DL Hughley with Frank Schaefer Before Termination

Frank Schaeffer (born August 3, 1952) is an American author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. He is the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internationally acclaimed novels depicting life in a strict, fundamentalist household including Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma.

In 2007 he published the autobiographical Crazy For God, in which he goes into much more detail regarding what it was like to grow up in the Schaeffer family, and around L'Abri.

In 2006 he published Baby Jack, a novel about a Marine killed in Iraq. He is also known for his best selling non-fiction books related to the United States Marine Corps, including Keeping Faith--A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps, co-written with his son John Schaeffer, and AWOL--The Unexcused Absence Of America's Upper Classes From Military Service and How It Hurts Our Country, co-authored with former Clinton presidential aide, Kathy Roth-Douquet.

Frank Schaeffer has distanced himself from many of his father's Calvinist views and converted to the Greek Orthodox church in 1990 which he says "embraces paradox and mystery." In 2008, prompted by the controversy over remarks by the pastor of presidential candidate Barack Obama's church, he wrote: "[W]hen my late father -- Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer -- denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr."

On February 7, 2008, before Senator Barack Obama was nominated by the Democratic Party, Schaeffer endorsed the senator in an article entitled "Why I'm Pro-Life and Pro-Obama."

After the 2008 Russian-Georgian War, he wrote about the conflict from a pro-Russian, pro-Orthodox perspective in an article called, "Why Russia Invaded Georgia: Payback Time from the Orthodox

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[kodiakfred140]

I wonder what he thinks of Obama now. I voted for him and I'm so disheartened. I hope he can turn it around and find a pair of stones before 2012. If the cons get the White House back this country is going to be fucked long-term.

[AfriSynergy]

@kodiakfred140

If we were to put aside the Neocon noise, we can only conclude that Obama has accomplished a tremendous amount in his first two years in office. For 2012, there are no Republicans who can or will beat him.

[eric69132]

Bush was not qualified? Palin not qualified? Both these people were governors of their states and over saw billions of dollar budgets and did great work. Obama on the other hand was a community activist for a voter fraud group acorn. thats all obama did.

[AfriSynergy]

@eric69132

ACORN did more good than a Republican led Congress that passed laws to deregulate the financial industry. That deregulation led to financial collapses. Of course, we had some Democrats who helped but it was and remains a Republican agenda.

[sage0857]

I never heard of Frank Schaefer before and now I can't wait to hear more from him.

Good interview.

We democrats never said we wanted Bush to fail, we just called him a failure. big difference.

[iamjre1]

Awesome. This guy is incredible. He says what Democrats get mocked for saying. I'd add to the Limbaugh and Coulter comments but he says it so well that there is nothing more to add. 20 million followers who love controversy and rage vs. 280 million who know that most in talk radio (and cable news) are opportunists, fear mongers and profiteers.

[MrRichardwinkel]

its too bad obama is definition of passive agressive. He has no back bone.

[maxfedor1]

@eric69132 limousine liberal congress.what was newts expence account at tiffany's? why couldnt mccain even remember how many homes he owns. dont get me wrong, i think most politician are elitist. but to say its just democrats shows your bias

[maxfedor1]

@eric69132 ghw bush got more flack from his own party.check your history mr beck

[maxfedor1]

@eric69132 bush was not even qualified to run oil businesses or the texas rangers.bankruptcy proved that. palin quit as governor not to mention she is a complete joke. to argue that either of them is anything more then complete fucktards shows your a complete fucktard to stand behind idiots like them

[BEtheCHANGEIreland]

Little over the top.

[kodiakfred140]

@AfriSynergy Yeah, I think you're probably right about that. Man, I hope so!

[AfriSynergy]

@eric69132

I know exactly what you said. My point is, what has "executive experience" done for Bush or Palin? With the anthrax scare, it is little wonder that Democrats went along with Bush's lies and just about everything else immediately after the 9/11 attacks. Community activist, a Senator and President is pretty good, don't you think? WMD's was a Zionist concern one to which the Republicans and the Democrats, generally, adhere to. We agree about both parties buying into those lies,