Norm Coleman's "God Complex"
It doesn't get any nuttier than this:
On Friday, Coleman made the media rounds with radio interviews that included conservative nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mike Gallagher. Gallagher, an unyielding fiscal and religious conservative, who hosts one of the Top 10 rated talk shows in the country, has been an outspoken critic of the Congressional stimulus legislation...
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When asked about the recount and how it is affecting him personally, Coleman said he starts every day with a prayer and that he knows “God wants me to serve.” Coleman did later temper those rather immodest remarks by adding that he “is not indispensable” and that others can serve as well. Coleman closed the interview with an appeal to Gallagher’s listeners for contributions to his campaign website.
Norm Coleman plays the "God card." How surprising. These right wing talk shows should fear not that the fairness doctrine will be reinstituted. They are such a source of amusement that they will still hang on. All the comedians looking for good material only need to tune into right wing talk radio.
Hear that sound, Norm? That's you, fading into irrelevance. Viva Al Franken!
Its Neo Jesus. Wait, that can't be right.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
I can't wait to see Al Franken seated as Senator of the United States. Hopefully he does a good job and serves well.
... we've survived Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Grandy, and John Glenn.
John Glenn wasn't an actor. He was the first US Astronaut to fly around the earth.
Southern Yankee
'The Keating Five'
me-oww!
Oops. Got it.
Southern Yankee
they were ALL 'bad actors...'
:D
me-oww!
I'll bet, with time, Franken ends up being one of our more influential Senators; he's smart as hell, his heart is in the right place, and gosh darn it we LIKE him!
But even if he disappoints on legistative performance, just watching O'Reilly's, Limbaugh's, Hannity's and many of the religious right wingnut's heads explode when he's seated will be way worth the price of admission (I did donate to Al's campaign)!!!!!
The only populace you can pull the Divine Right crap on is one that is under-educated, or Religiously educated.
Oops. I'm sorry. I forgot I live in America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRS1sB5d7vw
God wanted you to serve so badly he made sure you lost the election...
I'm so sick of these people and their "god" horseshit. Leave it at home where it belongs.
Did Gallagher afterwards smash a watermelon open?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Hows that investigation into Norms "Tube Stephens" like renovations he had done on his house anyways ? Just wonderin as usual.
"... but I talk to God all the time, and He never mentioned you."
-- Phillipe, Ladyhawke
I think I would wait for a personal communique from the big guy in the sky before donating to Norm's campaign.
dipdipdipdipdipdipdip...boomboomboomboomboomboom...GET A JOB.
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
How come God couldn't squeeze out a couple of hundred extra votes for ya Norm?
Yeah...as the washroom attendant next to the spittoon at this year's Bear's convention...wearing only chaps.
I knew they were nutty in Minnesota, but who handed Michelle Bachman the strings to the Norm Coleman puppet?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Never forget
http://electoralmap.net/1984.php
Sorry norm, but I don't think god is registered to vote.
Yeah, god wants him to serve and god wants me to be a millonaire. How come that's not working for either of us?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Norm: "God wants me to serve.”
Mrs. Norm: "You have to cut the turkey, first."
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Norm: "God wants me to serve.”
"Ok, table two needs more milk...the bagel and lox, scrambled eggs and toast, and 2 orders of pancakes to table 5...and refill everyone's coffee."
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
... Michelle called in sick for her shift. Before you go, I need you to do all the side work: refill all the condiments, napkins, run the carpet sweeper real quick, oh ... and clean the restrooms.
"Would you like fries with that?"
me-oww!
Not in MN anyway.
Coleman: “God wants me to serve.”
Ok, how about 10 to life, buttmunch.
Isn't this the man who replaced Paul Wellstone in Minnesota after that untimely death.
Oops, seems Coleman misheard. The actual comment from God was: "Norm, I want you to get served."
Strangely enough, the whole "Jesus Christ was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor." God card pulled from the bottom of the deck by Barack Obama supporters and advisors at the very time he was tanking in the polls to a virtually unknown female governor from The Great White North was not so much of an objection on the liberal blog circuit at the time, now was it, Oh all ye feigned indignicators???
... because the godly types trying to diss community organizers pissed all over Christ Jesus in chasing their secular ambitions.
And Obama did not claim God wanted him to be President, nor did he claim that he was just like Jesus ... only that he was following Christ's example.
dennis is just having his meds adjusted again.
Great to see you again.
By the way, how did that "tanking in the polls" thing turn out?
