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Archae

(46,262 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:33 PM Jun 2014

Texas Lt Gov candidate spouts Talibornagain propaganda...

Any bets as to how long until this yahoo has a sex and/or money scandal?

Texas Lt. Gov Nominee Dan Patrick's Christian-Nation Politics

Submitted by Peter Montgomery on Monday, 6/23/2014 3:39 pm

Texas State Sen. Dan Patrick, the GOP nominee for Lt. Governor, addressed Friday night’s session of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference. Patrick said that America is a Christian nation, that politics is about building God’s kingdom, and that America’s policies must be grounded in the Bible.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-lt-gov-nominee-dan-patrick-s-christian-nation-politics#sthash.CYIJcgAS.dpuf

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Texas Lt Gov candidate spouts Talibornagain propaganda... (Original Post) Archae Jun 2014 OP
I don't suppose that he's taken a good course in civics.... PDJane Jun 2014 #1
Dan Patrick is a nut case Gothmog Jun 2014 #2
I got that impression from the article. Archae Jun 2014 #3
Here in Texas? LondonReign2 Jun 2014 #5
Dan Patrick hasn't been known for being best source of intelligent information for years. Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #4

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
1. I don't suppose that he's taken a good course in civics....
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:39 PM
Jun 2014

Or understands at all why a state religion was specifically written out of the constitution.

The founding fathers had that problem, and knew enough to understand how bad it made life for minorities.

Archae

(46,262 posts)
3. I got that impression from the article.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:49 PM
Jun 2014

Let's hope he goes down in flames like EW Jackson did in Virginia.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Dan Patrick hasn't been known for being best source of intelligent information for years.
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:49 PM
Jun 2014

This would be a very good year to elect a Democratic Lt. Governor. Dan Patrick annoyed me trying to be a sportscaster. He has been a bad representative, he needs to go.

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