| | | Another historical note: Jim Jones was a San Francisco Democrat
Posted in response to Jackass Podesta calling Republicans a Jonestown cult.
......... Democratic San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appointed Jim Jones to the city’s housing authority. Willie Brown, who later served as Democratic Speaker of the California Assembly, in 1976 introduced Jones as a combination Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, Albert Einstein and Chairman Mao.
That same year Senator Walter Mondale, later elected vice president, invited Jones to meet with him on his campaign plane. The People’s Temple chief also had a personal meeting with Jimmy Carter’s wife, Rosalynn.
Wrote Walter Mondale: “Knowing of your congregation’s deep involvement in the major social and constitutional issues of our country is a great inspiration to me.”
Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey said that Jones’ work “is testimony to the positive and truly Christian approach to dealing with the myriad problems confronting our society today.”
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“This is not the way for people who are Socialists or Communists to die. No way for us to die. We must die with some dignity. We must die with some dignity,” Jim Jones said.
“Everything we could have ever done, most loving thing all of us could have done, and it’s been a pleasure walking with all of you in this revolutionary struggle. No other way I would rather go to give my life for socialism, communism, and I thank Dad very, very much,” a woman said.
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 That's Walter Mondale over Jones' shoulder |
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