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http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/almost-14-million-pledge-jesus-write-candidate-2012-disgruntled-evangelicals-vent?paging=offAlmost 1.4 Million Pledge For Jesus as Write-In Candidate in 2012, as Disgruntled Evangelicals Vent Their Anti-Mormon, Anti-Obama Ire
talk2action.org / By Bruce Wilson
October 25, 2012 |
As of October 18, 2012, when I reported in my story Graham's Romney Endorsement Accidentally Spreads "Mormonism is a cult" Meme to Millions - about superstar evangelist Billy Graham's disastrous effort to woo Protestant evangelical voters to vote for Mormon Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the 2012 election, I was unaware that the meme might, by then, already have spread to over a million disgruntled evangelicals who had reportedly pledged to vent their anti-Mormon (and anti-Obama) ire at the ballot box this November 6th.
Candidate "A" is clearly a tool of Satan. But candidate "B" is a tool of Satan too and, if elected president, he'll suspend the Constitution and implement a theocracy to be run by his satanically-inspired cult.
"Stop!", cries out evangelist Bill Keller, founder of the Internet ministry liveprayer.com; "CHRISTIANS MUST TAKE A STAND AND SAY "NO" TO SATAN THIS NOVEMBER!!!", he declares, "Vote for Jesus!"
Keller means it. His website http://www.votingforjesus.com/ claims to have received well over one million pledges from voters who say that they will, on November 6, 2012, cast their votes for the write-in candidacy of Jesus Christ for president of the United States.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Love the report, tho.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)always a bad idea.
riqster
(13,986 posts)dmallind
(10,437 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)calimary
(81,402 posts)But if you think Satan's on the ballot, then the "other" obvious answer is - vote for the other guy! President Obama!
Yeah, I know the premise of the story, but I do like offering an alternative to those Obama-haters who somehow can't bear to vote for wrongney either. I'd rather a non-Obama vote go to a write-in than to Captain Bain.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)Thank you Jesus.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)I wholeheartedly endorse this endeavor.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Unless he is on my ballot with a (D) next to him then that isn't going to happen, but I support their effort and I hope a lot of them live in Ohio, Virginia and Florida.
Vogon_Glory
(9,127 posts)Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)If you can't bring yourself to vote for the Mormon or the one you pretend is Muslim, Vote for Jesus!
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)and not just for President, but for every office.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Their eternal salvation is at stake after all. Save your soul, vote for Jesus.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)aletier_v
(1,773 posts)How could anyone of conscience vote for Romney?
He's a looter and a liar.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)Just go to the Religion forum....
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)We are still a very young and intellectually immature specie, afraid of the dark, and telling each other tales around the fire to allay the fear of the unknown.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand...
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)and people say they are racist
Whovians for heyseuss!!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)I mean really, be fair and treat the candidates equally
cojoel
(957 posts)Therefore, he would be subject to the other test, of proving he was a citizen of the United States at the adoption of The Constitution. There aren't many witnesses around, perhaps being on the 1790 Census Roles would be sufficient.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Between Gary Johnson in at least 48 states and Jesus, hope they siphon off some Team Romney's base.
Spread the word, use sympathetic tones and a dab of logic when you run into those expressing even the tiniest bit of hesitation and frustration for Team Romney - I know I will.
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)He's still well-known in Virginia and should take votes away from RMoney.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Wednesdays
(17,398 posts)But his birthplace may be problematic.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)I'll take it!
winstars
(4,220 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,747 posts)Jesus wasn't born in the United States!
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)eomer
(3,845 posts)Their beliefs about Jesus are a myth constructed well after he died. If they looked into the history of the bible as it can best be reconstructed these myths would be shattered.
unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,747 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)"If English was good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for the rest of us."
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)my gardener. He's a really nice guy, but I'm not sure he's presidential material.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,372 posts)JackN415
(924 posts)Bonhomme Richard
(9,000 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,279 posts)At best, a lot of right-wing votes will have zero impact, and at worst, we'll end up with a Hispanic president from Pennsylvania. Or maybe that's backwards, who knows?
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Maeve
(42,287 posts)But those are votes Rmoney isn't getting, so....
gollygee
(22,336 posts)There are a few problems with his candidacy of course:
1. Dead
2. Not a natural born citizen of the US
3. Have to be 35 to be president, died when 33
But any vote for him is a vote that doesn't go to Romney, so GO FOR IT.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)Nobody fucks with the Jesus.
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 27, 2012, 11:13 AM - Edit history (1)
I wrote a long boring, (hey, I'll admit it- lol) post nearly a week ago, about how my evangelical family members said that they will either not be voting, or writing in Santorum. That knocks out about 10 votes that have reliably gone to republican presidential candidates for decades now. All thanks to the Mormon thing.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1594080
I'd prefer that they not vote at all, but won't count on it since they are unlikely to miss out on the down ticket R's... So F Santorum! They'll probably like this idea better anyway. I'll be sending my mother the link. She'll make sure it gets passed around. Hopefully to some of her church friends too. Bwahaha!
Thanks unhappycamper!
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I hope they wear gloves when doing so.
Ick.
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)But I grew up w/this stuff, so I've built up a pretty good immunity to it.
Wasn't easy though. Especially during their 700 club, Anita Bryant, Moral Majority years.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Johonny
(20,872 posts)A republican town votes for Jesus in protest and Jesus wins AND ACTUALLY shows up. My guess, these people don't really want Jesus in charge.
But yeah, they might become suspicious when they see how liberal He is. He'd better bring his birth certificate. Oh wait... that wouldn't work either.
cheezmaka
(737 posts)They would have to stop all of their hatred, bigotry, racism, lies and hypocracy.
femrap
(13,418 posts)GREED!!!
