Gallagher credits wife for building his relationship with Jesus (BYOBB)

[DoYouEverWonder]

Jan 19, 2006
Warning: Bring Your Own Barf Bag. (Tom Gallagher is running for Gov in FL to replace Jeb)


TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher told a group of pastors Thursday his wife Laura changed his life by helping him build his relationship with Jesus and showing him how important it is to understand the Bible.

Gallagher, 61, married for the second time eight years ago and became a father for the first time 11 months later. He told the group during a casual lunch that he was a practicing Catholic before he met Laura, a Baptist. He said he always believed in prayer, but he was missing something.

"There are probably two areas that were not really fulfilled and I have to credit Laura with really making a difference in my life," Gallagher said. "One is the power and the importance of the Bible and spending time reading it ... The other really key part to my life is having a relationship with Jesus and understanding that prayer's important, the Bible's important, but that relationship is really what counts."

He also told the group that he opposes abortion, wants the state constitution changed to ban gay marriage and that one of his three highest priorities as governor, along with the state's economy and public schools, would be strengthening families.

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. I thought you were talking about the sledgehammer watermelon dude.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. I wish he was running for governor

but unfortunately this Tom Gallagher is a sanctimonious white Repug.

[Jane Austin]

6. Now THERE'S a natural-looking hairline!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Too many sessions

at Hair Club for Men.

[dchill]

18. Natural - you think?

I think it looks like he shaves it back about an inch...

;)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. It just never ends with these assholes. Does it?

I feel for Floridians. But then again I live in Ohio.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Me too, at first.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. How about Black Gallagher?

"I got warrants"

[BattyDem]

10. LOL ... me too!

:rofl:

[fishwax]

15. lol. i did too

:D

[Qanisqineq]

23. That's what I thought, too

:rofl:

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Maybe they will split the fundie vote...

:puke:

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Jeb isn't running again

FL has term limits.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Oh. Thanks. I did not know that.

I cannot imagine this guy winning legally, after what has happening in Florida.

[Dirty Hippie]

12. I worked for Gallagher in 99

when he was the Commissioner of Education.

My main job was to post all of his Photo-op pictures on the Florida DOE (Department of Education) Web site.

He always traveled with an aid who was charged with taking these photos.

I said then that he was trying to boost his visibility for a run for Governor.

The photos were excessive in number and exploitive IMO.

I'll never forget his obsession with the remaking of the DOE logo.

We had to appease Gallagher with the exact shade of green. We called it "Gallagher Green."

I quit the job.

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. You have my sympathy

I knew some folks who worked for Sandra Mortheim. He sounds almost as bad as her and that's pretty bad.

[VegasWolf]

13. Fortunately my wife does not believe in imaginary sky people. nt

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[rooboy]

16. $100 says that within 6 months...

he'll be arrested in Miami trawling for transexual prostitutes.

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[Ezlivin]

19. Gallagher credits SECOND wife for building his relationship with

Jesus.

He credits his FIRST wife for building his relationship with Satan.

[BiggJawn]

20. And had his first kid at the tender age of 54...

I take it his second wife is a healthy lass in her mid 30's?

[yellowcanine]

24. "Practicing Catholic" discovers "something missing" when he meets some

young Baptist ass. How convenient. Nothing like a little "come to Jesus" nookie.

[leesa]

21. What a twit. But he's got all the buzz words down.

[Charlie Brown]

22. This isn't about the comedian?

Bring on the mellons!