William Donahue is a Douche Bag

William Donahue, of the arch-conservative Christian League and a frequent guest on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, is an anti-semitic douche Bag. Someone needed to say it. Glad to be of service.

Donahue went on television and basically accused the Jews of killing Christ, again. According to Donahue 'Secular Jews,' synonymous with Liberals, are the reason that we say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas and the 'Secular Jews' won't stop there. 'Secular Jews' will only stop when they abolish all religion from America.

Donahue is obviously a deeply troubled, and immensely illogical, man. He is also, apparently, unaware of the plethora of non-Christian holidays in the thirty days surrounding Christmas. Muslims celebrate Ramadan, Jews celebrate Chanukkah, Buddhists celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha's miracles and African-Americans have Kwanzaa. Some Christian sects don't celebrate Christmas for some biblical reason that I don't care about. Heck, Thanksgiving is within 30 days of Christmas.

We wish people Happy Holidays because you can never be sure what they may be celebrating. But Donahue thinks it's a 'Secular Jew' and Liberal plot against Christians. Don't believe me, here are the facts.

On the MSNBC show 'Scarborough Country' Donahue said the following "Who really cares what Hollywood thinks? All these hacks come out there. Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular. It�??s not a secret, OK? And I�??m not afraid to say it. Hollywood likes anal sex. They like to see the public square without nativity scenes. I like families. I like children. They like abortions. I believe in traditional values and restraint. They believe in libertinism. We have nothing in common. But you know what? The culture war has been ongoing for a long time. Their side has lost. You have got secular Jews. You have got embittered ex-Catholics, including a lot of ex-Catholic priests who hate the Catholic Church, wacko Protestants in the same group, and these people are in the margins.." You can read the entire disgusting transcript here

Hollywood isn't run by anal sex loving Jews. It's run by mega-corporations like GE, Disney, Time Warner and Rupert Murdoch. I have worked for three of those companies and one them fucked me in the ass...but I don't think that's the same thing as anal sex. Mickey didn't even offer a reach-a-round.

This is much larger than some blowhard like Donahue claiming Jews and Liberals are trying to stop Christians from celebrating Christmas. Christmas is just a picard. The real issue is about getting Christ into the mainstream - In schools, on television, in movies, books, music etc. Here are a few examples:

* The spread of not-so 'Intelligent Design' is being pushed as a scientific alternative to Evolution

* Christians are screaming for Mel Gibson's 'The Passion' to be nominated for an Oscar. Not based on it's merits but because there is a chance of Michael Moore being nominated for F911

* Cries for 'decency' in broadcasting because Justin gaped at Janet's boob, a strategically clothed Desperate Housewife approached a football player and Bachelors/Bachelorettes carousing with strippers. Is it just a coincidence that all three incidents involved mixed-race couples? And the poster boy for FCC fines, Howard Stern, is a Jew. Or half-Jew as he would point out.

* Gay marriage as an election issue and constitutional amendment.

* Cries for religious advertising on television. CBS was besieged by groups wanting an ad for a specific church to air.

This bothers me on many levels. It's not necessarily bad that evangelicals want to promote their faith, I think it's bad anytime one group tries to label another group as bad or evil. Now some groups are evil and bad...Al Qaeda, Neo-Fascists, the Bush Administration. But to claim that 'secular Jews' hate Christianity and 'like abortion' is just patently false and inflammatory. Jews can't even agree on the spelling of Chanukkah let alone across-the-board hatred of Christians and abortions for everyone.

Why would Donahue even go there? Simply, it's about money and power. If the evangelicals can get a mobswell of fresh blood in the pews then their coffers get fatter and their influence grows.

Here's how they are achieving their goals. Anger, hatred and blood-thirst are some of the motivating factors behind the current move to the conservative right. People are pissed off at the 'sand-niggers' and the voters want revenge. The GOP has successfully wrapped itself in the flag and as the party behind a strong military - which is completely contrary to history (Just thirty years ago Republican vice-presidential nominee Bob Dole pejoratively referred to both world wars and Vietnam as "Democrat wars.").

In times of turmoil, religion provides solace. When dealing with uncertainty and fear people put their faith in God. There is a reason why church attendance declined after the cold war ended. With so much anxiety from the faceless terrorists people have to put faith in the Almighty. From a contrarian point of view there is also a rare opportunity to increase market share as the Catholic Church is reeling from the Priest sex scandals that are bankrupting parishes nationwide.

The economy is not improving. People are making less and working harder. There are more people out of work today than in 2000. Interest rates are rising, squeezing mortgage and credit card payments. Eviction, repo and foreclosure rates are skyrocketing. Most people are barely living paycheck to paycheck.

Combine those emotions, anger, fear and anxiety, and you have a potent motivator. In times of trouble People are drawn to a powerful and loving yet fiery, angry, vengeful God. Just ask Bin Laden about this technique.

The problem for the Christian Right is that Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz et al are so incompetent that it's hard to keep the fear factor peaked at frenzy. We can't find Bin Laden, Iraq is a quagmire, North Korea and Iran have the bomb and we're in bed with Saudi Arabia and Syria. In order for the plan to work there needs to be an enemy. So we have moved the target from Bin Laden to Hussein to Homosexuals to the Jews who are interchangeable with Liberals.

With a great Muslim boogeyman running around, liberal fag Jews trying to get married and ban the Bible, Priests buggering our children and evil Liberal Democrats trying to take grab guns there are plenty of 'bad guys' to choose from...honestly an embarrassment of riches for the Christian Right.

So, in order to line his own pocket and increase his base, William Donahue faith-baits and stokes the flames of anti-semitism. That's why he's a douche bag. You can also add Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Robert Schiller and any of these other evangelical motherfcukers that use racism as a tool.