Posted on 02/25/2016 1:58:31 PM PST by drewh
While in Nashville at the National Religious Broadcasters convention, Steve Deace landed Rafael Cruz as a guest on his show. In keeping with the convention’s theme, they started talking about religion and its role in politics.
Deace framed his question carefully, asking, “How in the world does Donald Trump win evangelical voters in South Carolina? What does that say about where we’re at as a church, or does it say anything about where we’re at as a church across the board?â€
The question was a great one because Cruz’s son Ted Cruz is running for president and was expected to dominate the Evangelical vote. Trump has somehow ended up doing that in spite of insults to the community and a demonstrated lack of ecclesiastical know-how. Because of this, Cruz was all too ready with his answer:
Well, I think that they’re defining evangelicals in a very loose manner. If we look at the numbers, those that are people that call themselves born-again Christians that are committed to the lord, we won overwhelmingly among that group. Unfortunately — and this is a message that I have been carrying to America, as you said, for several years — there are too many people in the church that have actually become lax about the word of God, that they are being more concerned with being politically correct than being biblically correct, they have diluted the word of God in order to be palatable to everyone.
Questioning someone’s faith didn’t work well for Pope Francis or for Jeb Bush, but it has been a winning strategy for Trump, so maybe the older Cruz is onto something here. Then again, Trump has already beaten him to that punch, accusing the candidate of phony Evangelism:
LOL...how to get Trump overwhelmingly elected president!
WDGBS? What does Glen Beck say?LOL...boy he has damaged Ted’s show...lol
Well let me explain something Pastor Cruz.I am an evangelical Spirit filled Pastor with over 4 decades in the ministry .I am now retired. And I know what the Bible says about bearing false witness...and I know as a Pastor you would have to bring two witnesses against me to make you caseas to whether I am a believer in Jesus. And you can not do that which is one of the reasons I am supporting Donald Trump for the Presidency of the United States.
Have a blessed day...
Freegards
LEX
“Well, this should help Ted lose Texas.”
My first thought as well. What is this old drooler? Castroite? A mildewed spook project? A neo-gnostic kook? Garbage history as dodgy as Barry Soetero. I think you just hosed your boy, Raphael Eduardo.
Oh my. This will not help at all. Now he is dissing some more of the voters. Not good Ted, not good at all.
I read the whole article, and seems to match up to the headline pretty well.
“Wrong tack to right this ship. The overemphasis on religion has done no favors for Cruz. It’s a part of the formula, but they’ve made it the whole formula.”
They also blended it with artificial sweeteners and extenders. Nauseatingly synthetic at this point.
Like blacks for the Democrats people think that evangelicals should stay on the GOP plantation, shut up and vote
It was good enough for New Hampshire.
It was good enough for South Carolina.
Now Ted thinks it’s good enough for Texas.
Preach it Ted! Fire and brimstone brother Ted...
Has this guy every heard you don’t poop in your own bed?
Answer: No
Next Question: Did he by any chance hire at least one of Bush’s advisers. That could explain a lot.
Trump has paid off people's mortgages.
Ted can only scratch 1% as a tithe to his own church.
The Mexican caudillo did his part too, don’t forget. And China. And the British Moslems. And that Saudi princess.
FYI ))
More like pompous to a fault. Has he ever really read the Bible? It is God who judges. Neither he nor his son can or should attempt to read another’s heart. Shame on him!
My daddy will tell you I'm a king.
FYI
Pretty high up on those ‘7 mountains’.
Well, this should help Ted lose Texas.
Bringin' in the sheaves-uh ...
Good God! This is like shooting yourself in the foot! The backlash is the type of thing to give Trump the victory in Texas. It will be well deserved for the foot-in-mouth Cruzers.
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