Long-shot presidential candidate proves he’s despicable with abortion campaign
Picture yourself sitting on a couch amongst friends and family on Super Bowl Sunday laughing at the new Doritos commercial. Now picture yourself sitting on a couch on Super Bowl Sunday amongst friends and family watching a commercial showing a headless fetus next to a crucifix. Doesn’t have the same feel to it, does it?
Presidential long shot Randall Terry has purchased air time in 13 markets during Sunday’s game for anti-abortion ads that will display, among other things, aborted fetuses. Now you may be asking yourself, “Who the hell is Randall Terry? I don’t remember seeing him during any GOP debates.” Turns out good old Randall is actually a Democrat running against President Obama in the primary. Oh, and if you’re wondering how he’s fared so far, Obama took ninety-eight of the vote in Iowa followed by an eighty-two percent to one percent drubbing in New Hampshire. Yikes.
Mr. Terry is certainly not unfamiliar with controversy having been arrested over 50 times while protesting. His greatest hits include stabbing plastic babies outside of Senator Robert Byrd’s office in Charleston while wearing doctor’s scrubs and a lab coat. (My favorite part of that story is the man handing him the babies was dressed like President Obama.) He has also reenacted stabbing an old lady to show his disapproval of the president’s health care package.
And if you think that’s good, wait until you get a load of what Randall has in store for Sunday! The ad begins with a warning stamped over an image of Obama’s face before Mr. Terry pops in with, “Abortion is murder. The innocent blood of 50 million babies cries out to God from our sewers and landfills. We must make it a crime to murder them, or heaven will judge America.” He then goes on to say that Christians who vote for Obama “have blood on their hands,” while showing images of two fetuses curled up inside a rosary. But wait that’s not all! Microscopy is used as a fetus’ arm is shown lying on a dime. This guy really knows how to cover all the bases.
Look, it shouldn’t even be necessary to say that this man sounds like a despicable human being. But I’ll say it anyways. This man sounds like a despicable human being. But I guess in a country where the Westboro Baptist Church has made the saying “God Hates Fags” a recognizable saying while protesting at the funerals of dead soldiers, I really can’t say I’m surprised anymore by any idiotic religious extremism. This just adds to a long list of things that caused me to lose my faith a long time ago.
Despite my feelings about the content of the ad or the man behind it, however, this is America where unfortunately everyone has the right to state their opinions in any way they may choose to under the guise of decency. So even though I believe the man and his message are deplorable, I do believe in his right to express his idiotic beliefs. I just don’t agree with when he has chosen to do so.
Plain and simple, no one wants to talk politics or religion during the Super Bowl. If you do, you are a loser. So please, Randall Terry and anyone like him, leave America’s Game alone. If you want to air your disgusting ads during debate season by all means feel free. But let us just have this one day.
Fortunately for us New Englanders, we are not one of the 13 markets in which air time has been purchased for. So I guess while Mr. Terry is praying to God to forgive America on Sunday I’ll be thanking him that I don’t live in Paducah, Ky.
