The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the United States, 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
In his new book, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer reveals how politicized the revered Presidential Medal of Freedom became during the Bush administration.
Latimer writes that administration officials objected to giving author J.K. Rowling the Presidential Medal of Freedom because her writing “encouraged witchcraft” (p. 201)…
Teabaggers eat this stuff up with their grits.
Oh God. I don’t know which is the worse reasoning presented here – there is so much – Is it the nuts that think a work of fiction teaches witchcraft or the nuts that use this little group as a broad brush to paint all conservatives, all Christians, and all capitalists as nuts.
Judging from this “dialog” the real loonies are the fringe left who are filled with hate for “middle” America.
The reality they miss is as astounding as their lack of thought – what a bunch of crap.
Bush officials were afraid of witches?
To be afraid of something you have to believe it exists.
So top officials in the Bush administration believe that witches with magical powers actually exist.
#30 Jägermeister
There are a lot of people who give Christianity a bad name. Beware of people who are religious, but have no personal faith or values.
They’d better ban the Bible too in that case.
There’s all sorts of magical goings on in that book, and its one hell of a lot more contradictory of itself than anything KJ has penned.
Hey Blowhard, Show us YOUR fucking birth certificate.
Witchcraft kills…pray you aren’t sacrificed, tortured and dismembered, and have your blood smeared all over, in a rite to Satan…
It happens, and there is a coven in every city in America…
That’s our Alfred1… Is there anything he won’t write?
#35 Fluffy said
“Bush officials were afraid of witches?”
They turned Cheney into a newt.
There you have it. Everyone on this blog are loons except Alfred1. It all makes sense now…
These are the same people that want Christopher Handley in prison for 20 years.
Hello it’s fiction. Do these idiots think witchcraft is real? Umm good book though. My kids read them all. Part of the award is for “3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.“ Personally I would have given the literacy award to Dawkins just to piss everybody off
#45 bballhead
Even if witchcraft is real, is it any worse than what many Christians get up to when no-ones looking?
#43 Hugh Ripper
Well Duh???? Now all we have to do execute 99 44/100% of the population and start over.
Witches don’t scare me. However, clowns and mimes give me the willies.
And to think soon it will that peaceful holiday of Halloween with ghosts and goblins
#50 Alfred1
Yep you are a lighthouse of sanity in a sea of loons. One only has to read your posts to realise this. I’m sure when the Rapture comes God will make you a lighthouse keeper, so that you can keep the light of sanity burning for all to see. People will see the light and point to it saying, “That’s Alfred1. He’s so much more sane than us. Illuminate us, oh Alfred1, so that us mere loons can fully appreciate just how insane we all are, and how sane are your sage words.”
#50 Alfred1 said “And you all are insanely made at Him.”
Oops, Freudian slip.
# 9 Then they made the right choice.
I have no clue why she should have even been considered for the medal to start with.
She writes fun to read fantasy for a certain age group but what has that got to do with it? This isn’t an award for writing outstanding fantasy or maybe it is to some liberals? I don’t get why this issue ever arose.
This stinks of somebody trying to score some political points and just coming off as being lame to me.
Hugh Ripper:
Hold it, hold it!!
Ripper, you can’t talk about witches and Santa in the same breath.
Every christmas I get gifts from the Guy in Red. That’s cool.
What have witches done for me lately?
Ok, I can’t resist.
Here is a resource for all you aspiring witches out there.
http://witchcoven.net/index2.htm
Inside this website you will find pearls of wisdom such as
“Myr’s Story: … The Moon and I had a very special and magical relationship. On the nights that it was out, I couldn’t help noticing that it would follow me.”
Not to mention “Many people will think horrible things about you if they find out you are a witch. You will either have to live with this or remain secretive about your practices. We call this remaining in the broom closet.”
I’m going now to watch another episode of “Charmed”.
#54 Ah-yeah
Do you realise what the obvious anagram of santa is? We have all been duped by that jolly red fiend!
Oh NO!
Do you mean I follow — SATAN!
EidTard, are you making a joke that besmirches southerners? Wow, such wit. It took me while. Funny!
And you libs can’t get over your Bush hangover. In the words of your lib pals…MoveOn! 🙂
Maybe Obama will choose an intellectual lightweight like Richard Dawkins or “freedom figher” Manuel Zelaya for the Medal…
#11: awesome! millions of grown-ups reading kid’s books en watching kid’s movies! quite an accomplishment! I really can’t see why those Bushies deny het that medal!
That is ridiculous! If that’s what they think Harry Potter is about then they don’t know anything about Harry Potter!
#58, Great American,
I like your name but can’t understand why you would take a name like that when you obviously hate America so much.
Is this really pedro posting under a different name? It’s what would be expected from a South American troll.
#38,
“Witchcraft kills…pray you aren’t sacrificed, tortured and dismembered, and have your blood smeared all over, in a rite to Satan…”
If they are performing rites to satan, that would make them CHRISTIANS! Satan is a christian god.
Whatever the answer is, JK Rowling is a billionaire because of Potter … so cry me a river.
2nd … should the government really be passing out awards? I don’t see that in the job description of what a government does … so again … cry me a river.
Hmph…mudbloods…
Thats because Bush was a victim of a penis stealing witch.
One small thought. I’m not sure anyone with a working brain would believe Latimer. Even if some twit said it the author isn’t an American author nor did she do anything I can think off to deserve the award.
As for most posts. Merely people showing they are really sick with hate and filled with venom. Not good company.