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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is so sick, it just turns my stomach.
I have watched nearly all of the Lincoln Project ads, and applauded. But this one. I just don't know. I'm not sure who it is aiming at, except maybe people who aren't over the top, but see the disconnect between the image of Trump that the preachers are promoting and who he really is.
The one preacher who says the Trump has a mandate to do anything... even assassination.
I find myself just stunned and overwhelmed with intense feelings of loathing for these ministers. And I feel that American evangelicals got sold a bag of shit and told it was candy. So they ate it. And don't want to admit that it doesn't taste good.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)As awful as it is, its not unexpected.
Nothing new there.
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qwlauren35
(6,148 posts)was just how completely the evangelical ministers "sold" Trump to their people.
Maybe because it was 4 years ago, and it's not part of my life, I forgot.
And I heard about it third-hand. I never saw a clip of it. Seeing it, as I said, makes me ill.
They told their people that Trump was ordained by God, and ANYTHING he did was okay.
How could a human being lie like that to another human being?
My husband believes in God, but does not ever want to call himself Christian because when he thinks of Christians, he thinks of these ministers.
I'm just appalled.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Pretty sure paying church goers are disappearing.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Talk about darkness
Doreen
(11,686 posts)If that is against him they did not make it clear. It sort of has the feeling it might be against him but not enough. The far rights could very easily take it as being on their side. I think one of the things that would clue you in that it is against him is that The Lincon Project has been against him all of this time.
no_hypocrisy
(46,112 posts)your souls ! ! !
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)anyway. It isn't as if they were fooled. Fuck them ALL.
RussBLib
(9,012 posts)I might actually have something to thank Trump for, the total unmasking of the hypocrisy of these preachers and charlatans.
Hallelujah!
BComplex
(8,051 posts)You got that right!!
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)scammer on the planet. That woman makes me absolutely sick. I don't know how anyone could be stupid enough to fall for her bullshit, let alone send her the kind of money she asks for.
I despise these people with a passion.
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)They got just what they wanted. Their wildest dreams have come true.
This is who these people are. Oppressors, thieves, common conmen and women just like Trump. Of course they would flock to him.
dalton99a
(81,489 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)that trump never even attends church?
Then there's the Access Hollywood thing, the Stormy Daniels thing, blah blah blah....
oasis
(49,387 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)There's too much going on - gospel singing, people talking, words flying all over the screen... It's all competing, each against the other.
Their ads are usually spot on and extremely effective. IMO, this one, not so much.
Rebl2
(13,507 posts)great one.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)radical noodle
(8,000 posts)think about voting for him because of abortion. This is scary stuff and I think would make the real Christians reconsider.
The Lincoln Project knows those folks much better than we do. If they think this is a worthwhile ad, I believe them.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)The Evangelical crazies are the problem. You cant reason with them because they will just get this blank look on their face, and then tell you that God spoke to them and they will justify whatever it is they are doing - including lying, stealing, etc.
They do not represent the true tenets of Christianity IMHO and I will be screaming this from the mountain tops until I can scream no more.
The mega churches have become nothing more than conditioning camps. Right now, my city is in the fight of its life over COVID-19 and half of these idiots are flooding social media with posts saying its all fake, numbers are inflated, fake news, etc.
We no longer have the luxury of NOT shouting down this stupidity. We have got to get back to a science based approach to solving this pandemic and simply put, theres just no time for their stupid shit right now.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,540 posts)Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)Explain what Dominionism is. And Barr's Opus Dei, too.
Tell the people what nut freaks hold the power.
JI7
(89,249 posts)while showing Trump talking about grabbing pussy and other shit while they stand by .
the reason LP is effective is they don't get caught up in small details.
JI7
(89,249 posts)this is showing what fucked up trash they are. And they aren't victims. They are a hate group that supports the person that promotes their fucked up hateful views.