Another Pastor Problem for Ron Paul? UPDATED

First read this:

Ron Paul Receives Major Evangelical Endorsement from Dr. James Linzey, President of Military Bible Association

Then, read this:

James F. Linzey Espouses anti-Semitic, White Racialist Conspiracy Theory

Then, check out the reaction at the Daily Paul:

Amazing evangelical endorsement from the president and founder of the Military Bible Association!

Paul’s supporters, for the most part, like the endorsement.

Nothing yet from the Paul campaign. I wrote Dr. Linzey to ask whether or not the Paul camp intends to promote the endorsement, with no answer as yet.

UPDATE:

Dr. Linzey today urges all military personnel in South Carolina to support Paul.

24 thoughts on “Another Pastor Problem for Ron Paul? UPDATED”

  1. I find it both sad and hilarious that this weird, racist, conspiracy-monger was and is allowed to serve as a command chaplain, while loyal, sane, patriotic gay soldiers were until 3 months ago forced to hide and lie. That’s one more indignity at the hands of Christendom which will not be forgotten.

    Anway, here’s the best snippet IMO. Paranoid, hysterical, and malicious. But in that regard, the good chaplain is indistinguishable from the vast majority of his brothers and sisters in Christ:

    “I was the acting chaplain for White Sands missile range when their chaplain had to be on leave so I advised the commanding general and went to his staff calls. And I went to the different bases for our cluster in different states and I saw the German at Holliman Air Force base and they are also in New York.

    They are also elsewhere and I don’t know exactly where but I do have a diagram of where U.N. troops are based throughout America, all throughout our country. . . .

    It is very conceivable that the reason why they are here, is so that when everything breaks loose and the mud hits the fan, and we’ve got an invasion from the south, and American patriots who are willing to stand up and fight the aliens and the Mexican soldiers and the Chinese, there is going to be a bloodbath because all of our soldiers are over in Iraq. Our national guardsmen are over in Iraq. We’ve got nothing, all we’ve have left are the American patriots, the militias, who have arms, three million in Texas alone, there’s a lot. There will be a bloodbath and I suggest that Americans get their arms to be ready to defend themselves in their own homes when they come knocking on your doors, demanding your food, demanding your money and start raping your wives.”

  2. Well, the problem really arises when candidates welcome and/or publicize the endorsement. Obviously, noone can stop an extremist from popping up and saying “I support so-and-so”, but such ‘endorsements’ can be ignored, rather than published.

    As for people like O’Neal: responsible candidates should publically dissociate themselves from his alleged activity, which is fundamentally anti-democratic.

  3. I find it both sad and hilarious that this weird, racist, conspiracy-monger was and is allowed to serve as a command chaplain, while loyal, sane, patriotic gay soldiers were until 3 months ago forced to hide and lie. That’s one more indignity at the hands of Christendom which will not be forgotten.

    Anway, here’s the best snippet IMO. Paranoid, hysterical, and malicious. But in that regard, the good chaplain is indistinguishable from the vast majority of his brothers and sisters in Christ:

    “I was the acting chaplain for White Sands missile range when their chaplain had to be on leave so I advised the commanding general and went to his staff calls. And I went to the different bases for our cluster in different states and I saw the German at Holliman Air Force base and they are also in New York.

    They are also elsewhere and I don’t know exactly where but I do have a diagram of where U.N. troops are based throughout America, all throughout our country. . . .

    It is very conceivable that the reason why they are here, is so that when everything breaks loose and the mud hits the fan, and we’ve got an invasion from the south, and American patriots who are willing to stand up and fight the aliens and the Mexican soldiers and the Chinese, there is going to be a bloodbath because all of our soldiers are over in Iraq. Our national guardsmen are over in Iraq. We’ve got nothing, all we’ve have left are the American patriots, the militias, who have arms, three million in Texas alone, there’s a lot. There will be a bloodbath and I suggest that Americans get their arms to be ready to defend themselves in their own homes when they come knocking on your doors, demanding your food, demanding your money and start raping your wives.”

