Cain says God persuaded him to run for president

[Botany]

Source: USA Today

ATLANTA (AP) – Republican Herman Cain said God convinced him to enter the race for president, comparing himself to Moses: "'You've got the wrong man,
Lord. Are you sure?'"

The Georgia business executive played up his faith Saturday after battling sexual harassment allegations for two weeks, trying to shift the conversation to religion, an
issue vital to conservative Republicans, especially in the South.

In a speech Saturday to a national meeting of young Republicans, Cain said the Lord persuaded him after much prayer.

"That's when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I'm a man of faith — I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I've ever done before in my life," Cain said. "And
when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses. 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2011-11-12/herman-cain-god/51179242/1

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The guy is nucking futz! :crazy:

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. either he needs his meds... OR... he is playing to

a certain demographic that tells us that his son (RIP) had a christian attitude about him.

[left on green only]

58. I believe it's the former

Because everyone already knows that Bichelle Machman got the nod from dog some weeks ago. I think what happened is that McCain heard the j man whisper in his ear, only he thought it was dog. Then dog and the j man got into it big time up stairs with the result being that horrific storm that slammed into Wasilla. And I know from what I speak because I have it on good authority from pat that I am destined to become the next VP of the 700 club. I just need to work a little more on my intellectual drawl.

[No Elephants]

67. I hear it helps with the lack of drawl thing if you say things like "folks" a lot.

[RiverStone]

2. Why do so many rethugs here voices in their head --- all telling them the same thing?

:crazy: :shrug:

[skepticscott]

57. And why are they excused

from being regarded as delusional or mentally ill by calling the voice "god", and attributing the whole thing to "deep and abiding faith" (as if that were a virtue)?

[No Elephants]

65. I assume by "they" you mean politicians because both sides do a pretty good job of bringing God into

things these days.

[No Elephants]

66. Not only rethugs. God, too, is bipartisan now.

[smirkymonkey]

82. Mental Hospitals are filled with people who said "God" made

them do things or told them to do things. Why on earth are these people on the loose?

[rhiannon55]

3. lol--I love the Facebook joke about how

God must have been butt-dialing when he called all those repukes and told them he wanted them to run for president.

[Beartracks]

50. ROFL Hadn't heard that one! n/t

[CC]

4. So how many

Republican candidates has God told to run for President this go around now? God must have a great sense of humor and enjoy pranks. Hopefully it is only on the GOP and not the whole country.

[No Elephants]

68. Not only the GOP. Please see Replies 60 and 64.

[Ferretherder]

78. So right about that 'sense of humor' thing. Jeez.

By the way, I LOVE your sig line. And it's SO TRUE.
I've been ferret-less for over a year, now, and am REALLY jonesing for a new fuzzball to own me!

[Journeyman]

5. The older I am, the more I realize, those who claim to hear the voice of God. . .

are only listening to the echo of their own voice.

[Botany]

8. They must be talking to the wrong person

And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did." W bush

Blessed are they who make peace, for they will be called the children of God. King James Bible

[liberal N proud]

6. God probably told him to grope those women too

[Botany]

13. Blessed is she comes in the name of the Lord!

O8)

[jonthebru]

52. Maybe God gave him tips on which of those Women to grope.

I'll bet the Ped State guy went to church also.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Comedy or lunacy? One or the other.

God also liked John Denver at one time, and look how that turned out.

[alphafemale]

9. Somebody...somewhere should ask that question at one of these dingbat debates.

"How many of you believe that God told you to be President"

They all raise your hands.

That's all you need to see.

They are all either deluded or lying.

[No Elephants]

60. The media shills who moderate the debates anymore would never ask that question of either Party.

The debates are a joke now that the Republican and Democratic bi-partisan committee on Presidential debates makes all the rules.

P.S. If a moderator did ask both sets of candidates, how do you think Democrats would respond? Hint: Obama announced his candidacy for the Senate in churches, with Wright at his side---and Bill Clinton said that, after 2006, in response to a question about why Kerry hadn't been successful in 2004.

And the DLC has been suggesting that Democratic candidates not be shy about their religion.

