It all started with that bitch Eve - by digby

[kpete]

It all started with that bitch Eve

by digby

I like it when conservatives say what they really believe. And the favorite pastor of right wingers everywhere, Jesse Lee Patterson, is one who's not afraid to do it:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/07/fox-news-contributor-laments-mistake-of-letting-women-vote/

At roughly 8:30 into his 12-minute sermon, he doubles down, amazingly, saying that he believes America went wrong when it gave women the right to vote.

“I think that one of the greatest mistakes America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote,” Peterson says. “We should’ve never turned this over to women. And these women are voting in the wrong people. They’re voting in people who are evil who agrees with them who’re gonna take us down this pathway of destruction.”

“And this probably was the reason they didn’t allow women to vote when men were men. Because men in the good old days understood the nature of the woman,” he adds. “They were not afraid to deal with it. And they understood that, you let them take over, this is what would happen.”

The nature of women. Well, eve did eat that damned apple and we all know what happened after that.

the rest:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/it-all-started-with-that-bitch-eve.html

[seabeyond]

1. actually, was the weak adam that allowed eve to talk him into something. what happened

to the stronger sex?

ya, the man is pathetic. not adam, the preacher. though adam was, too

repug, all the way. shifting responsibility. what is this with personal responsibility and never allowing with self.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I blame Lilith.

If she hadn't been so uppity, Eve would never have been created.

[seabeyond]

3. see? always blaming the woman. lordy, lol

[snooper2]

4. We really shouldn't use fairy tales as a basis to discuss social issues

FYI

[seabeyond]

5. uh... talk to the OP. why are you addressing me on this?

fwiw....

[snooper2]

9. You’re the first post that continued the mythological story from the OP commenting and dissecting it

The OP should be reading this anyway, it's his/her thread... LOL

[seabeyond]

11. snoop... a ha ha with the adam/eve story to present the absurdity of preacher. discuss...

was done.

let it go

[gratuitous]

6. Another curious anomaly in the Genesis story

Is that the concept of "sin" isn't introduced until Cain kills Abel. What Adam and Eve did isn't characterized as a "sin" in Genesis. I'm not sure what that means, but I should think it means something.

[HopeHoops]

14. It means they didn't use birth control and Eve had an invasive ultrasound instead of an abortion.

Oh - and they weren't gay, Democrats, anti-gun, non-white, pot smokers, 99%-ers, and other things Republicans complain about. Geraldo was covering it live for FOX 6,000 years ago when God did his 6-day boojy-woojy. They got thrown out of Eden because God was saving that apple to eat while watching "Real Cheating Housewife Survivor Stars".

[Fawke Em]

7. What, exactly, is "the nature of women?"

Does he mean it's in our nature to want equality, a fulfilling lifestyle of our choice or a life free of abuse and slavery?

I think that's everyone's nature.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. but if this jesus dude is the Son of a God, that means God fucked around in heaven.

And THAT means that Jesus' mommy is even worse than Eve, because jesus didn't get it right all at once, had to come back after three days, then promised to finish fixing his mistakes a millenium later.

Now, if God had only used a condom with Jesus' mother all of this could have been avoided.

[Uncle Joe]

10. That's why all men and Ann Coulter have been cursed with having an Adam's Apple.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. n/s

Ann Coulter!

[CrispyQ]

13. “I think that one of the greatest mistakes America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote,”

The saddest thing about that comment is that you know there are woman in the audience who support this bullshit. I just don't get it.