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...despite the fact that every time I visited The New York Times' website today, there was a new picture of Falwell, looking bigger and bigger and still bigger with his many chins. In the end, I think, he basically resembled a Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloon. But, seriously, I have to thank Mr. Wolfe for the following: "Jerry Falwell expressed great hate for a lot of his fellow Americans. It is no wonder that so many of them will greet his death with something less than love" — because it's so true. We are raising a glass of champagne this evening (Tinky Wink and I, of course), and I came home to celebratory telephone messages from other friends whom this charlatan blamed for the terrorist attacks on September 11. There's nothing like the death of a demagogue to bring good people together. I say, good riddance, Jerry. On behalf of all my gay friends and other people you vilified merely for believing in true Jeffersonian democracy, screw you.
