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MohRokTah

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Mon Jan 19, 2015, 09:17 PM Jan 2015

Family Values Shocker: pro-life, gun loving Tea Partier Holly Fisher admits cheating on husband [View all]

Normally I wouldn't give a fuck about this, but the person on the left of the photo is Holly Fisher:

Family Values Shocker: pro-life, gun loving Tea Partier Holly Fisher admits cheating on husband

So much for family values. Remember Holly Fisher, the tea party star who found internet fame after several of her photos went viral?



There was the photo of her posed, gun in one hand, Bible in the other, in front of a flag (because "Who would Jesus Kill?&quot -- the photo that gained even more fame after it was juxtaposed beside an image of terrorist Sherafiyah Lewthwaite, in a strikingly similar pose. There was the photo of her at Hobby Lobby, wearing a "pro-life" t-shirt, to celebrate the Hobby Lobby SCOTUS ruling that allows companies to limit women's reproductive care options. And a slew of others to go along.

Eventually, this internet fame translated into real fame, and Holly's star seemed to be rising within conservative circles. And then the rumors started that this family values, god-and-guns-Merica-loving icon had actually been cheating on her military vet husband. With, of all people, another member of the patriotic, family-values crowd: Joel Frewa of Tea Party News Network.

Now, Frewa has stepped down from his post in TPNN, and Holly has issued a public statement on her Facebook page that details what she describes as "a loss of faith", leading to the affair.

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Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jan 2015 #1
She had a "loss of faith".....so anyone without faith is doomed to infidelity? Very confusing. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #2
These folks use everything including religion malaise Jan 2015 #16
I'm not one to slut shame, but I LERVE me some HYPOCRITE SHAMING! MohRokTah Jan 2015 #4
You are not alone malaise Jan 2015 #17
Mocking idiots and hypocrites hifiguy Jan 2015 #26
Did she use birth control? BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #3
She probably told Frewa to PIITB Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #23
That is what I was going to ask ellie Jan 2015 #30
Loss of faith? I love how their hornieness and lack of morals translate to "I lost my faith". Autumn Jan 2015 #5
It's God's will that she got horny. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #8
OMG Tierra_y_Libertad Skittles Jan 2015 #13
And now they return to the only thing that matters to these scumbags malaise Jan 2015 #18
Now see, that makes sense. beam me up scottie Jan 2015 #28
Cause the evil Liburuls make it so hard for her to be a good Christian woman SummerSnow Jan 2015 #27
Well, I'm sure this experience will leave her wiser and more thoughtful, with a deeper compassion petronius Jan 2015 #6
Standard wingnut strategery: Turbineguy Jan 2015 #7
You forgot to start that with "If caught". tanyev Jan 2015 #29
Couldn't have happened to a nicer person!!! Ford_Prefect Jan 2015 #9
I feel horrible when I'm gleeful over the stumbles of these hypocrites. Rozlee Jan 2015 #10
They can often be counted on to live in the largest glass mansion in the neighborhood. calimary Jan 2015 #15
Too bad god didn't make the union fruitful... Ino Jan 2015 #11
Always good to see a rethug go down in flames! :) ncjustice80 Jan 2015 #12
Is it bad that I'm smiling? calimary Jan 2015 #14
i thought both pics were of her JI7 Jan 2015 #19
The heart will go where it, uh... Will go.. MrScorpio Jan 2015 #20
And of course since it didn't involve bathroom stalls or the like... 47of74 Jan 2015 #21
I don't see the issue, frankly. From the DKOS article: Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #22
Oh won't somebody please think of the children!!!!!!! Initech Jan 2015 #24
i don't know whether to hifiguy Jan 2015 #25
"a loss of faith", lunasun Jan 2015 #31
"Loss of faith" graegoyle Jan 2015 #32
There's a sale on Schadenfreude Sandwiches at Chick-Fil-A LadyHawkAZ Jan 2015 #33
I guess the other guy had a bigger gun Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #34
Look, she just loves her country SO MUCH, that she had to fuck someone immediately. Marr Jan 2015 #35
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