AMERICAblog: Religious right forced to pull video calling for rain on Obama's speech at convention
EmGD
· 1 year ago
The religious right isn't about God "anymore"? When were they ever, like three decades ago?
moreleesafer
· 1 year ago
Almost everything about republicans is sad.
But this whole pray for rain on Obama scheme came off as just weird and petty.
Really? you want to garner the power of millions of prayers by christians to..... make it rain on a black man? You want to mess up his 'fro or what? He is popular enough that the rain surely would not have an effect on attendance. If God wants John McCain to be president, he would not need your help to accomplish this. God is all powerful is he not?
Would it not have been more in keeping with the principles of Jesus Christ to use that power to perhaps pray for world peace or a cure to cancer?
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
I'm confused... Who is making policy decisions here in the U.S.? The Bush Administration or the very presumptuous McCain Campaign?
nikto
· 1 year ago
Once again, ARAVOSIS puts it in clear, concise, unambiguous language:
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
Now THAT is some Gospel!
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
WWJRO...who would Jesus rain on?... Well, just possibly a drought-stricken African nation that cannot provide enough to eat for its people. Or perhaps a drought-stricken area of the Great Plains where farmers are having crops die in their fields and are borrowing money again to feed their families and keep the farm going.
I highly doubt that the Radical Rabbi of Nazareth would rain on a US Senator's run for office. Especially a man who symbolizes so much hope for this country.
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
The "religious" right was ever about God? This is news to me. Ralph Reed is about MONEY and POWER, so I guess if what you meant to say is that the "religious" right has switched from worshipping their god Mammon and now genuflect specifically before the GOPmonster, then I would think, perhaps he has a point... That is, until I remember that GOP is just another way to spell Mammon.
maudegonne
· 1 year ago
On the Republican side, dumbing things down works to McCain’s advantage. Stuck with a presidential candidate who voted against Bush’s ruinous tax cuts but now says he’d make them permanent? A bellicose former flyboy who makes a joke of singing “Bomb, bomb Iran” to the tune of “Barbara Ann” —a reckless, futile act that would make invading Iraq look relatively sensible? (The flyboys always want to hit Third World countries. Ask the ground soldiers what they think.) A man of the people who, together with his multimillionaire heiress wife, reportedly owns nine houses in three states? Simple: Attack your handsome, telegenic young opponent as a vapid celebrity like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Fly into a phony snit about his allegedly “playing the race card,” as if racial politics were even mildly offensive to the Republican base. Contrive a brilliantly inane formula for solving the nation’s energy woes through the miracle of offshore drilling. Because as H. L. Mencken long ago observed, “For every complex problem there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.” Never mind that oil companies currently earning staggering profits aren’t doing much drilling on the domestic leases they already hold. Nor that oil from such wells wouldn’t make the U. S. energy-independent, but be auctioned on the same international market as oil from Russia, Venezuela and Iran.
See, for years, simpletons out in Limbaugh Land have been sold the pleasing fiction that “environmentalist wackos” are the source of all energy problems. As Krugman correctly observes, the GOP’s “de facto slogan has become ‘Real men don’t think things through.’” As for the Pied Piper, his internationally televised tour of world capitals definitely made him look presidential. Except he ain’t president yet. Giving speeches before huge, adoring European audiences was certain to get him called presumptuous or worse. For supporters like the Times’ Herbert to treat that criticism as an overt racial slur plays directly into Republican hands. http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/234136/
mf_roe
· 1 year ago
Well said, dumbing down the education system of this country is the cornerstone of the Fascist takeover that has occurred over the last 50 years..
ezpz
· 1 year ago
They (mcCain camp) had to pull another ad yesterday for copyright infringements:
" ...clip of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey doing their "we're not worthy" routine from "Wayne's World" has given their newest webad some copyright problems: Myers had his people call the {McCain} campaign to demand that the video be removed from YouTube for copyright violation. Apparently, we are not, in fact, worthy."
McCain's people must be retarded and unethical... that ad was almost as stupid as the Paris Hilton ad.
ezpz
· 1 year ago
It was stupider, imo - if that's even possible. More racial under/overtones, too.
Stoooopidity like that can cause serious brain pain.
jr
· 1 year ago
"God only likes white people"-Religious Right "God only likes people that aren't exotic"-Cokie Roberts
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
"one day I'd like to vacationeer somewhere exoitc... wouldn't it be great if Hawaii was a state? maybe we should invade and take it over?" - George W Bush
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
when it doesn't rain at the convention... like POURING MONSOON type rain...
will the religious right finally admit God isn't listening to them?
it'd be interesting if the twin-cities recieve bucketloads of rain two hours before mcsame steps onstage.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
In fact... I'm almost tempted to pay a cloud seeding company to make sure it happens.
