Rick Perry Baptized Anew in Historic Creek

[brooklynite]

Texas Tribune:

Before he launched his bid for the presidency three years ago, Gov. Rick Perry drew thousands of worshipers to an air-conditioned stadium in Houston, where Christian conservative activists prayed for the nation and the soon-to-announce candidate proclaimed his faith in God.

Perry is still said to have his eyes on the White House, but the religious event he staged last month was nothing like the flashy “prayerpalooza” at Reliant Stadium in 2011.

With only close friends and family looking on, the born-again Christian governor was baptized outdoors, in the spring waters once used to wash the sins off Sam Houston, the first elected president of the Republic of Texas and one of the most colorful political figures in American history.

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There’s no word yet on what Perry said after he was dunked, but his office confirmed that the ceremony took place last month. And the pastor whose congregation still uses the creek for baptisms recounted the governor’s subsequent visit to the nearby church, where he said Perry played a soulful hymn on the organ and soaked up the rich local history.

So, the first time didn't take?

[JoePhilly]

1. Is it wrong to hope that there is a hog farm or a ...

... coal plant, located upstream?

[packman]

6. Or a near-by fertilizer plant

ready to blow up due to lack state inspections.

[jberryhill]

10. Yes, but...

...it is not wrong to worry about whether anyone downstream drinks that water.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Oh dear lord, no.

The very worst thing for this country would be a giant mutated Godzilla Rick Perry.

[Mnemosyne]

2. Should have held him under much, much, much longer to assure it worked this time. nt

[n2doc]

3. Couldn't Sarah Pailin have waterboarded him instead? n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. Trying to save his soul after a decade-plus of sin, especially the denial of health-

care benefits for over a million Texans.

[Texasgal]

5. They should have

tied a few bricks around his ankles.

[HubertHeaver]

7. Corrected title:

"Rick Perry Pollutes Historic Creek"

[Coventina]

9. LOL!

[Orsino]

8. Shhhh. They tell him it's the first time every time. n/t

[jberryhill]

12. Well, the first time they did it like launching a ship

...and having someone break a champagne bottle on your head can do that to you.

[Orrex]

19. Magnificent.

[LeftyMom]

13. Renewing your lease with Jesus is pretty typical in Evangelical circles.

It's like Jesus is your abusive boyfriend, and you keep breaking up and then getting back together, only there's bad music and crying instead of makeup sex.

It's weird.

[Tom Ripley]

15. I really did laugh out loud

Nicely done!

[Tom Ripley]

14. Damn! They still didn't hold him under long enough.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

16. The Son, the Father and oops I forgot the third one.

[hobbit709]

17. JuanitaJean has a few things to say about it.

http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/04/29/rick-perry-got-born-again-again/

[Stallion]

18. Governor I knew Sam Houston...

and You Are No Sam Houston

Sam Houston took unpopular stand and refused to support Texas Secession vote while Governor Good-Hair was Key Note speaker fanning the flames of Secessionist Movement in Texas. Better to be a traitor to the Confederacy than the United States of America

[Gothmog]

21. Juanita Jean loves mocking Goodhair

I love this line from her article http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/04/29/rick-perry-got-born-again-again/

Only problem I see is that they didn’t hold him under long enough.

Perry used the same river that Sam Houston was baptized in. Sam Houston was the best politician Texas ever had – drunk or sober. Sam made a joke that if the river washed away his sins, he felt real bad for the fish.

With Rick, however, we’re gonna have to skim stupid off the river for a month. During the baptism the fish were the smartest things in the river.

[jmowreader]

20. They picked the wrong body of water to baptize him in

Would it be wrong to suggest baptizing him in the Gulf of Mexico, five miles off Galveston, with an engine block tied to his leg?