Rick Perry and the Wingnuts for Jesus

American Thinker ^ | September 19, 2011 | Stuart Schwartz

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[snip]

"This nation has to be governed by someone's values, so let's have Christian values guide" us, Perry said quietly. This was Rick Perry standing tall and proud -- proud to be an American, proud to be a Christian, proud to stand for "a life of consequence" and "faith." And when he advised the students that each, individually, was "a spiritual being meant to live in relationship with God and one another," Philip Rucker of the Washington Post rolled his eyes so hard that he spent the rest of the convocation looking like a character out of the Little Orphan Annie comic strip,..

Then Rucker hit his speed-dial and used Democrat-style framing to give the readers of that fading icon of mainstream journalism the same-old same-old: the obligatory academic, an expert on all things religious, who would "question the compassion" of Perry, his governorship, and conservative Christians. The Washington Post's expert....reassured Post readers that the words of Perry and Liberty speakers and, indeed, conservative Christians in general "do not flow from a heart of Christian love."

It was apparent to Rucker, at the center of the bowl, listening as Liberty law Dean Mathew Staver praised Perry and Israel, that love was not on the table here at Jesus Central in Lynchburg. Israel? They praise Israel and call themselves Christian?! Rucker went directly from Yale University to the Washington Post, two institutions united in scorn for Israel, the former a leader in the movement to "Palestinize" American higher education and the latter what American Thinker calls "a classic textbook example" of biased news coverage of the Jews (formula: Palestinians good, Jews bad). The Washington Post reporter splashed his incredulity across the pages of the Post: Rick Perry really believes this stuff! He really respects these people, Israel and these Jesus wingnuts!...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The whole column is great -- a keeper.

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September 14, 2011: Rick Perry giving the convocation at Liberty University [C-Span video – 30 min] -- Perry’s speaks 10 minutes into video.

WSJ - Gov. Rick Perry: The U.S. Must Support Israel At the U.N. "....Errors by the Obama administration have encouraged the Palestinians to take backward steps away from peace....."

Republican front-runners Mitt Romney, Rick Perry come from different worlds ".....The twin forces within the Republican Party are neatly manifested in the two candidates. Romney represents both the party’s upper-crust establishment and the state — Massachusetts — that for so long has been the GOP’s boogeyman. Perry represents the angry grass roots that are giving the party new energy and he personifies the state — Texas — that for a generation has been the GOP’s soul......"

Gov. Rick Perry at Harvey’s Bakery and Coffee Shop - Dover, N.H.

[2ndDivisionVet]

“You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.”
~C.S. Lewis

[Texas Eagle]

Tea Party SOB Wingnut For Jesus here.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Ted Nugent: Rick Perry should make US 'more like Texas'

I love how he took it to the BBC.

[wita]

One could add, bitter clinger, tea party, SOB, wingnut for Jesus.

Or short for WfJ I like it, and your tag line.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Could Rick Perry take the fight to suburbia? [excerpt] "..Choice A: The Hippocratic oath strategy — first do no harm. Under this approach, the party would nominate the safe-but-not-sexy Mitt Romney to keep the election focused as much as possible on Obama and to have a better chance to appeal to swing voters and independents.

Choice B: Go big. Given the nation’s economic troubles and the vast majority who believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, pastels just won’t cut it. Bold, bursting differences between Obama and the GOP standard-bearer are a must. By this scenario, Perry, the tough-talking, job-creating machine, would be Ronald Reagan to Obama’s Jimmy Carter.

Within Republican circles in the states that will decide the next president, the debate increasingly centers on who can win in a race that, for now, seems focused on two people. And in the minds of many, while Perry leads in most polls, he has to convince his party that he can be the better general election candidate.

Take Florida state Sen. Mike Fasano, who represents the Tampa area, who said Romney is the safer of the two.

“He’s someone the independents can turn to — maybe your conservative Democrats, definitely moderate Republicans,” said Fasano. “He has a broader appeal beyond just the right wing of the Republican Party.”

Asked if Perry can defeat Obama, Fasano, who hasn’t yet endorsed, said “I don’t know” three times before becoming more expansive......[end excerpt]

[GOPJ]

Great post - you’re right - it’s a keeper.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Baltimore Sun: Are they running for president or pastor? "......................President Obama has been criticized in some corners as an Easter lily because of his infrequent appearances in church with his family.

And comedian and social commentator Jon Stewart confessed in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that he was confounded by the president's lack of direction.

"I still don't know what he believes in," Mr. Stewart lamented.

These days, that's almost refreshing in a politician. [end]

[ripley]

“I still don’t know what he believes in...”

The brilliant, really-really smart, supremely intelligent,
absolutely bright, know-all genius Mr. Stewart, knows that
our beloved President believes in Hope and Change,
does he not?

(PRogressive geniuses take Christians to task for believing in a “man in the sky”, but don’t think twice about believing in “hope and change”.)

Absolutely amazing.

IMHO

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Absolutely amazing.

LIBERALISM is a mental illness.

[jnsun]

“You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” ~C.S. Lewis

The Borg versus the Federation.

My wife says Roddenberry must have been from the future

[bert]

On Free Republic the wing nuts are against Perry and troll constantly with their drivel.

[Graybeard58]

They praise Israel and call themselves Christian?!

Anybody who doesn't understand that, doesn't know much about Christianity.

[Coldwater Creek]

Don't tell anyone, but those Jesus Central Right Wingnuts from Liberty are going to be providing the music for the next GOP debate in Orlando on Thursday, Sept. 22.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Better than bonghits for Jesus!

[shield]

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[MrB]

Also, there’s the deliberate conflation of the secular Israeli government and the Jewish people inherent in any such statement.

[MrB]

One thing that Perry said that needs to be HAMMERED HOME.

“There will be a value system that governs this country”.

The left and their communist/atheist secular humanist worldview for far too long have enjoyed the myth of “neutrality” in the worldview war.

An understanding of that worldview and the consequences thereof needs to be part of the conservative education campaign.

[shield]

A very good article...the progressives don’t have a clue.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The best compass is to go the opposite direction from these LIBERALS!