  4. Well, the problem really arises when candidates welcome and/or publicize the endorsement. Obviously, noone can stop an extremist from popping up and saying “I support so-and-so”, but such ‘endorsements’ can be ignored, rather than published.

    As for people like O’Neal: responsible candidates should publically dissociate themselves from his alleged activity, which is fundamentally anti-democratic.

  5. So, Linzey suffers from jewish-bankers-paranoia. Now, the Federal Reserve is curiously intransparent to the public and uncontrolled by it, it’s a kind of institution no European people would accept. That’s a ground on which conspiracy ideas and paranoias grow.

    Seems logical that Linzey endorses the only candidate who stands off to the FR and would protect him against it. What else should he do? That’s what democracy means.

    For example, evangelicals are – in comparison to the FR – extremely outspoken; their bark is much stronger than their bite. Notwithstanding, a lot of people (those quoted preferably by Dr. Throckmorton) suffer from evangelical-theocracy-paranoia, and accordingly endorse candidates who hopefully will protect them from evangelicals. That’s quite right for me – if they believe they need that, they must have it.

    But must I really ask Mitt Romney or Barack Obama to rebuke the endorsements of those people because they are evangelical-theocracy-nutcracks?

  6. So, Linzey suffers from jewish-bankers-paranoia. Now, the Federal Reserve is curiously intransparent to the public and uncontrolled by it, it’s a kind of institution no European people would accept. That’s a ground on which conspiracy ideas and paranoias grow.

    Seems logical that Linzey endorses the only candidate who stands off to the FR and would protect him against it. What else should he do? That’s what democracy means.

    For example, evangelicals are – in comparison to the FR – extremely outspoken; their bark is much stronger than their bite. Notwithstanding, a lot of people (those quoted preferably by Dr. Throckmorton) suffer from evangelical-theocracy-paranoia, and accordingly endorse candidates who hopefully will protect them from evangelicals. That’s quite right for me – if they believe they need that, they must have it.

    But must I really ask Mitt Romney or Barack Obama to rebuke the endorsements of those people because they are evangelical-theocracy-nutcracks?

  7. Let me amend that incorrect identification – the cite link above is from the homepage of a retired military member which features an extended tribute to James F. Linzey’s father, Stanford Linzey, following his death in 2010.

    The tribute also features biographical information on James Linzey – including a photo of Linzey posing, shorting before his 2009 retirement, with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

  8. Pastor White,

    I think readers can judge for themselves the meaning of Mr. Linzey’s words. As for his military status at the time in question, according to an April 9, 2006 story in the Del Rio News Herald, then-active duty chaplain Major James F. Linzey was deployed to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

    This indicates Linzey was on active duty status into September 2005. The article celebrated Linzey as “one of the longest serving chaplains during Operation Gulf Coast Relief in the City of New Orleans”.

  9. As far as I can tell this is the strongest defense against Rev. Linzey’s anti-semitic remarks:

    By Pastor Oliver White

    July 2009

    Part American Native, Evangelist James F. Linzey is not anti-Semitic, is not a white supremacist, and does not believe in conspiracy theories. Rev. Linzey has consistently combated not only anti-Semitism, but also racism, wherever he has found it. Rev. Linzey is deeply associated with numerous pro-Jewish organizations and causes. Simply researching the facts and speaking with Rev. Linzey would have found out these facts.

    The liberal media is laden with anti-Semitism in bashing Jesus Christ, but has not shown one time or a pattern of anti-Semitic activity by Rev. Linzey. Anti-Semitism is not compatible with evangelical Christianity and Rev. Linzey’s expression of it. Jesus Christ was a Jew. The liberal media has failed to point out anything to substantiate its belief that Rev. Linzey, an American Native, espouses white racialist conspiracy theories. Rev. Linzey has never espoused any kind of racist views.

    The liberal media has characterized Rev. Linzey as making statements while serving as an active duty chaplain with the rank of Major. The liberal media is wrong. Checking the facts and speaking to Rev. Linzey would have disproven this theory, too. The liberal media’s theory that Rev. Linzey was a prominent active duty chaplain is also incorrect. Research would have also debunked that myth long ago. Rev. Linzey retired from the Army National Guard, and was not an active duty chaplain when he spoke with the Prophecy Club.

