Perry and His Religion (or, How To Crucify The Texts Along With Jesus)

Perry Perry SuspiciousPastor Jim Rigby of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, nails Rick Perry to the wall for his gross exploitation of Christianity.

He points out that the texts that Perry's Right Wing collaborators venerate condemn his prayer event.

Pastor Rigby gets it right.

Perry is not praying to the Christian God for America.  He's praying to a pagan god made in his own image, one that needs Rick Perry to lead America into a bright new day where (coincidentally) God's power will endorse Rick Perry's power. 

Well.

Fuck that noise.

If you pray to God, you need half as many amplifiers, and none of the media.

When you pray to the people to acknowledge and endorse you, well, yeah.  You do like Perry.

These Republicans

Updated on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 7:15AM by Otter

It's not that they're Republicans... It's that they're these Republicans. You know the ones: the ones for whom opposition to abortion and taxes are a vague creed instead of a clearly articulated principle, and for whom amateurism is a recommendation.

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