How would you like for the President of the United States to consider our nation to be an extreme right wing church, and himself, the pastor? Perhaps he would change our nation’s name from the USA to the First Church of Talibangelical Teabuggery, considering that this would be Pastor President is none other than Texas’ infamous Rick Perry. Now here’s the scary part. Even though he has not even declared, there is a significant chance that he could be the Republican nominee.
Employing deeply religious language that national experts say affords both power and peril for his political career, Gov. Rick Perry in late May told a group of East Texas business leaders that he was "called to the ministry" at age 27, suggested that the governor’s office was his pulpit and that God put him "in this place at this time to do his will."
According to a transcript of the private meeting, organized to raise funds for Perry’s Aug. 6 "day of prayer and fasting" at Reliant Stadium, the governor stated that property rights, government regulation and a "legal system that’s run amok" were threatening the American way of life and "it’s time to just hand it over to God and say ‘God, you’re gonna have to fix this.’ "… [emphasis added]
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Of course, when Perry says “hand it over to God”, he means violating the establishment clause to make Republican supply-side pseudo-Christianity our state religion and make their false gospel of bigotry, hate, homophobia, intolerance and racism the law of the land.
Rachel Maddow explains how Perry may well be the candidate with Republican Party establishment backing and the perils his views would bring in the general election.
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20 Responses to “An Unholy Church of Pastor President?”
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The worst part is Perry truly believes his own rhetoric. He might even be insane enough to think it would be his responsibility to help bring about Armageddon. Waco could be just a mini version of things to come if Governor Perry becomes President Perry.
Good points, Jed. pseudo-Christians are fixated on eschatology.
Beware of false prophets!
Beware false profits too. 😉
I find the fundamentalist views of both Perry and Bachmann deeply disturbing. If his upcoming Response rally and its backers are any indication, Perry’s religious views should be given serious attention.
I agree, Ahab. That’s the point of this article. I fully support their rights up to their own faith, but they do not have the right to impose it on others.
Prayer … It’s your way of telling God that you think His plans suck.
LOL! I believe God knows our prayers are sincere when we get really pissed off at Him. 😉
Perry is a fundamentalist showboat and charlatan. What an absolute jerk!
Amen Pope Jack!
Somewhere on Google News this morning (7/15/11) it was reported that atheists are suing Perry over his August Prayer-o-rama, pointing out the separation of church and state in the Constitution and that Perry has made Christianity the sole acceptable religion, a clear violation of the 1st Amendment.
He will find his “ministry” a lot less palatable once he’s past the Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina primaries (and I hope NH fixes his wagon). In Texas, he’s used to preaching to the choir, with everyone in a lock step of religious fervor (with the possible exception of Austin citizens). Once he hits the national stage, I predict a suitable Donald Trump demise.
Well said, Ann. I am one Christian who would happily join that suit.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation is behind the suit. Here’s more information: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/new/7651845.html
Thanks Ahab.
Yeah, well God called Christine O’Donnell and a lot of others to run for office and he must have dialed a lot of wrong numbers.
Perhaps the entity doing the dialing was lower on the totem pole.
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I believe that most of the frontrunner will get the hindpost from their wackoid attempts to woo the tea party elements. Who’s left after crazy factor? Huntsman? Who’s ever heard of him.
Funniest right-wing nut-case recently is Bachmann trying to lure in Jewish votes, then totally mispronouncing chutzpah. Chuts-paw? Gimme a break.
Perry should just go secede from the Union and declare himself Prophet-in-Chief.
Cain should have changed his name. Cain slew his brother and was anathema. How does he expect to get the Bible-belters?
Gingrich seems to have slit his own Tiffany throat.
Pawlenty? He’s still a possible, but he might get hated out of his own party.
Romney? A mormon will be utterly and finally condemned to hell by the right-wing evangelicals. Yeah, the moderate Republican majority likes him, but the Republican party will throw him under the bus.
Ron Paul? Whoa? He isn’t even at the starting gate. Repubs know that he really isn’t one of them.
Palin? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Marva, that identifies the problem they face. Pawlenty pulled a beauty. See today’s Open thread.
Is the American memory REALLY this short? The last person who was a Texas Governor who had been “called by God” to seek the Presidency was George W. Bush — enough said.
Actually, as a liberal, there is some sick glee in the prospect of this moron running for President — not much of a challenge to President Obama. Compare Perry to John McCain (a war veteran and experienced Senator for decades) in 2008, and he lost by a wide margin.
I remember all too well, Ann. Suppl;y-side Jesus (not the real Jesus) told him to invade Iraq.