    The liberal media is also very mistaken regarding a position Rev. Linzey had held in the Army Reserves. The liberal media erroneously depicted Rev. Linzey as stating that he was the command chaplain for the Operation Iraqi Freedom troop mobilization prior to the US invasion of Iraq. This is a grave error. Rev. Linzey stated he was the command chaplain for the largest mobilization and demobilization mission in the continental US. This was a mission at a local base level.

    Newsweek maligned Rev. Linzey on some issues, but later recanted. By apologizing, Newsweek refuted the rest of the liberal media which had followed Newsweek’s lead.

    “CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this story, NEWSWEEK should have identified Pastor James Linzey as retired from active duty when he spoke to the Prophesy Club. We also should not have characterized him as having said that mainstream Protestant churches are “demonic, dastardly creatures from the pit of hell,” that should be “[stomped] out.” The pastor was referring to demonic forces

    he says are within the mainstream Protestant Church, and not the Church itself. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors.”

    I don’t see any retraction by Newsweek or any other publication refuting Rev. Linzey’s anti semitism. It is a huge leap to read into Newsweeks retraction/apology that Mr. Linzey is exonorated from being a conspiracy theorist and anti semite. It does nothing of the sort it simply clears up misstatements by Newsweek of Mr. Linzey’s military career. As a side note, if your family has been in this country for any length of time you are very likely part Native American or as Mr. White puts it, “American Native.”

  10. Let me amend that incorrect identification – the cite link above is from the homepage of a retired military member which features an extended tribute to James F. Linzey’s father, Stanford Linzey, following his death in 2010.

    The tribute also features biographical information on James Linzey – including a photo of Linzey posing, shorting before his 2009 retirement, with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

  11. Pastor White,

    I think readers can judge for themselves the meaning of Mr. Linzey’s words. As for his military status at the time in question, according to an April 9, 2006 story in the Del Rio News Herald, then-active duty chaplain Major James F. Linzey was deployed to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

    This indicates Linzey was on active duty status into September 2005. The article celebrated Linzey as “one of the longest serving chaplains during Operation Gulf Coast Relief in the City of New Orleans”.

  12. As far as I can tell this is the strongest defense against Rev. Linzey’s anti-semitic remarks:

    By Pastor Oliver White

    July 2009

    Part American Native, Evangelist James F. Linzey is not anti-Semitic, is not a white supremacist, and does not believe in conspiracy theories. Rev. Linzey has consistently combated not only anti-Semitism, but also racism, wherever he has found it. Rev. Linzey is deeply associated with numerous pro-Jewish organizations and causes. Simply researching the facts and speaking with Rev. Linzey would have found out these facts.

    The liberal media is laden with anti-Semitism in bashing Jesus Christ, but has not shown one time or a pattern of anti-Semitic activity by Rev. Linzey. Anti-Semitism is not compatible with evangelical Christianity and Rev. Linzey’s expression of it. Jesus Christ was a Jew. The liberal media has failed to point out anything to substantiate its belief that Rev. Linzey, an American Native, espouses white racialist conspiracy theories. Rev. Linzey has never espoused any kind of racist views.

    The liberal media has characterized Rev. Linzey as making statements while serving as an active duty chaplain with the rank of Major. The liberal media is wrong. Checking the facts and speaking to Rev. Linzey would have disproven this theory, too. The liberal media’s theory that Rev. Linzey was a prominent active duty chaplain is also incorrect. Research would have also debunked that myth long ago. Rev. Linzey retired from the Army National Guard, and was not an active duty chaplain when he spoke with the Prophecy Club.

    The liberal media is also very mistaken regarding a position Rev. Linzey had held in the Army Reserves. The liberal media erroneously depicted Rev. Linzey as stating that he was the command chaplain for the Operation Iraqi Freedom troop mobilization prior to the US invasion of Iraq. This is a grave error. Rev. Linzey stated he was the command chaplain for the largest mobilization and demobilization mission in the continental US. This was a mission at a local base level.