Yet another way the DLC strives to make Democrats indistinguishable from Republicans.

[droidamus2]

10. sure, right and

God also told him to hold the anchovies on his next pizza.

[left on green only]

56. Right! But like a dumb ass he didn't do it.

And as the result, dog got indigestion and ended up belching Dick Perry and Bichelle Machman down upon the field that he's been trying to run on. And yes, he's been stepping in it ever since. But Hermie has so much coke bros up his nose he can't smell a thing.

On edit: I probably should have thought twice before sayin that.

[matt819]

11. Then god's playing one hell of a joke

Pretty much all of these circus clowns have said that god told them to run. Such a prankster, that god fellow. Or all but one of those hucksters is lying. Or they all have to get back on their meds. When the rest of us hear voices, our next step is to call a doctor, not run for president.

[Meeker Morgan]

12. God is just fucking with him. That's what God is like.

Cain is lucky God didn't ask him to slay his first born. :evilgrin:

[markpkessinger]

14. As Bill Maher said ...

"If God tells three Republicans to run for president, isn't he just fucking with two of them?"

[jeanmarc]

26. Genius! nt

[No Elephants]

62. What if he tells three Democrats to run? Please see Reply 60.

We really need to let go of old paradigms.

[dmallind]

81. Which Dems have claimed this?

Not that they believe in God, or that they seek his blessings or other standard platitudes, but that he specifically asked/told them to run?

[SunSeeker]

15. It figures. Cain blames God for his wretched campaign.

:puke:

[benld74]

16. All I can say is OH Lord!

[Grassy Knoll]

17. So With This Claim ......

Will Sean Hannity Proclaim him the "NEW" Anointed one.:shrug:

[bongbong]

18. The prayer

> "That's when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I'm a man of faith"

"Dear God, please make sure I don't get caught. Silence those whores whom I molested. They asked for it, being female and stuff."

:rofl:

[truthisfreedom]

19. Herman, no matter how much god talk you do, you'll never get your hand back from under those skirts.

You're just another typical repuke who thinks he can get away with anything, including saddling the middle class and poor with all of the taxes using your mark-of-the-beast plan.

[No Elephants]

64. I remember when Bill Clinton went into intensive counseling with a clergyman after Lewinsky

hit the fan.

[ruggerson]

20. Was this by text?

n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

21. He means the gods of Koch...nt

[grantcart]

22. YAHWEH will be performing all week, please don't forget to tip the server.

And people say God doesn't have a sense of humor.

[lunatica]

23. God is the ultimate practical jokester isn't he?

We've been pwwnd!

[sakabatou]

24. God's trolling the Republicans

[CanonRay]

25. Apparently God can't make up her mind

Cain...Bachman...Santorum...Perry. God is confused.

[No Elephants]

63. God is doing fine. Politicians try to confuse us, though. Please see Reply 60,

[Tom Ripley]

27. He hears voices

[Xipe Totec]

28. I had a chat with God and asked him what the deal was with Cain

He said who the $#%@ is Cain?

[Maeve]

29. Yeah, and God told Pat Robertson to run, too--see where that got him? eom

[thelordofhell]

30. It's nice to know that God has a sense of humor

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. Maybe God thinks Cain needs a lesson in humility

Especially if He read This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House.

[joanbarnes]

32. I suppose God told him to put his hand up that lady's dress....

[hay rick]

37. Plan A was to go to the promised land...

[Chakab]

33. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evp0DC49wg

[Swede Atlanta]

34. That's funny......

God persuaded me that he should go fuck himself.........

[Javaman]

35. he was walking toward it, but appears as if cain just dropped off the deep end. nt

[Evasporque]

36. The FSM suggested I eat pasta every other day....

"YES! I WAS TOUCHED BY HIS NOODLY APPENDAGE!"

[Turbineguy]

38. God persuaded Bush to attack Iraq

at least that's the way Bush said it happened.

Now if somebody said: "God persuaded me to shut the fuck up!" That might be more plausible. But it never seems to work that way.

[femrap]

39. This lying lecher is

creating some bad-ass Karma for himself. I'd just like to slap him. He is the stereotype for the lecher claiming that God loves him and talks to him.

