Jerry Falwell, RIP

Now, I have never been a Falwell fan. He was the spark that began the firestorm of GOP bluster, his attacks were often aimed at the right idea, but the wrong target, and he often backed down when he was right.

And yet...he was on the right side. He didn't understand it all the way, and took the Quixotic Road more than once (Tinky Winky understands, though he sure wishes that Falwell had attacked the true Homosexual Ambassador to Children's Television, Barney), and he even got the man who would be the undoing of American conservatism elected to the White House, but overall his influence on this country has been more for the good than for the bad.

I would take twenty Jerry Falwells over a single Babs Strsnd.

And it is without any malicious irony that I suggest prayers for his soul.