No. The Godwin quoted in the article’s name is Ron Godwin, the Godwin is Mike Godwin, who is currently a research fellow at Yale.
I’ll try to be heartbroken. I doubt I actually will be though.
Missed it by that → ← much; well, that much and 9 minutes.
I’m going to stick to the adage that if you can’t say something nice about the guy in the coffin…
…let middleman say it for you!
I hope he died sucking coke off the hard cock of his tranny manwhore!
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
…Then go sit next to any number of people who were demeaned or fleeced by him and listen to what they have to say.
Not to worry. Phelps will shortly be posting a burning in hell watch. He’s often called Falwell a “fag enabler”.
…fart loudly and apologize profusely…
We can always hope the Phelps clan will picket Falwell’s funeral, where they will all be struck down by, I don’t know, something creatively painful.
Now that would be funny! 
I’m sure he’ll picket the funeral. If it weren’t for the kids, I’d wish for a lightning strike or something.
I’m looking forward to Countdown tonight. Olbermann will no doubt have something elegant and appropriate to say about it.
Hey! You leave me out of this!
The first public response from the entertainment community.
In his honor, I propose we retire the adjective “oleaginous”.
We can only wish we all go like this.
If death comes in threes, I can only…wonder…who’s next.
Indeed.
WTA (wanted to add): While I don’t rejoice at the passing of human beings, Jerry Falwell was a despicable human being, so, while I won’t be rejoicing, I shant be shedding any tears, either. What a shame to live one’s life in such a way that, when you die, decent people can’t bring themselves to say, “Damn, what a loss.”
Sigh.
from the CNN story:
(emphasis mine)
and this differed from his usual self, how?