Rick Perry's Hip-Hop Prayer BBQ Didn't Create Jobs

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A lot has been made of Texas Governor Rick Perry's prayer rally, which he led this morning in Houston's Reliant Stadium. Perry, who is ramping up his campaign to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2012, insists that there were no political motivations to the gathering. Exactly, Rick Perry prays with 20,000 people in football stadiums every Saturday. While many critics complain that this blurs the line between church and state, those critics are heathens. So, what was the governor's prayer rally like?

Politico reports that many started to enter the stadium as early as 8 a.m., and they "rose to their feet" when Perry appeared, "cheering wildly when he hit a line in a passage from the Book of Joel: 'Blow the trumpet in Zion!'"

On the website for the event, which Perry calls "The Response," he wrote that, "Right now, America is in crisis: we have been besieged by financial debt, terrorism, and a multitude of natural disasters. As a nation, we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles, and thank Him for the blessings of freedom we so richly enjoy."

This prayer rally is just what a country that is "besieged...by a multitude of natural disasters" needs. What we don't need are those stupid tsunami warning centers that would have been cut under the GOP's proposed budget.

The majority of the rally was scripture-related, with Governor Perry reading "passages from the books of Isaiah, Joel and Ephesians."

He also led the crowd in his own prayers, saying, "Father, our heart breaks for America. We see discord at home, we see fear in the marketplace, we see anger in the halls of government. And as a nation, we have forgotten who made us, who protects us, who blesses us. And for that we cry out for your forgiveness."

Young people seemed to have the most fun, however, as a "kids' area was set up in the Jose Cuervo Cantina on the stadium's south side."

Who do you gotta pray to in order to get some limes around here?

Rick Perry prayer rally speech decries U.S. condition [Politico]

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brokenhearted
brokenhearted

Lord Jesus our paryers are voiced to you. We ask You to convict the hearts of everyone who finds it popular to lambast Your Holy Name,render the hardened hearts of  those who giggle at Your Power and Sovereignty as naughty children caught in mischief, and break the hearts of those who deliriously believe wealth and fame more important than their eternal life. We praise Your Holy Precious Name, Jesus our Lord.

Consumer Unit 5012
Consumer Unit 5012

break the hearts of those who deliriously believe wealth and fame more important than their eternal life.

Republicans?

"What a lot of people are worshipping might not be Jesus." - J. R. Dobbs

Guest
Guest

LOL! Go away bagger. 

Gary H Holbrook
Gary H Holbrook

The Guv should hit the road with Sister Sarah and Rev. Franklin Graham and sell their pitch in San Francisco, NYC, Portland, Seattle And LA.

The Nation needs to hear from a Son of Texas and his fellow grifters.

Howdee!!! 

Abort Democrats
Abort Democrats

Might as well, we have already seen what the liberal thieves in charge for the last 6 years have to offer; no budgets, massive spending and more recently bad credit. It's funny you call Perry a grifter. Obama was a one-third term Senator when he was elected President, and now it is evident that he's completely unqualified for the job. Perry, on the other hand, is the longest-termed governor in Texas history, and unlike most of the US Texas is doing okay. I guess you call succes "grift". I'd rather have the "grift" than Obama's "hope". As in "hope" we have some moeney left when he leaves office. Perhaps you prefer thieves, tax-cheats, perverts, socialists, etc. but personally I think most people want a job and some economic stability.

Aliasleemayzo
Aliasleemayzo

lib's in charge for how many years bush had this country on lock for 8 years after stealing an election and inheriting a surplus from clinton he flipping the script and began burning threw money on illegal wars a medicare part D prescription drug bill tax cuts for the Über rich asshole hedge fund managers etc Limbaugh and FOX lie to you ... you do know that misguided opinions and bad ideas created out of whole cloth by agenda driven think tanks are not facts right? the far right called our president a tar baby and his 50th B-Day party a hip-hop BBQ drawing that's not race baiting or coded language right? do you make more than 250k/yr are you in the top 2% if not voting against your own self-interest doesn't exactly display intelligence gary and if you do tax cuts don't create jobs we have historically low tax rates yet you brainwashed grover norquist loving idiots still want more? it's this simple if republican governers and courperate owned tea party republicans stay in office we are done this country is Rome Falling Part II holding workers hostage is not a progressive value did you say tax cheats perverts wow do you need a history lesson and we are all socialists deal with it do you even know what that word means my guess is hell no a social-capitalist society is the only way this country survives period we've had no new spending or new economic stimulus just cuts progressives hate this newly signed debt deal because we got zero zilch nada nothing on the revenue side thus the tea party led credit down grading by the criminal S&P what the hell are you complaining about when your ideas don't work after you've held the congress and the country hostage you blame it all on obama when obama dose something good like catching bin laden you give bush the credit wtf? the far right has cheered the downgrading of our credit rating! Chicago losing the Olympic bid etc etc why is the right rooting against this country? maybe because they don't want to see a black man to succeed in the white house and/or what they perceive to be progressive succeeding even given the fact President Obama is a middle of the road Democrat the republicans go after every democrat america elects regardless of how grown up conciliatory or compromising he may be why else would we be seeing so many examples of Republicans cheering the downfall of this country? the president has given you everything you want he could personally save you from drowning and you would still fault him for not doing it fast enough i know what we need to return america to greatness but republicans don't care about poor folks people of color or rebuilding this country and don't care about americans having opportunities or getting kicked out of their homes they never offer ideas beyond  tax cuts for the rich, war (the military industrial complex) and stopping immigrants from doing what immigrants have always done become americans by building america we are all immigrants unless you are a native american you are an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants Abortdemocrats "i watch FOX Drooling Driveling, Slobbering Derrrrrrrrr i want my country back from the black guy" you fuckin racist cunt! all of you dick bags need your own space you really do i wish we could split this fucker 70/30 and make you morons live in the desert everything wrong with this country is your fault you and people like you stupid bigoted low information voting non cerebral simplistic talking point repugnant tea bagging cock blowers Holbrook you are so white

Guest
Guest

Perry is doing a good job of conning the rubes with his religious hogwash just like every other con-man preacher from Falwell to Roberts. 

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