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Thank God for Jerry Falwell
As you can imagine, it was hard for me to do my job after 9/11. I'm a comedian, and there
wasn't much to laugh about.
Thank God for Jerry Falwell. On 9/13, Falwell went on Pat Robertson's 700 Club and
blamed certain Americans for the events of that horrible day. Americans like me, and probably
like you.
Falwell was widely criticized for his remarks. He said he was quoted out of context.
So, I did a LexisNexis search and got the exact transcript.
I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays
and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the
ACLU, People for the American Way-all of them who have tried to secularize America—I
point the finger in their face, and say, "you helped this happen."
To which Robertson responded: Well, I totally concur."
Now, the only way I figure that could have been taken out of context is if it had been
immediately preceded with, "I'd have to be a fucking nut to say . . .”
And by the way, Falwell and Robertson are kind of nuts. I know that's rough, but I
think I can prove it.
In early 1999, just as the whole millennium fervor was beginning, Jerry Falwell felt it
was important to go on television and announce that the Antichrist was alive and was a male
Jew.
As a male Jew, I was, of course, curious about who it was. I knew it wasn't me. Fortunately,
a few months later I was on Geraldo Rivera's show Rivera Live with the Reverend
Falwell. The subject of that evening's program was not the identity of the Antichrist, but I
couldn't help myself.
I said, "Reverend Falwell, you said earlier this year that you believe the Antichrist is
alive and is a male Jew."
Falwell said, "The Antichrist is supposed to be the counterfeit Christ, and I think we'd
all agree that Jesus was Jewish."