    Newsweek maligned Rev. Linzey on some issues, but later recanted. By apologizing, Newsweek refuted the rest of the liberal media which had followed Newsweek’s lead.

    “CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this story, NEWSWEEK should have identified Pastor James Linzey as retired from active duty when he spoke to the Prophesy Club. We also should not have characterized him as having said that mainstream Protestant churches are “demonic, dastardly creatures from the pit of hell,” that should be “[stomped] out.” The pastor was referring to demonic forces

    he says are within the mainstream Protestant Church, and not the Church itself. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors.”

    I don’t see any retraction by Newsweek or any other publication refuting Rev. Linzey’s anti semitism. It is a huge leap to read into Newsweeks retraction/apology that Mr. Linzey is exonorated from being a conspiracy theorist and anti semite. It does nothing of the sort it simply clears up misstatements by Newsweek of Mr. Linzey’s military career. As a side note, if your family has been in this country for any length of time you are very likely part Native American or as Mr. White puts it, “American Native.”

  13. “It’s been every thirty or sixty years, on the mark, in our history. Now, this is the first time we’ve gone past sixty years, in our history, without a major stock market crash. So, this is a ticking time bomb. And, if they can coordinate the collapse of the stock market with the explosion of the nuclear suitcases, and the Mexican soldiers invading – with the help of Chinese military and Russian advisers – they can take us by storm.”

    “They are part of the same thing, they are working together, yes, the Illuminati’s behind it. In fact, I have reason to believe that the New World headquarters, New World Order headquarters is located in the Negev, in Israel. I’ve seen diagrams of it and all the Illuminati satanic symbolism, and the way the whole thing was built, by design all points to Illuminati.”

    — Rev Linzey

  14. “It’s been every thirty or sixty years, on the mark, in our history. Now, this is the first time we’ve gone past sixty years, in our history, without a major stock market crash. So, this is a ticking time bomb. And, if they can coordinate the collapse of the stock market with the explosion of the nuclear suitcases, and the Mexican soldiers invading – with the help of Chinese military and Russian advisers – they can take us by storm.”

    “They are part of the same thing, they are working together, yes, the Illuminati’s behind it. In fact, I have reason to believe that the New World headquarters, New World Order headquarters is located in the Negev, in Israel. I’ve seen diagrams of it and all the Illuminati satanic symbolism, and the way the whole thing was built, by design all points to Illuminati.”

    — Rev Linzey

  15. I wonder if you broke this story? You can’t slip any political endorsement by a man of the cloth past Warren.

  16. “Now, I love the Mexicans. This is nothing against Mexicans. That’s not the issue. I’ve been a missionary to Mexico because I love Mexicans. And, their food is great!”

    At least he didn’t claim to have Mexican friends.

    “Oh, it’s wonderful. Mexico’s a wonderful society. This is not about `do we have love.’ That’s not the issue. We do have love. That’s not the issue. The issue is national security, and the Federal Reserve Board has made us a communist nation.”

    Here you were worried about Obama turning us socialists in 2008, Warren, but by 2005 the Fed (and Bush II?) had already turned us communist according to Linzey.

    As with Paul’s supporters, I doubt this would be seen as another endorsement worth of negative publicity.

  17. I wonder if you broke this story? You can’t slip any political endorsement by a man of the cloth past Warren.

  18. “Now, I love the Mexicans. This is nothing against Mexicans. That’s not the issue. I’ve been a missionary to Mexico because I love Mexicans. And, their food is great!”

    At least he didn’t claim to have Mexican friends.

    “Oh, it’s wonderful. Mexico’s a wonderful society. This is not about `do we have love.’ That’s not the issue. We do have love. That’s not the issue. The issue is national security, and the Federal Reserve Board has made us a communist nation.”

    Here you were worried about Obama turning us socialists in 2008, Warren, but by 2005 the Fed (and Bush II?) had already turned us communist according to Linzey.

    As with Paul’s supporters, I doubt this would be seen as another endorsement worth of negative publicity.

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