Posted on 06/02/2014 10:45:04 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
NEW ORLEANS – Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson kicked off the Republican Leadership Conference at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans on Thursday with an entertaining speech in which he mixed his faith in Jesus Christ with an admonition to the GOP to return to the Bible and the fundamental principles of freedom upon which the nation was founded.
“You lose your religion, you lose your morality, you lose your freedom,” Robertson said. “You cannot be right for America if you are not right with God.”
In an event the GOP billed as an “unofficial kickoff” of the 2016 presidential campaign, Robertson drew repeated applause and more than one standing ovation by insisting, “If the country does not turn to God at a fairly rapid clip, we are going to lose the United States of America.”
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“We threw God out of the schools. We threw God out of the courthouses,” Robertson said, in a speech that featured quotes from several Founding Fathers, including George Washington, John Adams and James Madison.
“Separation of church and state? I’m telling you right [now] what our Founding Fathers said and it doesn’t sound like separating God Almighty from the United States of America. It’s a lie. You remove the Bible out of schools, it was said more 200 years ago, and you are going to be wasting so much time punishing criminals. Education is useless without the Bible. Take the Bible out of schools and there’s going to be an explosion of crime.”
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In a session with reporters, Jindal affirmed that he was thinking about launching a presidential run in 2016.
“Yes, I’m thinking about it,” he told the reporters. “I’m praying on it and so is my family.”
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I dig the heck out Phil.
Somebody’s got to say it.
Liberal heads at MSNBC will explode with this sort of talk.
Phil does not give a blank what the liberals think. He tells it like it is. He is not going to beg forgiveness and kowtow to liberals for offending their sensibilities. He doesn’t give a blank about liberals sensibilities.
How long until the GOP-e start running away from what Phil said?
Jindal is a nice guy but he ain’t gong to win the White House while he sounds like a kid
Well, I guess I will say it.
As much as I like the Robertsons, their initial foray into backing/promoting a politician did not work out very well. I would prefer they, like singers and other entertainers, not try to influence politics, with “their pick”.
Bobby Jindal may have a good roll to play in a coming conservative USA government, but POTUS won’t be it.
Let's see, 3 - 2 -1.
In a way, I think Phil was calling out the GOP with his comments.
Now, the Pubbies have to embrace what he said or explain to the base why they disagree with him.
Clever—Like a fox, Jack!
They are putting their running shoes on as he was speaking.
LOL...and their Mom jeans!
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