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cali

(114,904 posts)
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:28 PM Dec 2015

Hoo boy. Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win ‘If We Awaken And Energize The Body of Christ"

Forgive me for posting links to right wing sites, but no one else is covering Cruz' increasingly insane religious rhetoric.



Senator Ted Cruz tells his volunteers about the need to energize and mobilize Christians.

“If we awaken and energize the body of Christ– if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values– we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.

Cruz also said that he is organizing a coalition of pastors in early states including Iowa and South Carolina.

“We’re working to have a lead pastor in each of the 99 counties in Iowa, 99 pastors are organizing other pastors,” Cruz said. “We’re doing the same thing in South Carolina, organizing pastors in 46 counties to motivate and organize other pastors.”
Cruz warned that, as the election nears, the attacks on his campaign will become more vicious.
“I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God, get ready for the attacks that are coming,” he warned. “Come the month of January we ain’t seen nothing yet.”

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/31/sen-cruz-tells-volunteers-we-can-win-if-we-awaken-and-energize-the-body-of-christ/

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Hoo boy. Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win ‘If We Awaken And Energize The Body of Christ" (Original Post) cali Dec 2015 OP
So what is Cruz's excuse when he drops out of the race in April? stopbush Dec 2015 #1
HAHAHA, IKR? nt laundry_queen Dec 2015 #18
You just can not make this crap up. Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #2
he needs a young priest and an old priest! wendylaroux Dec 2015 #3
. beac Dec 2015 #4
"It's alive! It's alive!" Everyone thinks he's Colin Clive. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #5
+1 for the rhyme Enrique Jan 2016 #32
Very smart move SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #6
He makes the anti-Christ sound better all the time. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #7
Better to reign in Hell than serve in (Cruz') Heaven! :) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #19
Taking cues from Palin, maybe? johnnypanic42 Dec 2015 #8
I think that there... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #9
Thought endorsing a candidate was grounds for losing a sinkingfeeling Dec 2015 #10
Only from the pulpit cali Dec 2015 #12
Ted does sound a bit, well, saltpoint Dec 2015 #11
"Strap on" is a term best avoided by politicians pinboy3niner Dec 2015 #14
Yep. Far too revealing. : ) eom saltpoint Dec 2015 #15
Shave and a haircut Rex Dec 2015 #13
My God, he's Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet of the United States... First Speaker Dec 2015 #16
Is it time to end their tax exemptions yet? eom LiberalElite Dec 2015 #17
"Energize the body of Christ" makes it sound like that scene in "Frankenstein" (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #20
My first thought heh... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #24
Why does this remind me of South Park? Initech Dec 2015 #21
Jesus was a liberal senz Dec 2015 #22
Zombie promises Person 2713 Dec 2015 #23
Christ doesn't hate America enough to inflict Ted Cruz on her. jmowreader Jan 2016 #25
Someone said when facism comes to America it will be 7wo7rees Jan 2016 #26
yep just what I was fixing to type Backwoodsrider Jan 2016 #27
I wish I was more shocked by this... Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #28
I agree. This talk is no longer shocking. And that is a problem. riversedge Jan 2016 #29
"Christ" or "God" do a terrible job of preventing people from dying. I am not sure I would enjoy.... Logical Jan 2016 #30
Leave it to Ted to make Jihad sound creepy. Half-Century Man Jan 2016 #31
Always cracks me up to watch Republican candidates try to "out Jesus" each other EL34x4 Jan 2016 #33
Does he have the body in his cellar? Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #34
I do get a strong, "It puts the lotion on the skin.." vibe from Teddy Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #37
From spiritual resurrection to Frankenstein science. Baitball Blogger Jan 2016 #35
As long as the defibrillator is not powered by wind or solar... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #36
the part of the body that he wants to be...perhaps the asshole?????? dembotoz Jan 2016 #38

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
1. So what is Cruz's excuse when he drops out of the race in April?
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:29 PM
Dec 2015

Jeebus wasn't on his side? His volunteers weren't pious enough? The body of Christ is as dead as a door nail?

Idiot.

johnnypanic42

(14 posts)
8. Taking cues from Palin, maybe?
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:48 PM
Dec 2015

Keep telling people that God is providing them with armor and they'll start thinking it's more than a metaphor. "Energize the body of Christ"-sounds more like one of those preachers with private jets than, you know. A presidential candidate.

3catwoman3

(24,006 posts)
9. I think that there...
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:03 PM
Dec 2015

...now SHOULD be a religious test to hold office in the US - only atheists and agnostics should be allowed to run.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
16. My God, he's Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet of the United States...
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:19 PM
Dec 2015

...as described in Heinlein's "Revolt in 2100", America's version of "1984"...

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
22. Jesus was a liberal
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:29 PM
Dec 2015

and I don't think he'd appreciate Ted Cruz prostituting him for personal gain.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
26. Someone said when facism comes to America it will be
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 05:23 AM
Jan 2016

wrapped in the flag and carrying the bible.

America, here it comes, we give you Trump/Cruz 2016.

Backwoodsrider

(764 posts)
27. yep just what I was fixing to type
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 05:35 AM
Jan 2016

Cruz is getting the religious right in line and Trump is gathering all the black and Hispanic(in his own mind) so they will be an unbeatable ticket in 2016(again in Trumps own mind only). Talk about traveling down the rabbit hole this race is getting wacko!

Docreed2003

(16,862 posts)
28. I wish I was more shocked by this...
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 10:16 AM
Jan 2016

Nothing would surprise me at this point from the Cruz camp, considering his dad gave a speech saying that Teddy was anointed by God to become president. This is the same evangelical bullshit, down to the hokey catch phrases like "strap on the armor of God" that I grew up around in the 80's, the only exception is that it's being used in a presidential campaign instead of a pulpit. The dominionists of Cruz's ilk want nothing more that to be in positions of political power to force their extreme version of Christianity down the throats of everyone else in this country. There is no compromise when you believe God is on your side. Cruz has become emboldened during his campaign because no one in the media is calling him out for shit like this or the "laying on of hands" he had at another rally this week.

 

Logical

(22,457 posts)
30. "Christ" or "God" do a terrible job of preventing people from dying. I am not sure I would enjoy....
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 10:42 AM
Jan 2016

talking to either of them.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
33. Always cracks me up to watch Republican candidates try to "out Jesus" each other
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 12:30 PM
Jan 2016

in Iowa, --a state that has gone blue in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections.

Baitball Blogger

(46,730 posts)
35. From spiritual resurrection to Frankenstein science.
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 12:34 PM
Jan 2016

Who said that right-wingers couldn't grasp the scientific method?

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)
38. the part of the body that he wants to be...perhaps the asshole??????
Fri Jan 1, 2016, 02:55 PM
Jan 2016

and yes the strap on jokes would be easy....

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