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Subscribe to RSSRick Perry's campaign released a new ad Friday showcasing the Texas governor's religious faith to Iowa voters.
Perry's campaign released a 30-second spot in which he emphasizes his Christian roots; the ad plays to socially conservative voters in Iowa who might impact the state's Jan. 3 caucus in Perry's favor.
"When you run for president, you get a bunch of questions about your faith. People want to know what drives you, how you make decisions," Perry says in the spot. "Now some liberals say that faith is a sign of weakness. Well they're wrong. I think we all need God's help."
Perry's evangelical faith has been a selling point for his candidacy. He hosted a national day of prayer in August, which in part stoked speculation that he might run for president after having initially said otherwise.
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Is Perry aware that we aren't voting for head minister? And about the Establishment Clause, you think he knows what it is?
He is praying that you don't.
I'm sure he is, RedDevPS.
I wish God would stop asking certain people to run for president.
I've heard his ad.
He'd pander to a potato if he thought it was '21' and could vote....
Is he still running?
[Perry ad in Iowa emphasizes Christian faith]
Yeah, some Christian...personally responsible for putting hundreds of people to death, even while some may have actually been innocent.
Perry IS Bush...
Perry's religious views are pointless and irrelevant to his qualifications to run for, and be elected to, the office of president of this country. The fact he would advertise his religion in a campaign ad is shameful.
Here we go pandering to the evangelist - uninformed poor. What has ever happened to separation between state and religion................PUBS always like to quote the constitution they just don't know how to follow it.
Believing in God does NOT make you a good President - he's grasping at straws
He believes in
The Father, the Son, and.....drat! Who is the other one again?
Okay, dangerfield, that was funny.
Thanks...I'm now one step closer to Hell for laughing at that joke!
I believe it was "The Father, The Son and The Holy Goat"!
...or was that "The Holy Spigot"?
The EPA?
dangerfield
He believes in
The Father, the Son, and.....drat! Who is the other one again
dangerfield,
It's hard to say what else. Republicans are a bunch of dunces.
A Club of Liars, Demagogues and Ignoramuses
A Commentary by Marc Pitzke of the German news source
~snips~
The US Republican race is dominated by ignorance, lies and scandals. The current crop of candidates have shown such a basic lack of knowledge that they make George W. Bush look like Einstein. The Grand Old Party is ruining the entire country's reputation.
Africa is a country. In Libya, the Taliban reigns. Muslims are terrorists; most immigrants are criminal; all Occupy protesters are dirty. And women who feel sexually harassed -- well, they shouldn't make such a big deal about it.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the US Republicans.
Worse: They're ruining the reputation of the United States.
'Freakshow'
They lie. They cheat. They exaggerate. They bluster. They say one idiotic, ignorant, outrageous thing after another. They've shown such stark lack of knowledge -- political, economic, geographic, historical -- that they make George W. Bush look like Einstein and even cause their fellow Republicans to cringe.
Factually Challenged
And so the farce continues. The more mind-boggling its incarnations, the happier the US media are to cheer first one clown and then the next, elevating and then eliminating "frontrunners" in reliable news cycles of about 45 days.
Good for Ratings
What a nice club that is. A club of liars, cheaters, adulterers, exaggerators, hypocrites and ignoramuses. "A starting point for a chronicle of American decline," was how David Remnick, the editor of the New Yorker, described the current Republican race.
The Tea Party would take issue with that assessment. They cheer the loudest for the worst, only to see them fail, as expected, one by one. Which goes to show that this "movement," sponsored by Fox News, has never been interested in the actual business of governing or in the intelligence and intellect that requires. They are only interested in marketing themselves, for ratings and dollars.
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Seemingly GOP/TEA NUTS believe in mythology!!!!
Da Noid
I believe it was "The Father, The Son and The Holy Goat"!
...or was that "The Holy Spigot"?
Da Noid,
Clearly, the "Holy Spigot" as indicated by them, the Repubs, vote on raising taxes for the "middle class" and not raising taxes on the million/billionaires!!!
Dangerfield, Now that is funny.
When we were kids, it was 'the Dad, the Lad, and the Spook".
And we were Catholics, and still getting dragged off to confession in those days.......
Ding, ding, we have a winner.
And the best joke ever on First Read award goes to Dangerfield.
