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Posted on 10/07/2011 9:42:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Jeffress to Draw Sharp Contrast Between Perry and Romney
DALLAS, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Robert Jeffress, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church Dallas will introduce Texas Governor and 2012 Presidential GOP Candidate Rick Perry today at the 2011 Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. The summit is held annually by Tony Perkins and Family Research Council. Jeffress' introduction will serve as his official endorsement of his fellow Texan, and is a first for the Pastor who has never publicly stood behind any political candidate.
For Jeffress, "Replacing Barack Obama is more than a political issue, it is a spiritual issue."
"Several months ago when Governor Perry was considering a run for the presidency, I had the opportunity to tell him that those of us who are evangelical Christians are looking for a candidate with three attributes: genuine commitment to Christian values, proven competency to govern, and electability. In Rick Perry we have a candidate with all three attributes."
"Some would argue that there are a number of other candidates who possess those attributes as well. However, once the smoke clears in several months. Conservative Christians will have a choice to make. Do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric, or one who is skilled in leadership? Do we want someone who is a conservative out of convenience, or one who is a conservative out of conviction? Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person, or one who is a born again follower of Jesus Christ? I believe that in Rick Perry we have a candidate who is a proven leader, a true conservative, and a committed follower of Christ."
Dr. Robert Jeffress is the host and vision behind the Pathway to Victory program that is broadcast to 1,200 television stations weekly and can be heard daily on 600 radio stations across the country. He is Senior Pastor of the 10,000 member First Baptist Church Dallas and is also the author of 17 nationally recognized books, including the 2002 Medallion Finalist, "The Solomon Secrets." Dr. Jeffress graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a D.Min, earned a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary and a B.S. degree from Baylor University.
Compare how he views the role of government to what Herman Cain says below:
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Herman Cain: “The role of government, in my view, is to maintain an equal balanced playing field for the citizens and our society not to throw it out of balance.”
3:30 into discussion: Herman Cain on John Stossel Show, Fox News
That does kinda make sense. I had to re-read what you said and read between the lines.
Ping to Post #81.
And it’s OK with you to have gay judges or pro-choice judges? I understand the workforce, but when it comes to our court system and our Supreme Court, I would rather have a conservative judge that I KNOW will not legislate from his seat.
3:30 into discussion: Herman Cain on John Stossel Show, Fox News
"My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off if you’re gonna be better off if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody." (Barack Obama to Joe the Plumber, 2008)
If Cain says he will appoint pro-homosexual judges, I won’t vote for him.
That sounds like socialism to me.
A couple months ago we walked out of our SBC because of the SBC’s squishy stance on amnesty (among other things specific to our church). This Perry endorsement is one more validation of our decision.
Thanks, this helps.
Gov. Perry adamantly opposes amnesty.
“Pop there’s a Baptist in the house!” “Son, you can run faster than me. Go sit in your mother’s lap and don’t move `til I get there.”
Here’s something that’s not even a joke. My cousin has been a Baptist minister in Italy, since the ‘70s. He has several Catholic priest friends. Once, when discussing celibacy, a priest said, “Why have one wife when you can have ‘em all?” Apparently, in that neck of the woods men gladly “share” their wives if a priest has a hankerin’ for them.
Apparently this Mike Lee of UT is a real conservative. But UT has mostly got it wrong for generations.
Not necessarily, in 2004 Perry worked full-time to engineer the defeat for renomination of conservative Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith, also the attorney in ''Hopwood v. Texas.'' I don't think you can put as much faith in Perry as you would like, but it seems he is on a downward spiral unless he can soon reverse footing.
If you live in a “safe state like TX or UT, you can sit out a Romney-Obama race, and it won’t matter or compromise your values.
That’s what I hear. I wonder how he is doing?
I don’t think he says he WILL appoint gay judges. He just says he is fine with appointing one so long as the person is qualified. It’s a tough call, if you ask me.
I wouldn’t throw Smith into the mix. Every Repub in Texas did not want him on the bench. He managed to get 2 years on the court. But when it came to elections where the PEOPLE decided. HE LOST.
Steven Wayne Smith
In 2004, Smith again tapped David Rogers to manage his campaign for a full six-year term on the Supreme Court. Rogers noted that in the 2002 primary election, while grass-roots Republicans supported Smith, many political insiders did not. Smith’s 2004 supporters included the Texas Eagle ForumEagle ForumEagle Forum is a conservative interest group in the United States founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 and is the parent organization that also includes the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Eagle Forum PAC. The Eagle Forum has been primarily focused on social issues; it describes...
, former Governor William P. Clements, Jr.Bill ClementsWilliam Perry “Bill” Clements, Jr. , is a Texas politician. Clements was the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction when he became the 42nd and 44th Governor of Texas, serving from 1979 to 1983 and 1987 to 1991...
, (for whom Smith worked in Clements’ second term), former Congressman and Railroad Commissioner Kent HanceKent HanceKent Ronald Hance is a lobbyist and lawyer who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from West Texas, having served from 1979 to 1985. After his congressional service, he switched to the Republican Party.Hance was chosen to succeed David Smith as the chancellor of...
(who opposed Clements in the 1986 Republican gubernatorial primary), conservative/libertarian Congressman Ron PaulRon PaulRonald Ernest “Ron” Paul is an American medical doctor and Republican U.S. Congressman for the 14th congressional district of Texas, which encompasses the area south and southwest of the Greater Houston region, including Galveston...
, and California activist Ward ConnerlyWard ConnerlyWardell Anthony “Ward” Connerly is an American political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent . He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences...
, president of the Civil Rights Institute.
Perry and U.S. Senator John CornynJohn CornynJohn Cornyn, III is the junior United States Senator for Texas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was elected Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress....
opposed Smith’s candidacy and he eventually lost the primary to Green. Green was unopposed in the 2004 general election.
A controversial email that Smith sent out responding to Green’s attack that Smith was short on credentials may have backfired and cost Smith some support. While touting his own academic achievements at the University of Texas School of Law, Smith disparaged Green’s academic achievements, namely that Green had graduated from St. Mary’s UniversitySt. Mary’s University School of LawSt. Mary’s University School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of St. Mary’s University. The law school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and is the oldest Catholic law school in the American Southwest. The University is a private Catholic university...
School of Law in San Antonio, a smaller and less well known law school. Senator John Cornyn is a St. Mary’s alumnus. Dean Bill Piatt of St. Mary’s blasted Smith, saying that it was inappropriate for a sitting Supreme Court justice to belittle one of the law schools in the State of Texas. Piatt widely distributed his letter that he had written to Smith to many alumni of St. Mary’s and others in the legal community. Smith wrote a concilitory response letter to Piatt, but did not publicize that letter.
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