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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:02 PM Oct 2013

House Stenographer Explains Her Bizarre Outburst in an E-mail to Fox Producer


House Stenographer Explains Her Bizarre Outburst in an E-mail to Fox Producer

Dianne Reidy, the stenographer who went on a strange rant on the House floor Wednesday night, has now made a public comment, in an e-mail sent to Fox News producer Chad Pergram to explain why she was screaming about God while House members were on the floor.

Greta Van Susteren posted the e-mail on her Gretawire blog, and this is what Reidy had to say about her unexpected outburst.

“For the past 2 and 1/2 weeks, the Holy Spirit has been waking me up in the
middle of the night and preparing me (through my reluctance and doubt) to deliver
a message in the House Chamber.
That is what I did last night”

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Full post here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/house-stenographer-explains-her-bizarre-outburst-in-an-e-mail/

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House Stenographer Explains Her Bizarre Outburst in an E-mail to Fox Producer (Original Post) Tx4obama Oct 2013 OP
Oh for Pete's sake... calimary Oct 2013 #1
This woman need to seek professional help. pangaia Oct 2013 #2
Yes, and quickly. Arkansas Granny Oct 2013 #4
A command hallucination is not the Holy Spirit. rug Oct 2013 #3
Sadly this lady needs medication n/t malaise Oct 2013 #5
Another nut with messages from God? Cleita Oct 2013 #6
Is she getting paid to do this? leftstreet Oct 2013 #7
You'd think two and a half weeks of preparation would produce something a little more sensical. tanyev Oct 2013 #8
Religion messes with people's heads. n-t Logical Oct 2013 #9
FOX News zombie as well? Any ounce of compassion I had to pretend I had for the woman is gone. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #10
House Stenographer's husband is a nondenominational Christian pastor Tx4obama Oct 2013 #11
Refer also to this thread OmahaBlueDog Oct 2013 #12
that was a boner Demonaut Oct 2013 #13
 
10. FOX News zombie as well? Any ounce of compassion I had to pretend I had for the woman is gone.
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 08:19 PM
Oct 2013

I will now proceed with ridicule.

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
12. Refer also to this thread
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:37 AM
Oct 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023871689

More at: http://tv.yahoo.com/news/fox-friends-debates-whether-ranting-house-stenographer-victim-140835355.html


To the untrained eye, Reidy’s outburst had all the markings of a mental breakdown, but a minister wrote the Fox News morning program arguing that the woman was simply sharing a communique from on high.

“It was not a mental episode,” host Steve Doocy read from the email. “What she was doing was known as an exercise of the gifts of the spirit where she was. She had brought a warning and a message from God.”

It wasn’t just the Lord’s outrage over Obamacare that got “Fox & Friends” viewers riled up, they were upset that guards seized Reidy for sharing her beliefs.

“Amazingly, this religious and obviously a sweet lady gets fed up and speaks her mind, something we all have tried to do,” Doocy read from a second email. “She brings up our dear Lord and she gets a mental evaluation? I think it should be the other way around. And then this person goes on to list the people who should be checked out.”
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