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kpete

(72,018 posts) Tue Jan 19, 2016, 01:57 PM Jan 2016

He seems to think God is his pollster.

When Tapper asked him if he regretted making his notorious remark that he’d never had to ask God for forgiveness, he replied:

“I have a great relationship with God. I have a great relationship with the Evangelicals. In fact, nationwide, I’m up by a lot, I’m leading everybody. But I like to be good. I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness. And I am good. I don’t do a lot of things that are bad. I try to do nothing that is bad. I live a very different life than probably a lot of people would think. And I have a very great relationship with God and I have a very great relationship with Evangelicals. I think that’s why I’m doing so well with Iowa.”

gag me now:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/why-did-trump-ignore-his-nemesis-on.html

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He seems to think God is his pollster. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2016 OP

Thats sort of a generic Trump response regardless of the question tularetom Jan 2016 #1

IMHO, any actual Evangelicals would be utterly appalled by that statement jberryhill Jan 2016 #2

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

1. Thats sort of a generic Trump response regardless of the question

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 02:09 PM

Jan 2016

"I have a great (insert topic here). I have a great (insert topic here). In fact, nationwide, I’m up by a lot, I’m leading everybody. But I like to be good. I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness. And I am good. I don’t do a lot of things that are bad. I try to do nothing that is bad. I live a very different life than probably a lot of people would think. And I have a very great (insert topic here) and I have a very great (insert topic here). I think that’s why I’m doing so well with Iowa.”

Pure genius! He can adapt that spiel to any topic, any situation. Doesn't have to think, doesn't have to reason. And the best part is, nobody has the balls to point out to him that he gives the same speech no matter who he is talking to or what the subject is.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. IMHO, any actual Evangelicals would be utterly appalled by that statement

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 03:12 PM

Jan 2016

"But I like to be good. I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness. And I am good. I don’t do a lot of things that are bad. I try to do nothing that is bad."

Forgiveness of sins and reliance on faith alone, instead of "being good" is the entire point of Evangelical belief. In their belief system, it is not possible to be "good", and any attempt to rely on oneself to "do nothing that is bad" is pointless, because being "bad" is a fundamental condition of humankind.

If Evangelical voters actually favor Trump after a bizarrely incongruous statement like that, then they are dumber than dirt.

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