I agreed with him on some things, on others I didn't, but all the same a monumental figure on the American scene over the last 25 years died earlier today.
In the 1980s, while leading the Moral Majority, Falwell served as a convenient lightening rod--not purposely--during Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, being on the receiving end of much leftist anger.
Robert Bork and Ed Meese performed admirably in this role as well, not that the Gipper didn't get heat from the left during his presidency.
In the last few years of his life, the Reverend Falwell did a wonderful job of getting under the skin of CAIR's Ibrahim "Dougie" Hooper.
Read here. Here. And here.
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