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Archae

(46,301 posts)
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:15 AM Mar 2016

Another Jesus freak bombs out...

"Gawd told me to run for this election..."

Radical Right-Wing Activist Janet Porter Loses Her Bid For Office In Ohio

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 3/16/2016 10:55 am

After years for failing to get the Ohio legislature to pass a radical piece of anti-abortion legislation that she had drafted, long-time Religious Right activist Janet Porter announced back in December that she was running for a seat in the Ohio state senate.

Since 2011, Porter had been pressuring the Ohio legislature to pass the "Heartbeat Bill," which would outlaw abortion at the moment a fetal heartbeat can be detected, without success. Finally, after years of frustration, Porter decided to take matters into her own hands by launching a primary challenge to Republican state senator Larry Obhof.

(snip)

Over the weekend, Porter asked her supporters to engage in three days of prayer and fasting ahead of last night's Ohio primary, but it looks like it didn't do much good, as she was soundly defeated by the incumbent:

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/radical-right-wing-activist-janet-porter-loses-her-bid-office-ohio#sthash.Fo0aHATG.dpuf

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Another Jesus freak bombs out... (Original Post) Archae Mar 2016 OP
Good. I despise these people. CanonRay Mar 2016 #1
She forgot to tell them to say those prayers while they were casting votes. randome Mar 2016 #2
They were so weak from three days of fasting they did not have the energy to go vote. justhanginon Mar 2016 #3
"Gawd told me to run for this election..." Blue Dalek Mar 2016 #4
Ha!! :-D NurseJackie Mar 2016 #5
She got punked by Jesus Major Nikon Mar 2016 #6
If she's hearing voices in her head, she might need help? yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 #7
He told Abraham to kill his son... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #8

CanonRay

(14,085 posts)
1. Good. I despise these people.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:25 AM
Mar 2016

Apparently God did not tell anyone else. Or her supporters were too weak from fasting to go vote.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
2. She forgot to tell them to say those prayers while they were casting votes.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:27 AM
Mar 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

justhanginon

(3,289 posts)
3. They were so weak from three days of fasting they did not have the energy to go vote.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:30 AM
Mar 2016

What a damn shame.

Blue Dalek

(178 posts)
4. "Gawd told me to run for this election..."
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:42 PM
Mar 2016

God may have told her to run but he didn't tell her she was going to lose.

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