Cain’s Race Stain
Herman Cain is leading for the GOP nomination,
But in some quarters his comments have raised consternation.
From racial issues he’s mentioned,
Some brothers have questioned
Whether Cain is uncomfortable with his coloration.
Day: October 17, 2011
Michael Steele Is Still Full of It
All that is bullshit! Quote me!
— Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, in an interview with the Daily Beast, on criticism “from his many detractors in the Republican establishment that he raised too little, spent too much and liked to live high on the RNC hog.”
Huckabee’s Advice on How to Influence a Vote
Make a list… Call them and ask them, ‘Are you going to vote on Issue 2 and are you going to vote for it?’ If they say no, well, you just make sure that they don’t go vote. Let the air out of their tires on election day. Tell them the election has been moved to a different date. That’s up to you how you creatively get the job done.
— Mike Huckabee, quoted by the Cincinnati Enquirer, urging supporters of a law limiting collective bargaining for public employees to stop opponents from voting.
Wall Street Not Donating to Obama Campaign
$45,000
Amount employees of Goldman Sachs, who in the 2008 campaign gave Barack Obama over $1 million — more than donors from any other private employer in the country — have given him this year. By contrast, Mitt Romney has raised about $350,000 from the firm’s employees, indicative of Obama’s rocky relationship with Wall Street the past year.
Homer Simpson Donates to Roemer Campaign
Oh my God. That is too funny.
— Campaign Manager Carlos Sierra, upon learning the Huffington Post discovered an odd donation to Buddy Roemer’s presidential campaign: His finance filings show a $25 contribution from a “Nuclear Safety Inspector” at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant who lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace — a match to cartoon character Homer Simpson’s occupation and address.
We’re Spending Less
4.2%
Amount by which American households cut spending over the past 10 years, but this belt-tightening was not equal. The middle class cut by 10% – 13%, while the upper 20% of wage earners cut by 6%.
Rick Perry’s Cult Problem: What Is His Connection to the New Apostolic Reformation, a Powerful End-Times Cult Seeking World Dominion?
Is Mormonism a cult? Earlier this month, Rev. Robert Jeffress, a surrogate for Rick Perry, made headlines when he declared that it was. Pundits on both sides have also said so. Fox News host Mike Huckabee described Mormonism as a “satanic cult” when he ran for president in the 2008 GOP primaries. On the left, Bill Maher endorsed Jeffress’ view during an interview with him on Maher’s HBO show Friday night.
But if the Mormon Church is a cult, what would you call a small but powerful evangelical faction that believes in demons and witches, that performs exorcisms on a regular basis and whose belief that apocalypse is nigh compels them to overthrow national governments worldwide through “spiritual warfare” and replace them all with a single, global Iranian-style theocracy, with themselves in charge?
These are, in fact, the beliefs and objectives of the New Apostolic Reformation, a dominionist, end-times cult to which both Rick Perry and Sarah Palin have very public ties.
