Saturday, August 06, 2011

Rick Perry's prayer rally a failed hot mess of hypocrisy

Luckily I was away at a family reunion - celebrating actual love - so I missed Perry's hot mess of a rally. But according Right Wing Watch made videos of certain scenes. And they just kill me. How in the world can some of these people dare to pray to God for deliverance for the nation while ignoring their own sins?

People like Tony Perkins of the hate group the Family Research Council, pseudo historian David Barton who had made a career out of not only verbally bashing the gay community but also manipulating history to suit his beliefs, and Don Wildmon, head of another anti-gay hate group the American Family Association.

If you ever want to get an idea as to why Christianity is getting a bad reputation in this country, these folks are the culprits:



But there is some good news coming out of this. Box Turtle Bulletin says that rally was a failure in three regards:

Houston’s Reliant Stadium hold 71,000 people, but according to officials with Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s “The Response” prayer rally, about 30,000 people showed up. That should mean that the stadium would be half full. Doesn’t look like it to me. Failure #1.


Perry also sent invitations to every governor in the nation to attend his rally. The only one to show up was Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. Gov. Rick Scott of Florida made a video that was played in the stadium. Only two others out of at least forty-nine — that’s failure #2.

The American Family Association’s Tim Wildmon addressed criticisms of the wholesale obliteration of the lines between church and state as represented by a religious revival organized by a political executive by saying “no political candidates will be speaking.” Candidate, perhaps not — although please, does anyone not believe Perry is running for president — but the criticism stems from two current, elected governors speaking from the stage with another one phoning it in. These aren’t just candidates. They are current office-holders sworn to uphold the Constitution. Failure #3.




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11 comments:

Suzan said...

That 30,000 was Tea Bagger math. Correcting for right wing inflation and lying probably closer to 12,000.

They always exaggerate right wing numbers and wildly under count the numbers at left wing rallies.

Robert said...

To those fortunate enough not to live in the Republic of Texas, (remember Perry'd like nothing better than to secede and form his own dictatorship), please do everything you can to wake God up to the abuse that was perpetrated in His name today.
And a warning, the same shenanigans are probably headed to your state. Be on the look out.

Scott Amundsen said...

I am reminded of a church sign I once saw that fits this mishegoss perfectly: God Wants Spiritual Fruits, Not Religious Nuts.

roflol ><

Monica Roberts said...

30,000 is what we draw for HS football playoff games there....

That was far less than 30,000 people...

Unknown said...

*shaking my head*

Some people's children...

Scott Amundsen said...

@Robert: In New York? Not bloody likely. Governor Cuomo is a freaking bulldog.

:-P

John B. said...

The news report I saw in the Washington Post said "over 20 thousand". But did they sell tickets to this? If so they should be able to provide a pretty accurate number.

Anonymous said...

I have 2 questions, and yes I'm too lazy to research this: Does anyone know who paid for this event to go down, and if they sold tickets or got donations, where do the funds go? That's my biggest concern. It's all good and well for a public official to attend a religious event on his own time and his own dime, but is that the case here?

BlackTsunami said...

I don't think there were tickets but I do know that the American Family Associaition - an anti-gay hate group - paid the bill.

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, I did read that already. Sorry. Still.....inviting all the governors is a bit much. I really really really dig that whole separation of church and state thing.

Anonymous said...

And then after it was all over they went home, watched "The Passion of the Christ" and beat off.