GOPers Receiving "Call" from On High to Run for Presidency. Is That Via the Internet or a Cellphone?

[Donnachaidh]

http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill-berkowitz/36586/gopers-receiving-call-from-on-high-to-run-for-presidency-is-that-via-the-internet-or-a-cellphone

George W. Bush did it; Michelle Bachmann has done it a number of times, and appears to be about to do it again; As Mormons, it is highly unlikely that Mitt Romney or Jon Huntsman would dare do it; Newt Gingrich would do it if he thought there was a chance anyone would believe him; Tim Pawlenty's campaign manager did it only a few weeks ago; and, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump would likely be laughed off the stage if they even tried it.

In 2000, while Governor of Texas, George W. Bush was considering a run for the presidency, Edmund D. Cohen pointed out in a piece in Free Inquiry magazine that "a story circulated that he had phoned televangelist James Robison" and said that he had "heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for president."

"Politicians and operatives claiming that God spoke to them is as old as the hills," Frederick Clarkson, author of "Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy" told BuzzFlash. "Whether said in earnest or as a matter of crass pandering, when people say such things, they should be viewed with extreme skepticism. Not so much to question whether or not God spoke to them, but because they were so unwise as to say so."

This time around, the camps of at least two presidential hopefuls have signaled that "the call" is involved.

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[RandomThoughts]

1. You should ask what they think God is asking them to do.

[JoePhilly]

2. God is a practical joker.

He tells 4 or 5 of these nuts that they should be President. And than probably laughs at them after.

Kind of like when a football player catches a touchdown and thanks God, and the defensive back is upset because God told him he'd have deep coverage.

[RKP5637]

3. I think they need to be drug tested! n/t

[glinda]

4. Some will fail. Bachman.

[RKP5637]

5. She's gotta be high on something and I don't think it's religion. n/t

[glinda]

6. Diet pills most likely.

[arbusto_baboso]

7. I'm sure they are being called. I'm equally sure that voice ain't God's.

Just sayin'.

[hobbit709]

9. Ever notice how the people that hear voices

Never hear anything remotely resembling "Be nice to others"

[arbusto_baboso]

10. I'd settle for something that's not nice, but innocuous.

Like "fart in church. FART IN CHURCH!"

[hobbit709]

8. It's the red phone directly tied to the Koch brothers.