Welcome to DU.
Thanks femrap!
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Jesus is a liberal.
cheezmaka
(737 posts)at least the Jesus in THE BIBLE was...
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)would they ask for his birth certificate?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)"Wrong Jesus, darling."
"Ah."
cheezmaka
(737 posts)He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords! But if they want to vote for him to take a lower office and hurt Romney's Campaign in the process let them "knock themselves out!"
jsr
(7,712 posts)Retrograde
(10,143 posts)(I always thought that was a pretty wishy-washy sentiment). Let them write him in: maybe we'll see the Electoral College and the College of Cardinals argue about his eligibility.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)those who spam my page with crap about that godless Muslin Kenyan who doesn't love Jesus.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)relatives that are for romney. if they are as christian as they profess to be,this might just float their boat. A vote for Jesus is a vote romney doesn't get.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)A true game-changer.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)theKed
(1,235 posts)I mean, even you get past the nationality, I don't know if America's ready for a Jewish president...especially a liberal Jewish president.
I saw his campaign literature. Waaayyy too big. No way he's gonna catch the modern voter when your platform is a thick book like that. It's all about brevity, directness, these days; sound bites, twitter (does he even have a twitter account?).
I will say, though, he does have a lot of history of political involvement. Sometimes I think, however, he's just banking on his dad's reputation.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Who else can do that?
theKed
(1,235 posts)up here in the north.
Just sayin'
A HERETIC I AM
(24,372 posts)Talk about a local yokel.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Until I read this I was thinking it was going to be a tight race. After the election we will see posts of how many of us are against Jesus. The votes for Jesus Christ was never going to be Obama votes.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)n/t
SHRED
(28,136 posts)...anti-war Communist who gave away health care?
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progree
(10,911 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)they really will do it.
azureblue
(2,149 posts)if only the laws of the US were based upon the teachings of Jesus: Do not lie, take care of the sick, the elderly, the poor, money won't buy your ticket to heaven, judge not, do not steal, love your fellow man. Don't say you are a Christian and refuse to do what Jesus taught. A Christian is judged by his deeds, not by what he says.
cheezmaka
(737 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)I am sure they find it soon and block it but for now its boosting their "commintment" totals at about 500 entries per minute... hehehe.
I know its naughtly but its fun to mess with them.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)I think I added about 100,000 records.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)now up to 1.525M
AllyCat
(16,205 posts)Whatever people.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)And they're going to write in the Socialist.... brilliant.
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel
(3,273 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,803 posts)They're never going to vote for Obama anyway, but that doesn't matter. Voting counts do not count who you vote against, only who you vote for.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)picked-up on that huh? If that is the case, then Mittens is not leading in the popular vote nor will lose terribly on the swing states. CNN is constantly decrying Mittens is winning bullshit.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Jesus would never run for office
Autumn
(45,120 posts)a vote for Jesus is a vote Romney isn't getting.
cheezmaka
(737 posts)i need to share it with my fundie friends as well
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)Orbit1
(12 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Ten years from now, will there still be occasional posts on rightwing sites blaming Jesus for Romney's loss?
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)English was good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for the rest of us."
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)##snip##
"Keller says he was raised in the United Methodist Church, but became an evangelical preacher in 1992 upon his release from federal prison where he spent two and a half years for insider trading."
##snip##
Anthony McCarthy
(507 posts)I'd rather have them voting for Jesus than for Romney. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, forgive seventy times seven times, those who are first will be last, those who are last will be first, the meek will inherit the Earth..... face it, Jesus is a better candidate. If I thought he had a chance of winning I'd vote for him on his platform alone. Of those who have a chance of winning, Obama is the clear choice.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)challenge Sarah Palin would she rather Jesus or romney?
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)siphons off a million votes from Romney, causing Obama to win the election, that will mean that Jesus saved all of us four years of misery and hardship under a Bush like republican administration.
Imagine it, the most hard core conservatives in the country voting for Jesus, the consummate liberal socialist.
Hallelujah, thank you, Jesus!
cheezmaka
(737 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Overseas
(12,121 posts)toby jo
(1,269 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)toby jo
(1,269 posts)that says I was born 'less than' & a relationship with him makes me 'equal to' or 'more than'.
The narrative I see is of a guy who did some things that resulted in the horrific deaths of millions of people and still has a billion or so waiting (WTF?!) for him to return so they can get their lives on. Yeah, his followers sucked, but I assign some of the responsiblity for all of this BS to him, in the form of naivety if nothing else. I know I stand pretty much alone on this point, so what?
Without really getting into it - peace.
LeftInTX
(25,474 posts)<iframe width="640" height="360" src="
?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>and:
Romney Invested in Medical-Waste That Disposed of Aborted Fetuses
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/romney-bain-abortion-stericycle-sec
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)in Behind The Veil, the cartoon version is perfect, at least I thought.
So easy even a 3 year old can understand it.
upi402
(16,854 posts)seriously insane. lunacy!
adamuu
(2,099 posts)That's pretty interesting, at least.
JI7
(89,260 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,372 posts)Almost 1.4 million Americans have publicly confirmed they are complete morons
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Knock yourselves out, guys.
Doodler71
(443 posts)This guy disappears for 2000 plus years at a time.
brooklynite
(94,670 posts)Assume that 1.4 million voter for Jesus don't appear (I'd be shocked if there were 140,000...), that's a lot of "bearing false witness..."
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)It's a link to a gallery of Romney supporters: [link:http://www.votingforsatan.com/|
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)ncav53
(168 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)As long as they also demand that Jesus produce his birth certificate.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)IVoteDFL
(417 posts)Funny stuff there!! http://www.votingforsatan.com/