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Falwell: Hillary Better Than Lucifer
If Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2008, she'll energize the GOP's conservative base more than Lucifer if he were to run, Rev. Jerry Falwell says.
Speaking to church pastors and activists as part of the "Values Voter Summit" hosted this weekend in Washington, D.C., by the country's leading Christian conservatives, Falwell said: "I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate. She has $300 million so far. But I hope she's the candidate. Because nothing will energize my [constituency] like Hillary Clinton."
According to a recording of the private session obtained by the Los Angeles Times, cheers and laughter filled the room as Falwell continued, "If Lucifer ran, he wouldn't."
Lucifer is the Biblical name for Satan, the fallen angel who represents for Christians the leader of all evil. Rev. Falwell's voice was drowned out by hoots of approval, the Times reported.
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The paper cited two attendees at the session who confirmed that Falwell said that even Lucifer would not mobilize his followers as much as the New York senator and former first lady.
Sen. Clinton has not announced plans to run for President in 2008. But numerous reports indicate she is preparing a national network of supporters for such a candidacy.
"He was calling Hillary Clinton a demonic figure and openly arguing that God is a Republican," Barry Lynn, director of the liberal group Americans United for Separation of Church and State told the Times. "It's hard to know whether people thought he was joking or serious, but once you start using religious imagery and invoking a politician in this way, it's not funny."
An aide to the Rev. Falwell told the Times the Lucifer reference was an "off the cuff" comment and Falwell "had no intentions of demonizing her."
Conservatives have lamented that with the GOP controlling the White House and Congress, there are few polarizing figures on the left to unite the party, as Bill Clinton had done in the 1990s.
Rev. Falwell's remarks about Clinton were part of a 40-minute address at a private breakfast that included assurances that God would preserve a Republican majority in Congress and that moderates such as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani cannot be allowed to win the GOP presidential nomination.
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