Leftist Christians apologize for Abu Ghraib

Both U.S. News and World Report and the Washington Times report:

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Some on the left just can't get past the inmate abuses of the Abu Ghraib prison affair, but there's hope their suffering might end soon.

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Inspired by the success of outraged online groups like MoveOn.org, a new Internet concern chaired by an experienced anti-war activist plans to splash into public with an apology ad on Arab TV's Al-Jazeera featuring American religious figures.

"As Americans of faith, we express our deep sorrow at the abuses committed in Iraqi prisons," says the ad from the liberal Christian group FaithfulAmerica.org. It's their first project and is set to air in two weeks. Peacenik and Chairman William Sloane Coffin says FaithfulAmerica.org was created to loosen the right's grip on religion-inspired voters. "For the Christian right, the important issues are opposing abortion and gay and lesbian rights," he tells our Dan Gilgoff. "They don't talk about peace."

President Bush will remember this Christian: As a Yale chaplain, he told the freshman Bush that his dad, George H.W. Bush, had just lost his Texas congressional race to "a better man" – a snub the prez has never forgotten.

How could Yale possibly have employed a chaplain so brutal as to say that to an undergraduate?

What about this alleged peace-lover Coffin having been sued for divorce by his wife – who actually charged him with beating her up with karate chops?

The Washington Times headlines it LEFT-WING GREED:

"With college commencement season in full swing, leftist propagandists are making the rounds of our nation's universities – as they do all year 'round …

"Care to hear Noam Chomsky skewer America's soulless, capitalist wealth and privilege? It will set you back $12,000, roughly one-fourth of the average MIT student's tuition. And Chomsky's leftist academics-in-arms have similarly immodest asking prices. Take Princeton's resident race-baiter, Cornel West. With an official per-lecture fee of $15,000 plus first-class traveling expenses, West ranks among the priciest academics. Recently he spoke at Denver U. for $35,000. For one hour …

"Few may be shocked to learn that Michael Moore's speaking fee, like Moore himself, is, well, hefty. The left-wing filmmaker asks $15,000 to $20,0000 per speech. Similarly, the fact that 'comedian' Al Franken doesn't joke around about his $25,000 fee is unlikely to raise many eyebrows. …

"Radio lefty Nina Totenberg's NPR salary doesn't prevent her from charging $15,000 a pop to lecture the kiddies."

Ladies and gentlemen: Where is the biggest market for these expensive left-wing extremists?

The college campuses – where so many students go into heavy debt to pay huge tuitions so college profs can have teaching loads of two, four or six hours a week.