Do people believe this crap???????????? :wtf:

[Raschel]

54. It is disgusting. And for him to compare himself to Moses? What an ego.

We all know the part about "not me" is a crock, cause this guy is not a man of humility.

I appreciate President Obama more every day.

[No Elephants]

69. Please see Reply 64.

[NBachers]

40. Why do I get literally sick to my stomach every time I read the words "young republicans?"

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. Then God has a strange sense of humor.

[DRoseDARs]

42. "No, I'm sure. I TOTALLY want a man with a mediocre track record as a CEO and a pervert to run."

"Sure, fuck, why not? It'll be funny to watch your campaign implode..."

[provis99]

43. God told Cain AND Bachmann to run for president?

God is a little schizoid, isn't he?

[seacaves]

44. oh boy. another one!

[christx30]

45. For once,

Cain and I agree on something...

"'You've got the wrong man, Lord.'"

[Tabasco_Dave]

46. I don't think it was God.

999 = 666 :evilgrin:

[JJW]

47. Which god?

Or should I write witch god?

[adam in oregon]

48. God's choice.

Couple of questions.
1) How does God have time to tell all the republicans he wants them to run?
2) If he told them all, he must have lied to one or two, so who does he endorse?
3) Does he tell Herman to run before or after all the college football games he chooses winners to?
4) When will God endorse a democrat?
5) Why would any person seriously say that God told them to do anything?
6) Does God ever come out and tell any candidate NOT to run?

[No Elephants]

70. Pease see Replies 60 and 64.

[Duer 157099]

49. Cain is not Abel

now there's a bumper sticker!

[jonthebru]

51. What about the other guy?

They all say God is on their side. For Pete's Sake! Whose side is God on anyway?
Bob Dylan, the bestist!
http://youtu.be/WORWWDxEcY0

[Little Tich]

53. Take your meds, mr Cain, and the voices will stop.

[24601]

55. Well, God spoke to Obama through Rev. right for 20+ years - but

Obama says he wasn't paying attention most of the time.

[No Elephants]

59. Dummya handled it better.

He went on religious TV shows and said that he thought he was supposed to run for the Presidency.

If you hang around Pentecostals and the like, you know that is code for "God told me to run for the Presidency." But, if you don't, it sounds mundane. In either case, it doesn't make anywhere near as good a sound bite.

BTW, if I had not seen Dummy on Trinity, I would never have known he was announcing his candidacy on Christian television. Once again, mass media let us down.

[rrneck]

61. More like Fauna from Cannery Row. nt

[DallasNE]

71. The Only Thing I've Seen Cain Trying To Part

Are some white women's legs. Did God tell him to do that too?

[mike_c]

72. then he is officially insane....

Literally.

[xxqqqzme]

73. Just a minute - I want to be clear about this

latest revelation. He's 'praying' to dog about whether he should run or not. Then dog gives him two thumbs up and all hermie can say is 'Are you sure'? I'm surprised dog didn't throw a thundertbolt his way. After asking - hermie QUESTIONS dog?

He should be sitting in an urn on the fireplace mantle

[alphafemale]

74. fucking with republicans....again

lol!

[yellowcanine]

75. if true it would be proof God has a sense of humor.

[PurityOfEssence]

76. FUCK. THIS. ASSHOLE.

What a despicable cur.

[defendandprotect]

77. Remember, W was another "god"-sponsored candidate -- !!!

Right -- W said "god" told him to attack Afghanistan --

and later to attack Iraq!

Many on the right allegedly believed W was sent by "god" --

W also referred to the war as a "Crusade" -- !!



As some have said -- when fascism comes to America it will come

"waving the flag and a Bible" -- !!



YIKES!

[Courtesy Flush]

79. He was hand-picked by God Almighty!

How could we possibly go against that?

[LibertyLover]

80. Hmm, so he had to pray a lot -

I wonder if those prayers were along the lines of: HC: "Please God, I wanna be president. Please let me run." God: "No Herman, bloom where you are planted." HC: "Pretty please. Pretty please with extra sauce and cheese on top?" God: "Oh, ok, go ahead. But make sure that I get some bread sticks too."