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Bachmann Staffer Likens Rick Perry to King Saul and Bachmann to anointed King David
Religion Dispatches ^ | 081811 | Warren Throckmorton

Posted on 08/18/2011 6:51:00 PM PDT by Fred

Peter Waldron, a staffer involved in Michele Bachmann’s faith outreach, has compared Texas Governor Rick Perry to Old Testament King Saul and Bachmann to King David. On his Facebook page the day after Bachmann’s straw poll victory in Iowa on Saturday, Waldron wrote, "From afar and in prayer I see a Saul and David scenario between Perry and Bachmann. One looks everything like a king while the other is anointed." Waldron later told his followers that Bachmann "fights with the anointing of God upon her."

The visibility of veteran GOP political organizer Waldron has risen a good bit since The Atlantic broke a story yesterday about Waldron’s 2006 detention in Uganda on allegations of illegal gun possession. According to an upcoming movie about Waldron’s life, President George W. Bush called Ugandan President Yowari Museveni to secure Waldron’s release after 37 days in prison. In a video interview conducted by Hermann and Sharron Bailey, Waldron said that Museveni and wife Janet maintain a "death squad" used to "bring opponents in line." Waldron also says that Mrs. Museveni is an evangelical Christian and that he considers the Musevenis friends, even now.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anointed; anointedone; bachmann; bachmann4romney; bachmanngaffe; elections; gaffe; govtabuse; gunrunner; michelebachmann; minnesota; perry; religion; rickperry; rinofreeamerican; teaparty; texas; tyranny
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To: hummingbird

Well yeee hawww.....kind of like Wayne’s world and a blend of the peoples court...hehehehehehe...
Well yea you are right, but since I am not running for pres I need to know, who has the nerve to kick this pig...


21 posted on 08/18/2011 7:31:49 PM PDT by aces
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To: hummingbird
Shalom, my FRiend.

May YHvH bless you and yours.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
22 posted on 08/18/2011 7:32:38 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Fred

Why do I suspect the author is going for a twofer and will soon report that the anointed one already sits in Washington when he’s not at Maratha’s Vineyard.


23 posted on 08/18/2011 7:32:54 PM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: Fred

“Peter Waldron, a staffer involved in Michele Bachmann’s faith outreach, has compared Texas Governor Rick Perry to Old Testament King Saul and Bachmann to King David. On his Facebook page the day after Bachmann’s straw poll victory in Iowa on Saturday, Waldron wrote, “From afar and in prayer I see a Saul and David scenario between Perry and Bachmann. One looks everything like a king while the other is anointed.” Waldron later told his followers that Bachmann “fights with the anointing of God upon her.””

OH Good Lord!!! Put a sock in it Peter!


24 posted on 08/18/2011 7:32:59 PM PDT by Valin
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To: Fred

So Bachmann is King David,Allen West is Harriet Tubbman and Obama...well who he thinks he is changes daily. Right now it’s Abraham Lincoln.

Will these people please SHUT UP already.


25 posted on 08/18/2011 7:41:32 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (“I will work every day to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your lives as I can.”- Perr)
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To: cripplecreek

So far, I’m not excited by any of them!


26 posted on 08/18/2011 7:44:22 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Fred
Bachmann is "anointed" ?

Past "anointed" candidates include Presidents Bob Dole and John McCain.

27 posted on 08/18/2011 9:15:49 PM PDT by newzjunkey (circular firing squads are going to reelect obama)
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To: Fred
"From afar and in prayer I see a Saul and David scenario between Perry and Bachmann. One looks everything like a king while the other is anointed."

Concerning Saul and David, they were both annointed.

28 posted on 08/18/2011 9:28:26 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (The only problem some people have with tyranny is that theyÂ’re not the tyrant.)
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To: Valin
OH Good Lord!!! Put a sock in it Peter!

One of the comments at the source URL was rather amusing:

This time around my money is on Goliath.
(Posted by Jim Reed on August 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM)

29 posted on 08/18/2011 10:03:05 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: Fred

I could see a David and Goliath comparison, but David and Saul?

In that comparison, David is the “annointed one”, the one God had chosen to be king.

Saul had become corrupt (in both spirit and mind) and turned his back on God. Saul was the one standing in the way of God’s chosen one.

I know Bachmann understands the story behind David and Saul. It disturbs me that she would use that as a comparison between herself and any of the other GOP candidates. It takes a lot of ego to think of yourself as somehow being annointed to the task of president.


30 posted on 08/19/2011 8:41:14 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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To: Brookhaven

Bachmann did not make the analogy, a staffer did on his own fabebook page.


31 posted on 08/20/2011 6:50:40 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

What is a Dominionist?


32 posted on 08/21/2011 6:28:16 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: cradle of freedom
What is a Dominionist?

One who believes in Dominionism
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
33 posted on 08/21/2011 7:00:30 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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