Some theocratic religious right PRAYING for McCain's "salvation & speedy death" to make Palin Prez.

[Bluebear]

The more theocratic elements of the Religious Right have a disturbing habit, (more like a practice) of invoking "imprecatory prayer" -- a call for God to literally pour his wrath down on those they consider to be his enemies. Last year, for example, Rev. Wiley Drake, then a Second Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention made news when he called on his followers to pray for God to smite members of the staff of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (Drake was angry that the organization had reported Drake to the IRS for endorsing Mike Huckabee on church stationary, among other apparent abuses of his church's 501(c) tax-exemption.)

The most recent target of theoractic imprecations is none other than Republican presidential candidate John McCain. They hope that an act of God will make Sarah Palin president.

Antiabortion militant and all-round theocratic activist Jay Rogers of Florida, whose blog is called The Forerunner, writes:

Pray for John McCain's salvation and speedy death. (Google The Forerunner's articles on Imprecatory Prayer if you think this is harsh.)

And then there is this guy, a self-described Christian Reconstructionist whose blog handle is Ixion, and is apparently from Tennessee:

McCain's VP choice, Sarah Palin, suddenly made me want to vote for him, as long as the LORD smites him while he's in office. She's consistently conservative on all the issues, and if she's good enough for The Forerunner, she's good enough for me. The Forerunner agrees with me that McCain must be smitten, as well, so I'm obviously not alone in my viewpoints.

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/3/11483/34706

[beac]

1. Who would Jesus pray for to be smitten???

Unreal. How can these people live with themselves????

[roguevalley]

27. imprecatory prayer is not Christian. Black magic maybe but not

Christian. These people are psycho.

[Raksha]

2. Now I KNOW they're batshit insane.

Flat-out certifiable!

[Bluebear]

3. :nodding:

[shanti]

7. gmta

i said the exact thing myself..totally nuts.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. Was there ever any doubt?

:silly:

[0rganism]

4. considering Rev. Dobson's "success" in praying up a storm just after the DNC...

...I'd lay off invoking the "Big Guy" on this one if I were them. They could get Palin and her entire family killed two weeks before the election.

Just sayin. :shrug:

[Ilsa]

26. I was thinking the same thing. They still have alot oftravelling to do

between now and the election.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. my first thought when I heard how crazy she and her crowd are was that

never mind....I'm actually afraid to mention it

[bananas]

15. I think I know what you're afraid to say

It's one of those things you can't joke about,
and it's exactly what they would do.

[morgan2]

6. anyone know what happens if..

a candidate died after nomination but before election? or even after winning election and before inauguration day?
Always a chance gramps would kick the bucket.

[Bluebear]

8. Then she can inherit the 'nucular' codes & rapture us all into kingdom come

:scared:

[TankLV]

9. And of couse DHS is not even remotely interested in these persons...

[countryjake]

11. My exact first thought!

terrorist fist bump! (why ain't there a smilie for that?)

[FedUpWithIt All]

10. ...

:wow:

Damn, people are sick.

[SoCalDem]

12. Let's hope Cindy does all the cooking

from those prized family recipes:)

If Sarah offers him moose sushi, he better refuse:)

[Rocknrule]

13. I have a hard time believing that they'd want a woman in a position of power

[MilesColtrane]

14. "The Forerunner agrees with me that McCain must be smitten"

Hopefully there's going to be a Treasury man knocking on your door, ready to open a can lf smite-ass on you and the freaks you call friends.

[Solly Mack]

16. LOL. Knew it lololololol

[SecularMotion]

17. I don't doubt that one of those fundie wackjobs

would knock off McCain faster that you can say "abortion doctor".

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

18. I've been saying it for days, McCAIN IS IN DANGER

Will they wait for God to call him home?

Or arrange the meeting themselves?

[GOPBasher]

19. Batshit. Crazy. Motherfuckers. n/t

[chill_wind]

20. Get a whiff of THAT, MSM McCain hoes, why don'tch ya? n/t

[dysfunctional press]

22. that's why he was instructed to put palin on the ticket.

once they steal it, he'll be lucky to make it to the inaugural.

[Hekate]

23. Hubby honestly thinks McCain, if elected, will be assassinated to put Palin in the Oval Office...

Last night I while googling I skipped across someone saying "McCain better get a food-taster."

Imprecatory prayers?!

The theocrats are batshit crazy.

Hekate

[LeftishBrit]

24. Wow

And suppose he gets elected and then one such nutcase is insane enough to - do more than pray?

[nc4bo]

25. The wackos best watch that stupid crap. Look what happened when they prayed for rain on the DNC. nt