Posted on 09/18/2015 8:50:20 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
IN 2006, the television comedy “The Office” aired an episode in which one of the characters, Dwight Schrute, nervously faces the prospect of delivering a speech after winning the title of top salesman of the year for his company, Dunder Mifflin. As a prank, his co-worker preps him for his moment by cribbing a speech from a dictator, coaching him to deliver it by pounding the lectern and waving his arms wildly. Dwight does it, and the audience gives a standing ovation to a manic tirade.
Watching a cartoonish TV character deliver authoritarian lines with no principles, just audacity, was hilarious back then, but that was before we saw it happening before our eyes in the race for the United States presidency.
Donald J. Trump stands astride the polls in the Republican presidential race, beating all comers in virtually every demographic of the primary electorate. Most illogical is his support from evangelicals and other social conservatives. To back Mr. Trump, these voters must repudiate everything they believe.
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Mediocre Alinsky. Try again.
He is Christian and not Muslim.
He professes American values which are basically based on the Ten Commandments.
Does he faint by being slain in the Spirit on stage for show? No!
Do you want to elect a pastor or President?
Wow, “Trump=Hitler” didn’t take long, now did it? More proof they lames are scared st*tless of him.
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Russell Moore is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. He is the author of “Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel.”
I will vote for Trump IF he has a Bible-believing running mate. I think he needs someone at his side who will seek God’s will for our nation...someone who in strong in their faith...someone who isn’t ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I’m voting for Cruz.
Many of them supported Obama. If principles are lost, it already happened.
A witch, who is the witch in this race? Makes no sense to me.
Jumping shark?
I am a social and constitutional conservative, and I do not support Trump, because he is neither of these.
Someone he will listen to?
Trump a Biblical Christian? Highly doubtful. Not anti-American? That’s probably as much as we can hope for these days. That’s more than can be said for Yeb, and look at the last self-proclaimed so-called evangelical Christian we had, Jimmy Carter, he didn’t do much for evangelical Christian principles.
Says the New York Times journalist, as he then goes on to sell state secrets, advocate for Sharia courts, applaud the murder of Christians, and talk about how important Kanye West is to American values.
Russell Moore: “Most illogical is his support from evangelicals and other social conservatives. To back Mr. Trump, these voters must repudiate everything they believe.”
Who you want us to vote for Russell Moore? Who would be enough of a Pharisee to please you?
Knock knock! You there Russell? The Slimes loves you Russell.
No Christian needs to take lessons from the NY Times about their values.
There’s no religious test for office, and there shouldn’t be.
Translation: Mr. Trump fails the NYT test for religious purity.
We should not demand to see the long-form certificate for Mr. Trump’s second birth.
Translation: The NYT demands to see the long-form certificate for Mr. Trump’s second birth.
Look:
The big issues right now, for any president are:
-- Illegal immigration
-- Jobs and economic growth
-- Tax reform
-- Repealing ObamaCare
Trump is equal or better than any candidate on all of these. He's got the package I'm looking for.
I care very much about abortion. Two points:
-- No president can wave a magic wand and change Roe v Wade. Supreme Court nominations matter, but no Republican has proven very adept at choosing genuine pro-Life judges. I cannot use abortion as a litmus test for any president.
-- Trump says he is pro-Life. I may harbor some doubts, but I have no firm basis on which to declare that he's simply lying to me.
The way I look at it, you first have to take out the anti-Christian enemy before you can advance your own agenda.
Trump may just be the weapon we need to do that.
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