{"id":5003,"date":"2016-11-02T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2016-11-02T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:13:12","slug":"you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-department-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=5003","title":{"rendered":"You-can’t-make-this-stuff-up department"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Klu Klux Klan’s newspaper has endorsed Donald Trump<\/a> for the presidency.<\/p>\n

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Under the banner “Make America Great Again,” the entire front page of the paper’s current issue is devoted to a lengthy defense of Trump\u2019s message \u2014 an embrace some have labeled a de facto endorsement.<\/p>\n

“‘Make America Great Again!’ It is a slogan that has been repeatedly used by Donald Trump in his campaign for the presidency,” Pastor Thomas Robb wrote<\/span> in the Crusader. “You can see it on the shirts, buttons, posters and ball caps such as the one being worn here by Trump speaking at a recent rally. \u2026 But can it happen? Can America really be great again? This is what we will soon find out!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ho-hum, no surprise there; Christianity has always been an engine of racism.<\/p>\n

This does<\/i> surprise me<\/a>, though upon reflection I suppose it shouldn’t.<\/p>\n

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Bah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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