OH Please GOD, make this candidate go away. Oops, need to be careful what I pray for - Obama vs. Perry would be an easy win for Obama.
I would never vote for anyone who is a religious cult member ...They are just insane . The religious cults were one of the reasons the people left England in search of a new life ..
With Perry, we are looking at religious faith vs. religiosity, and there is a difference.
When a religious cult is involved ..freedom is only offered to a chosen few..
There is nothing wrong with having a faith to believe in. It only becomes a problem when you try to make everyone live by your faith.
Very well put !
Couldn't have said it better ...
Religion, unfortunately, is not the same as spirituality!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
The liberal's God is Government.
Republicans run for office so they can destroy government - while making as much money as possible in the process for themselves and stuffing their home districts with pork.
I prefer to vote for people who want to serve their country - you know, Democrats.
Jesus was a Liberal.
Like with Solyndra?
Like with Solyndra.
As usual Jo Anna you have your ankles behind your ears spewing connie garbage.
Like Haliburtin! Right Amy!
Like over 5 thousand KIA and thousands wounded...Right Amy.
The difference between the likes of you and me. I serve my country...You serve yourself!
The conservative's god is the root of all evil.
Ooo-ooo-ooo, can I play, too?
I know...like Lockheed-Martin?
... and the conservative's God is Satan!!
No JoAnna: Like freddie mac and Fannie mae
Imagine if Obama made a TV ad saying "vote for me, I'm a better Christian than Perry." He wouldn't, because Obama understands what faith really means, it's not a tool to get yourself elected.
"Obama understands what faith really means"
Obama said he learned all his religion from the famous Reverend Wright:
"God Damn America"
After that, he left Wright's congregation for political reasons....so he could get elected.
People that 'learn ALL their religion from their pastor', are the same people that are drawn to the Jim Joneses of this world, Bobster.
How do YOU know what Obama did or didn't do with his church-going decisions, or what he did or did not glean from his church-going, anyway??
I think you just like to try to out do Joanna Smiff. All squak, no substance.
Go easy on the "Bobster". He learned all his facts from fox news.
Yeah and that makes him qualified to be President?
Perry will be on his way back to Texas shortly after the Iowa Caucuses.
Anyone who talks to God (like G. W. Bush) should automatically be disqualified from running for any office.
Perry is still running?
This from the guy who's Prayer-a-palooza before he announced was one of the most shameless, naked, suck-up events, more befitting a jackass like Pat Robertson than a sitting governor of a state in a country that was founded by people who were trying to get away from religious tyranny.
And don't we have ENOUGH people telling them God spoke and told them to run for President? Haven't seen this many people hearing voices in their heads since I watched Sybil.
that always made me wonder - their same god telling eight different people to run and the bunch of genius they are preaching too cant even figure out that makes makes zero sense - zero sense = zero brains
- what a fool- when all else fails look to ths spirit in the sky - the people of texas deserrve this moron - good luck with him and your drought and climate change which im sure he has no solution for - to him its not even happening - they should secede - they only add to the toal nonsense that can only brought on by religious beliefs
The 6th commandment comes to mind ... Thou shalt not LIE!!
He'll probably claim that he wasn't the man involved in all these affairs. He'll deny, then cry and say "it was a brother from another mother!" Then he'll ask for everyone's prayers. The typical Republican Mea culpa and I'm sorry I was caught routine.
Rick Perry: "I'm a Christian. I believe in God.
And, I believe in Guns.
And, I believe in, um....um, damn....begins with a G.....um, something to do with taxes...oh yeah--Grover! That's it! Grover.
I believe in God, Guns and Grover.
God, Guns and Grover...God, Guns and Grover...God, Guns and Grover..."
I don't think god is a republican or a democrat
didn't john lennon say
"I just believe in me"
Most people believe there is a god(s), but that does not mean they actually know who God is. Even Satan believe in God with fear and trembling, yet he is the enemy of God.
Knowing that god(s) exist and living is in the will of God are two different things. Some people worship a god that they know not.
As far as Perry is concern, I will not try to judge him, nor the so called right wing, evangelicals... This I can say with a great degree of accuracy, they are very, very, religious people/groups. Politically speaking, they have fake values. In fact, the make Rev. Wright look loke a saint.