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2 of 49 other governors accept invitation to Perry's prayer rally
Beaumont Enterprise ^ | July 16, 2011 | Jeanna Smialek

Posted on 07/16/2011 2:08:47 PM PDT by Clairity

The guest list for Rick Perry's August 6 day of prayer won't include many U.S. governors.

Only two governors, both Republican, plan to join Perry at the event at Houston's Reliant Stadium, which Perry has labeled as a non-denominational, apolitical, Christian prayer meeting. Perry invited all of his fellow U.S. governors to the event.

Just two - Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal - have accepted the invitation.

Mark P. Jones, a government professor at Rice University, said he is not surprised by the lukewarm response.

"For a Democrat there is nothing to be gained by attending, and politically its best for them to quietly decline," he said. He added that even for Republicans, being associated with an exclusively Christian prayer event could hurt them among moderate supporters, and attending the event could mar their reputation if a speaker says something scandalous.

But he said he doubts Perry will have trouble filling the venue, which seats 71,500, with religious supporters.

(Excerpt) Read more at beaumontenterprise.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kansas; US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bobbyjindal; elections; governors; kansas; lousiana; perry; prayer; prayerrally; rickperry; sambrownback; texas
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To: deport

They can do whatever they want.


21 posted on 07/16/2011 2:45:47 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ('Raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.' -- Sen. Barack Obama, 2006)
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To: princess leah
I would think that THIS is the real issue: “Everyone therefore who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before MY Father who is in heaven. “But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.”

I read you loud and clear....and get the point.

22 posted on 07/16/2011 2:47:02 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((((unite))))
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To: EternalVigilance

They can do whatever they want.


I expect they will.


23 posted on 07/16/2011 2:47:47 PM PDT by deport
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To: Clairity

This is so small a showing from rock ribbed Republicans that I too think these folks are largely too busied out to stop for this. BTW, I wonder if Sarah Palin, even though not a governor now, is showing.


24 posted on 07/16/2011 2:49:08 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: hellbender

Do you plan on attending?


25 posted on 07/16/2011 2:50:43 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: princess leah
being associated with an exclusively Christian prayer event could hurt them among moderate supporters

Just to reiterate, "Moderate". What is a moderate Republican?. Pro-abortion, gun control types? Other Democrat platform beliefs as well? That's my guess. I don't believe we need that kind of 'support'.

26 posted on 07/16/2011 2:51:36 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((((unite))))
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To: Clairity

“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” ....President George Washington


27 posted on 07/16/2011 3:01:28 PM PDT by tflabo ( to have been selected)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Do you plan on attending?

No. I will leave the public grandstand praying to phonies like your hero Slick Rick Perry. Jesus taught us to pray in private.

If this country is to be saved, it will be by a rebel (like Palin, Bachmann, or Cain), not by a hack career politician who showed his true colors by supporting Al Gore, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain. No genuine "pro-life social conservative" would ever have made those choices. Your man is either a fake, or someone who is a fatally defective judge of character.

28 posted on 07/16/2011 3:12:50 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender

algore AND john mccain? yikes....double whammy.....I’ll give him a pass on Rudy as Rudy came before mccain on my preferred list.


29 posted on 07/16/2011 3:14:35 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Clairity

In before the Perry-hate thread-spammers...


30 posted on 07/16/2011 3:17:17 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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31 posted on 07/16/2011 3:19:56 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: tioga
The Perry fanatics are now going to come in and say that Algore was a "conservative Democrat" at the time. BS. Al Gore is a transparently sociopathic career politician, the scion of a dynasty supported by Stalinist fellow-traveler Armand Hammer. Any one who could not have assessed Al Gore as a phony cannot be trusted with any responsibility. And no one who supported Rudy Giuliani, who is simply an old-style Demonrat in drag, has any claim to call himself a "conservative."

Rick Perry also panders to La Raza, and is a globalist weak on border security. It's time conservatives quit falling for his shtick.

32 posted on 07/16/2011 3:20:04 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: Clairity

Good for Jindal and Brownback!


33 posted on 07/16/2011 3:24:02 PM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: Clairity

I’m all for prayer, public and private, and our political leaders need to do a lot of it.

That being said Rick Perry’s been dancing around the country for the last month practically begging people to ask him to run for President.

This stinks.


34 posted on 07/16/2011 3:25:57 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: hellbender

Sorry, the truth hurts you when you are trying to dissemble. Algore was pro-life and Rick Perry was a typical Texas Democrat back in the day (which wasn’t Leftist) when he supported algore. Gore was considered too conservative and too southern by those against whom he ran for President that year, and by the MSM.

Algore learned his lesson, that if you wanted to get beyond the voters of Tennessee in your political career, you had better move decidedly to the Left, which he did AFTER Perry supported him. These are just facts. You can run around later and claim that anybody could tell that algore was a phony. You are saying that after he moved way Left. That’s what proved his phoniness.

Does he come across to me as a phony?

Does now, but he didn’t always, but he did come across to me as a bit odd.


35 posted on 07/16/2011 3:34:38 PM PDT by txrangerette ("...HOLD TO THE TRUTH; SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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To: hellbender

OH, I agree.........although I am partial to Rudy for cleaning up NYCity after Dinkins.


36 posted on 07/16/2011 3:36:54 PM PDT by tioga
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To: He Rides A White Horse
There is a little more to the story than meets the eye.

Look at it from whatever angle you like. I'm not displeased with my Governor for not attending.

37 posted on 07/16/2011 6:18:49 PM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: grellis
Easy there. I felt that the lawsuit to stop it outright was an important aspect of the story. It is.

This "separation of church and state" is one of the biggest frauds perpetuated on Americans today. It's been twisted and distorted. That doesn't bother you?

38 posted on 07/16/2011 6:28:50 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((((unite))))
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To: txrangerette
Algore spent his time at Harvard smoking dope and goofing off. He flunked out of law school and signed up for divinity school to shorten his military obligation. He's a worthless punk son of a worthless career political dynasty financed by commie Armand Hammer. Anyone with a brain could see that. He was never a "conservative" Democrat, any more than LBJ was a conservative.

A major part of a President's duty is appointing people. If Slick Rick is so dumb that he thinks Algore, Rudy, and McCain are worthy of support, then he does not deserve to be President.

39 posted on 07/16/2011 6:28:50 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender
Algore spent his time at Harvard smoking dope and goofing off. He flunked out of law school and signed up for divinity school to shorten his military obligation. He's a worthless punk son of a worthless career political dynasty financed by commie Armand Hammer.

Algore in a nutshell.

You should poost it to Wikipedia...

40 posted on 07/16/2011 6:33:38 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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