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 Kelly Oxford's tweet from Wednesday.
January 5th, 2012
11:59 AM ET
What happens when candidates called by God drop out?By Stephen Walsh, CNN On Wednesday, blogger and sitcom writer Kelly Oxford sent a tweet about the Republican race for the presidency that got a lot of folks asking: Is this God’s idea of a joke? Oxford, whose Twitter feed was named by TIME magazine one of the 140 best of 2011, wrote, “Cain, Perry, Bachmann all claimed God told them to run for President, and all are out of the race. God is hilarious.” It’s been reported that Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum have all suggested that God called on them to enter the presidential race. But here we are: Cain’s out. Bachmann’s out. After returning to Texas to “reassess” his campaign, Perry announced he’s not throwing in the towel. Judging by his poor showing in the Iowa caucuses and the debates so far, however, many political experts think it’s just a matter of time. The only one with supposed divine guidance who’s still in the race is Santorum. So what gives? Did the candidates misread God’s supposed message? Does the defeat of a divinely-inspired candidate necessarily contradict a message from God? We want to hear form you. What do you think? |
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God is as responsible for this current republican field as he is for picking the winner of the superbowl. They all have got the same imaginary friend they believe is on their side. Sounds like a load of santorum to me.
Your president says he believes in god. oh my!
"Your president says he believes in god. oh my!"
So did the priests that molested children.
I don't jnow about all those other nut Republican candidates. But I live in Texas and I know Rick Perry is a nut case. He would tell you he was an atheist if he thought it would get him more votes. He is the biggest liar in the state. He gets reelected because he gets all the religious nut cases to vote for him. Yet he has contributed less than $200 to his church in the last year. So he is a very strong Christian if that is what it takes to get elected.
If their Christian -Judea God told them to heal the sick & feed the poor would they do that too? Just sayin
I can't heal anyone, he has to do that, but yes we do feed the poor. 🙂
"I can't heal anyone, he has to do that, but yes we do feed the poor"
That's why thousands and thousands are dying each day from starvation, including children, nice job you're doing there.
your right SD66... universal healthcare should be a christian responsibility.... but the GOP say screw the sick. bless republicans. I say lets start squeezing through the eyes of needles...
God does not "tell" anyone anything. There are those that think that earing voices in your head is a sure sign of a lack of mental stability. The last thing the United States of America, a country born of relgious (among other) freedoms, needs is a President that hears voices in his or her head. Regardless of where they believe these voices to eminate from. The people that think the voice in their head is the voice of God are arrogant beyond sufferage.
moses, mary, abraham, david, solomon, etc......?
"moses, mary, abraham, david, solomon, etc"
It's quoting from it's bogus book.
Whadaya mean? Lots of leaders claim to be in office because God told them to. Let's see, there's Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Our dear leader Kim Jong Il, Ayatola Khomeni, Gengis Kahn, er, ah...oh yeah, and George W Bush!
They all turned out fine, didn't they?
The story and responses are truely sorry. It demeans our creator and creates abusive blogs. CNN is a well known liberal format and this is evidence. Nothing wrong with that, Fox is known as conservative. Again nothing wrong with that. This just proves that politics are dirty, and how frail people are. I am suprised how CNN doesn't try to hide its extreme bias any more.
So, your entire point is to blame the messenger, and not even comment on the message? I think it's your bias that's showing alot more than that of CNN. You care more about them reporting a particular truth that upsets you than the fact that these candidates high-jack religion for political gain. You're suffering from cognitive dissonance, a typical malady of the uber-religious
it boils down to the debate many believers have over free will, and predestination. being called is one thing, but the LORD God does not interfere with His most beloved creation's will to choose, they could all have heard that still quiet voice urging them to run, but the population of the USA have the right to choose, and historically their choices aren't always alligned with His will.
just like any god or gods, they are frauds
yeah, like obama is the real deal. Scary
There's nothing wrong with a person who talks to God. The problem is when a person claims that God is talking to him/her. I think its good that these candidates are out of the race. It gives them time to go see psychiatrists.
Marx hat Recht gehabt!
god lies.
If God really called these candidates then he would give them the people and resources needed to finish the race!! God does things in decent and order.Stop mocking my God!!!
the voices in your head are not god. please get medical help. dont fear – you are not alone.
Being called by God to run doesn't mean you are going to win. God works in mysterious ways. Perhaps God called those three to run to teach them humility.
Do you really think that any of them are going to change? And your answer to everything you can't explain can't be "God works in mysterious ways." Tell that to the children that die everyday due to starvation, or the countless lives lost to natural disaster. Maybe they didn't pray hard enough?
God needed a good laugh that's why he told them to run. Just shows how stupid some poeple all. God would never tell anyone to run for political office. After all it was politicans that killed his son.
good point about politicians killing jesus.
ps- god wouldnt be a republican. he would help the poor, the weak, the sick, the troubled, etc... he would be a liberal social democrat. he would not be concerned about the rich getting tax cuts.
God just called and said ROFLMFAO
Here is what I think: http://exfundy.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/god-told-them/
God tells different people different things, and from the outside it doesn't always make sense. People blowing up busloads of people in the Middle East, or people running for President of the USA? Which one will do more damage? Probably the latter IMO. I don't have a problem with members of government having religion, but I seriously dislike when they try to make my religion look like their religion.
Bigfoot tells different people different things, and from the outside it doesn't always make sense. People blowing up busloads of people in the Middle East, or people running for President of the USA? Which one will do more damage? Probably the latter IMO. I don't have a problem with members of government having religion, but I seriously dislike when they try to make my religion look like their religion.
derp.... that was a riot. thanks for the entertainment. i will chuckle about that one for awhile.
I don't about all those other nut Republican candidates. But I live in Texas and I know Rick Perry is a nut case. He would tell you he was an atheist if he thought it would get him more votes. He is the biggest liar in the state. He gets reelected because he gets all the religious nut cases to vote for him. Yet he has contributed less than $200 to his church in the last year. So he is a very strong Christian if that is what it takes to get elected.
One would think that having hallucinations and hearing voices in the head would be an automatic disqualifier for running for president.
and would immediately qualify you for strong psychiatric medicine... hearing voices can cause bad things... like lunatics running for president.
God just called me to eat a whole bag of potato chips in one sitting.
I still think the whole burning bush was trying to get someone to invent marshmallows
if anything could possibly mean there is a good, it would be smores.... 🙂
It's an angle. They are claiming divine right as a way of winning over the conservative evangelical vote. None of these people were actually called on by God, and I don't even think they think they were. They were driven by ambition, but that only took them to the borders of inconvenience, at which point they return to their book deals, public speaking commissions, Fox news commentaries, etc, made all the more lucrative by their failed power grab.
Religion is the biggest scam in the history of humanity... the proof is endless
dam constantine for trying to maintain peace by elevating a cult from the most rebellious province to the official religion of the roman empire. he was a gifted politician as it has stuck and pestered us for over 2000 years.
Jesus Christ was always healing the sick & helping the poor. I guess the G(ods) Op(position) P(arty )is Gods way of saying Christians shouldnt do that anymore.