for stem cell research: Health Care: Funding Medical Research , 2008 Republican Platform, Republican National Committee, http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/HealthCare.htm#4.
305 New York Times/CBS poll: Michael Copper and Dalia Sussman, “Growing Doubts on Palin Take a Toll, Poll Finds,” New York Times, October 30, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31poll.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin.
305 The Obama campaign’s final ad: “His Choice,” October 28, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eUz13-pmTY.
306 her approval rating had plunged: Chris Adams, “Even in Alaska, Palin’s Popularity Is Taking a Tumble,” McClatchy, September 30, 2008, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/staff/chris_adams/story/53299.html.
306 Woody Jenkins lost a special congressional election: Alex Mooney, “Democrats Emboldened by Louisiana Win,” CNN.com, May 5, 2008, http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/05/congress.democrats/index.html.
306 Chris Shays’s defeat: Richard C. Dujardin, “Rep. Shays Still ‘Shell-Shocked’ over Election Defeat,” Providence Journal, November 11, 2008, .http://www.projo.com/news/politics/content/shays_speaks__11-11-08_MRC8230 _v13.3c72ede.html.
306 Colson’s Armageddon: Laurie Goodstein, “A Line in the Sand for Same-Sex Marriage Foes,” New York Times, October 26, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/27right.html?ref=us.
306 “It’s more important than the presidential election”: Ibid.
307 Broekhuizen Prince donation: Ted Roelofs, “Local Money Fights Gay Marriage in Florida, California,” Grand Rapids Press, October 27, 2008, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2008/10/local_money_fights_gay_marriag.html.
307 Howard F. Ahmanson Jr., who donated $900,000: Max Blumenthal, “The Man Behind Proposition 8,” The Daily Beast, November 3, 2008, http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-03/the-man-behind-proposition -8/1/.
307 a round of massive layoffs: Cara Degette, “More Layoffs at Focus on the Family,” Colorado Independent, November 17, 2008, http://coloradoindependent.com/15287/after-pumping-money-into-prop-8-focus-on-the-family-announcing-layoffs.
307 imploring them to trash department store catalogues: Stuart Shepard, “Merry Tossmas 2008,” Focus on the Family Action, November 13, 2008, http://www.citizenlink.org/Stoplight/A000008654.cfm.
307 an Internet video posted on his website: “Pastor Rick’s News and Views,” Saddle backFamily.com, October 23, 2008, http://www.saddlebackfamily.com/blogs/newsandviews/index.html?contentid=1502.
308 Warren quietly scrubbed a statement: See the original statement at http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1xQeOPE9ePU/SUv9WdHa8EI/AAAAAAAADBg/rjsnxsln4gY/s1600-h/warrenchurchbansgays.jpg.
308 “I happen to love gays”: Rick Warren, “I love gays” speech, Muslim Public Affairs Council, December 23, 2008, http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/12/rick_warrens_i_love_gays_speec.html.
308 he compared homosexuality to incest and pedophilia: Steve Waldman, “Rick Warren’s Controversial Comments on Gay Marriage,” BeliefNet, December 17, 2008, http://blog.BeliefNet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/12/rick-warrens-controversial-com.html.
308 “a good thing for our country”: Mike Allen, “Axelrod: Warren Prayer ‘a Good Thing,’” Politico, December 28, 2008, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16884.html.
308 Despite Obama’s efforts to court white evangelicals: David Paul Kuhn, “No Gain for Obama with Religious Whites,” Politico, November 17, 2008, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15604.html.
308 “Democrats will need to invest more time”: Amy Sullivan, “Obama: Bringing (Some) Evangelicals In,” Time, November 5, 2008, http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1856819-2,00.html.
309 the all-powerful “Ultimate Fighting Jesus”: Molly Worthen, “Who Would Jesus Smack Down?” New York Times, January 6, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/magazine/11punk-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all.
309 merely a harbinger of Christ’s return: John Hagee, “Financial Armageddon,” Front Line, 2008.
309 market conditions for their next great crusade: Paul Vitello, “Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds to Churches,” New York Times, December 13, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/nyregion/14churches.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&hp.
EPILOGUE
311 prayed over a door: Max Blumenthal, “Inaugural Freak Show,” The Daily Beast, January 14, 2009, http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-14/inaugural-freak-show/full/.
