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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums*Breaking*--Reverend Harry Powell named Congressional Chaplain...
...a beaming Speaker Paul Ryan today announced that, in an attempt to settle the Chaplainship issue once and for all, he had named the Reverend Harry Powell as Congressional Chaplain. "He's just the man we need for these times," Ryan said. "Not only does he incarnate the family values we Republicans stand for, but he also represents the belief in free enterprise and entrepreneurship that made our country great." The appointment was immediately hailed by the Freedom Caucus, The Focus on the Family, Fox News, and the Federalist Society. Wayne LaPierre, Vice-President of the National Rifle Association, also hailed the move, saying "this is the greatest action the Republican Congress has made in a generation. Now we have someone whom the Liberal Snowflakes are really going to get their panties in a wad over". It's thought that some experience as the Congressional Chaplain might pave the way for a Senatorial run in Powell's home state of Mississippi, despite rumors of certain legal issues that Ryan said jocularly "will be explained very soon." President Trump tweeted: "A helluva guy! God up there is smiling down on us all tonight. We need someone who knows the difference between good and evil!" Vice-President Pence was unable to comment, but is unofficially described as "pleased" by the choice.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)This sounds like The Onion.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)I would want a confirmation of this.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)ornotna
(10,799 posts)hlthe2b
(102,232 posts)Reverend Harry Powell is a fictional character in Davis Grubb's 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter. He was portrayed by Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton's 1955 film adaptation, and by Richard Chamberlain in the 1991 made for TV remake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_Harry_Powell
PSPS
(13,593 posts)PSPS
(13,593 posts)A remarkable movie well worth watching.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)By the end of the list of those pleased, I half expected to see Satan on it, so it'd probably good if there isn't some position this guy's filling.
Ryan swore the Jesuit-trained house chaplain, Rev. Conroy, back in earlier today.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)Well done, I say.
flying rabbit
(4,632 posts)pop culture satire.