Posted on 10/02/2015 2:10:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I miss Donald Trump. There, I said it. Mea maxima culpa. Ever since Pope Francis blew into town, nobody seems to care about him.
Yes, he’s still leading in the polls. But somehow, no one seems to care. He’s just kind of sitting there, mired in the low 20s, waiting for someone, anyone, to take his place. Ben Carson made a run at him, but has subsided. Carly Fiorina likewise. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz the same. The whole damn race seems stuck in neutral.
O Francis, what hast thou wrought?
Apparently a need for some churching up, as Curtis once said to Jake and Elwood. So The Donald summoned a flock of evangelical pastors to his Trump Tower office earlier this week and like moths to a lightbulb, they swooped and fluttered around him for two and a half hours.
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Among the heavenly host was Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Dallas, and televangelists Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, and religious broadcaster Jan Crouch, and Paula White of Paula White ministries. And an assortment of African-American pastors.
My own fave was Jews for Jesus Rabbi Kirt Schneider. After announcing that the only two nations that have ever had a relationship with God are Israel and the United States, he proceeded to administer the traditional priestly blessing in Jahweh’s name. Who knew messianic Jews give themselves permission to pronounce “יהוה“?
Conspicuous by his absence was the self-designated leader of all Latino evangelicals, Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Last July Rodriguez had the gall to say that Trump’s “comments on immigration do not advance a pro-family, faith and freedom agenda that is so vital to passing comprehensive immigration reform.” No invitation for him.
Maybe this week’s prayers will move the needle on Trump’s numbers, though I’m inclined to think that rounding up the evangelical base will take a lot more work. In the meantime, someone should tell the guy that when a pastor lays on a hand to bless you, you shouldn’t pat it back.
Why no-- of course not. You should insult them by calling them moths instead. What an unfunny ignoramus and a dinkleberry too.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Why am I surprised that he wouldn't know that?! Didn't Norman Vincent Peale teach him anything??
I think the news is “Trumpenated” enough as it is. Don’t you? There is such a thing as over-saturation to the point where people stop listening to you. There is also the political danger of peaking too early or out of proper rhythm for a positive outcome. I’m beginning to expect that Marco R. is about to slowly take root in the electorate. Ted C. is more able, but perhaps Ted has made too many enemies in the GOPe. Some blame him for Boo-Hoo Boehner’s public disembowelment.
Yes!! x 100k.
You forgot the BARF alert.
Wow, Vet, I admire your persistence (seriously) in finding articles like this - you need to be paid, my dear. And, yes, this article is foolish and awful.
MM, do you think I am attacking Trump through an article such as this?
No, I said you were heroic for posting all this stuff. I think you’re the bees-knees which is why I said (seriously) in parens.
I was praising you seriously; perhaps it didn’t come across that way. Sorry for that. I admire how much you work for FR - and YOU SHOULD BE PAID!!!
BTTT!
Trump’s polling is not in the low 20’s.
The author of this screed is a no-information voter.
I do have to say, Trump needs to be somewhat discriminatory about the Christian leaders lay hands on him. The people he prayed with are the Christian equivalent of the GOPe.
I would have run away screaming at the sight of Kenneth Copeland, that old liar, and Paula White? Who told the Donald to get in touch with these creepy freaks? Jan Crouch only gets a pass because her freemason husband is dead.
Trump is better off praying with just about anyone than the above mentioned so-called “Christians”. And I beseech the Lord to hose off any spiritual weirdness from Trump from these encounters.
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