312 Paul Broun’s come-to-Jesus moment: Broun address on House floor, November 11, 2007, Washington, DC; C-SPAN footage posted to YouTube November 11, 2007, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUKnAaPvyNo&feature=PlayList&p=17E1588640CCE833&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7.
312 The bewigged “gentleman” was Rollen Stewart: J. Michael Kenyon, “Real Action in ’79 Was Outside the Lines,” Seattle PI, July 6, 2001, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/allstar/30179_1979game06.shtml?rand=80222.2.
312 opposed the emergency financial bailout: Carl Hulse and David Herzenhorn, “Defiant House Rejects Huge Bailout; Next Step Is Uncertain,” New York Times, September 30, 2008.
312 protect soldiers from images of unclad women: Karen Jowers, “Bill: Stop Selling Playboy, Penthouse on Base,” Army Times, April 24, 2008, http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/military_pornography_stores_042208w/.
312 “philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism”: Ben Evans, “Georgia Congressman Warns of Obama Dictatorship,” Associated Press, November 7, 2008.
313 announced he was “not taking back anything”: Blake Aued, “Broun Defends Remarks,” Morris News Service, November 12, 2008, http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/111208/met_483105.shtml; and Max Blumenthal, “Inaugural Freak Show.”
313 Broun joined Schenck and Mahoney in deep prayer: Blumenthal, “Inaugural Freak Show.”
INDEX
AANR. See American Association for Nude Recreation
Abas, Bryan
Abortion
Clinton, B., and
Obama, B., and
Palin, S., and
Schaeffer and
Schlafly, P., and
Abramoff, Jack
Bush, G., and
DeLay and
Dobson, J., and
Reed and
Robertson and
Rove and
Sheldon and
Abstinence Clearinghouse
ACLU
Adams, Henry
Adams, John
Add Health
The Advocate
African-Americans
Agnew, Spiro
Ahmanson, Howard F., Jr.
same-sex marriage and
Ahmanson, Roberta Green
AIDS
Akinola, Peter
Alaskan Independence Party
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcorn, Gayle
Alexander, Rodney
Alexander-Moergerle, Gil
Alito, Samuel
Allen, Bob
Allen, Claude
Alliance Defense Fund
Almasi, David
Almodóvar, Pedro
Alpha Center
Alter, Jonathan
American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR)
American Enterprise Institute
American Family Association
The American Spectator (magazine)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (Fromm)
Anglican Churc
h of Nigeria
Apocalypto (film)
Armey, Dick
Army of God
Arterburn, Steve
Murray, M., and
Arthritis
Assam, Jeanne
Assembly of God
Atwood, Margaret
Aunese, Sal
Axelrod, David
Ayers, Bill
Baby and Child Care (Spock)
Baccheta, Paolo
Baker, Richard
Baker, William
Ballard, J. G.
Barbour, Haley
Barkett, Rosemary
Barna, George
Barnes, Fred
Barr, Bob
Basic Life Principles (Gothard)
“A Battle Plan—Practical Steps to Combat Evolution” (Hovind)
Battley, Jackie
Bauer, Gary Dole and
Baum, Gordon
Be Intolerant: Because Some Things Are Just Stupid (Dobson, R.)
Bearman, Peter
Beat Off Frenzy (film)
Becker, Ernest
Beckworth, David
Bellinger, David
Bennett, William
Bentley, Todd
Bergalis, Kimberly
Berkowitz, David
Bertolucci, Bernardo
Bess, Howard
Bhutto, Benazir
Biggs, Robert
Blackwater
Blanco, Kathleen
Blinded by the Right (Brock)
Blowers, Betty “B.J.”
Boehner, John
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Bono
The Book of the Law (Crowley)
The Book of Virtues (Bennett)
Boone, Wellington
Born Again (Colson)
Bossi, Umberto
Boulis, Konstantinos
Boyd, Brady
Bozell, Brent
Bradley Foundation
Bramlett, Jim
Brand, Stanley
Branham, William
Braveheart (film)
Breaking Through (Boone)
Brendle, Rob
Brennan, Peter
Breyer, Stephen
Brinson, Randy
Brio! (magazine)
Brock, David
Brog, David
Brooks, David
Brooks, Stephanie
Broun, Paul