Grimmlok
· 1 year ago
Aw. Maybe we should make a video of God visiting a plague on Republicans or killing their firstborn sons.
TEEHEE sorry, it was a joke.
yesh
· 1 year ago
nothing fails quite like prayer
Grimmlok
· 1 year ago
Last i checked, God wasn't a garden hose to be turned on and off at the whim of idiots.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
God is actually just cheney's voice over the Oval Office intercom... chimpy STILL hasn't figured that out yet.
Grimmlok
· 1 year ago
pfft not even the intercom; just an empty roll of paper towel near a fan.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
No one has been more useful suckers than the religious right in the last 8 years.
They'll be the last ones to figure this out.
mf_roe
· 1 year ago
Belief in the Armageddon myth means that free will is not possible. Without free will what is the point of prayer?
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
`I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, `for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.' `But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't... QED.' `Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly disappears in a puff of logic. `Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
- Douglas Adams
SouthernYankee
· 1 year ago
God is already disappointed with the republicans antics. They are a foolish bunch. The republicans as a whole have become a party of whiners, cry babies, win at all costs by stealing, cheating, calling Obama unamerican, and insulting Obama voters. Shame on them.
therepguy
· 1 year ago
This is the kind of crap that has over the last 8 years or so, has lead me to believe that the republican party, as currently configured is in fact, the nations first truly fascist party supported by christian fascist enablers who for the most part do not fully understand just what they are endorsing!
In fact many republicans are in fact voting against there own best interests, i.e the seniors who have voted for so many years republican and who now do not fully understand the turn that the republican party has taken and that is truly a sad thing!
FunMe
· 1 year ago
The religous right are religous FANATICS.
KeithNovo
· 1 year ago
Why not have that phony Pat Robertson call on a hurricane to the convention? Oh, right, Denver isn't anywhere near the ocean. Okay, let's have Robertson call on a tornado.
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But this whole pray for rain on Obama scheme came off as just weird and petty.
Really? you want to garner the power of millions of prayers by christians to.....
make it rain on a black man? You want to mess up his 'fro or what? He is popular enough
that the rain surely would not have an effect on attendance. If God wants John McCain to be
president, he would not need your help to accomplish this. God is all powerful is he not?
Would it not have been more in keeping with the principles of
Jesus Christ to use that power to perhaps pray for world peace or a cure to cancer?
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
"the religious right isn't about God anymore, they're about Republicans."
Now THAT is some Gospel!
Well, just possibly a drought-stricken African nation that cannot provide enough to eat for its people. Or perhaps a drought-stricken area of the Great Plains where farmers are having crops die in their fields and are borrowing money again to feed their families and keep the farm going.
I highly doubt that the Radical Rabbi of Nazareth would rain on a US Senator's run for office. Especially a man who symbolizes so much hope for this country.
Ralph Reed is about MONEY and POWER, so I guess if what you meant to say is that the "religious" right has switched from worshipping their god Mammon and now genuflect specifically before the GOPmonster, then I would think, perhaps he has a point...
That is, until I remember that GOP is just another way to spell Mammon.
See, for years, simpletons out in Limbaugh Land have been sold the pleasing fiction that “environmentalist wackos” are the source of all energy problems. As Krugman correctly observes, the GOP’s “de facto slogan has become ‘Real men don’t think things through.’” As for the Pied Piper, his internationally televised tour of world capitals definitely made him look presidential. Except he ain’t president yet. Giving speeches before huge, adoring European audiences was certain to get him called presumptuous or worse. For supporters like the Times’ Herbert to treat that criticism as an overt racial slur plays directly into Republican hands.
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/234136/
that has occurred over the last 50 years..
" ...clip of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey doing their "we're not worthy" routine from "Wayne's World" has given their newest webad some copyright problems:
Myers had his people call the {McCain} campaign to demand that the video be removed from YouTube for copyright violation. Apparently, we are not, in fact, worthy."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Not...
More racial under/overtones, too.
Stoooopidity like that can cause serious brain pain.
"God only likes people that aren't exotic"-Cokie Roberts
maybe we should invade and take it over?" - George W Bush
will the religious right finally admit God isn't listening to them?
it'd be interesting if the twin-cities recieve bucketloads of rain two hours before mcsame steps onstage.
TEEHEE sorry, it was a joke.
They'll be the last ones to figure this out.
`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore,
by your own arguments, you don't... QED.'
`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly disappears in a puff of logic.
`Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
- Douglas Adams
The republicans as a whole have become a party of whiners, cry babies, win at all
costs by stealing, cheating, calling Obama unamerican, and insulting Obama voters.
Shame on them.
In fact many republicans are in fact voting against there own best interests, i.e the seniors who have voted for so many years republican and who now do not fully understand the turn that the republican party has taken and that is truly a sad thing!