If I remember correctly, it was a congressman from Tennessee who said that and not Barack Obama. Besides, where in that quote does anyone devine the will of a supernatural being?
Hey Original Bill! Thanks. And good to see your name. You are correct, it was Steve Cohen, who used it on the floor of the House. I believe it started with a blog post over on Daily Kos. You know, that liberal blog with all the faithful Christian participants. Donna Brazile used it on that next Sunday's Meet the Press, and a few other prominent Dems followed suit.
As to divining the will of a supernatural being, sorry, can't answer that; not my favorite topic. But calling out Jesus Christ by name when the whole 'Barack Obama as a messiah figure' was gaining momentum by the day at the time, I thought was a bit bold, and somewhat IOKOIYAD, as a Republican nominee could never get away with that. In any event, I was posting here at the time and thought it odd that it wasn't something that the bloggers and commenters here took exception to.
And now, after this blog post, even more so.
keep it coming. It is entertaining, in a train wreck sort of way.
Quack?
If God had truly wanted Coleman to serve, it would've been landslide, just as it would've been a landslide if God had truyl wanted Bush to be elected. It would've been a sign to all us heathens that God has our number and only corrupt white guys in ice suits will keep us on the path to righteousness...so why did Coleman lose at all?
Oh...right..."mysterious ways" and all that horsecrap.
Someone needs to ask the devout that walk among us: At what point do you realzise how badly you're being used? At what point do you start voting for people who don't necessarily pray the way you do, but truly have your best interests at heart, as opposed to the charlatans who will sit beside you in church, sing the hymns and kneel as pentinent Christians one hour out of the week, only to f*** you over the other 167?
Bottom Line.
Trying desperately to find an appropriate arrangement of words "Al Franken seated" and "bottom line"...
Well I'm probably running a little behind on making a quick joke.
... are running a little behind on your jokes, does it mean you're in arrears?
Is God really telling these people He wants them to serve, or are they all delusional?
Let's check the scoreboard:
Norm Coleman: Says God wants him to serve, still lost the election.
Sarah Palin : Says God wants her to be in the White House, also though wants a pipeline. No luck with the WH gig, no pipeline, either.
Ted Haggard : Preaches God's Word, has problems with his sexual orientation, blames it on being abused as a child.
George W. Bush: Said God told him to be president. Ignored Christ's teachings and the law (based, according to various evangelicals, on the Ten Commandments) to torture and imprison people as well as launch a war of aggression.
Fred Phelps : God hates fags. But, boy, He sure makes a lot of 'em.
Jerry Falwell: Dead. God clearly has no further use for him.
Jimmy Swaggert: Mostly forgotten after he had an extramarital affair.
Jim Bakker: Dead. Remembered for having an extramartial affair and a nervous breakdown.
Pat Robertson: Blamed everyone else for 9/11.
Cardinal Richard Williamson: Doesn't believe the Holocaust happened, or that 200,000-300,000 dead Jews isn't all that bad.
William Donohue: Fuck you. Fuck tolerance.
Kurt Warner: Worried more about God than his game plan. Got spanked by the Steelers and Dick LeBeau's Steel Curtain defensive line.
Hmmmm ....
you forgot the Pope (former Hitler Youth)
I wouldn't necessarily hold that against the Pope, but when combined with how he later held the leadership position of the Committee For Doctrinal Purity (formerly known as the Inquisition), gives one pause.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Read the book "What We Knew" from the '90s -- memories of the elderly about what Nazi Germany was like. Whenever the subject came up, _everybody_ said that nobody was "forced" into the Hitler Youth. Sure, you didn't tell the local gang where to shove it without the serious probability of getting beaten up, but you could dodge it: "Darn. I'd really like to but my mom is forcing me to take piano lessons on Saturday." Or more often the youth military support clubs like radio, transport and the ever popular motorcycle training. The Hitler Youth were the little A-holes who loved to dress up to march in the streets and hand out leaflets on street corners like Krishnas.
Let's see: costumes, dogma, ceremony, preaching and a "chosen" people. Sounds familiar.
... could be its own blog.
The point is that the more someone bandies the Name of God around, the more likely they're doing something of which He would disapprove.
Gee, Shadowgm, you'd think with a list that long you'd have a few Dems in there who might've come up with a few Biblical doozies too, not that you hear much about them hanging around here.
But as to your last comment about Kurt Warner, don't forget that Big Ben thanked Barack Obama and God for the Steeler victory; in that order. Barack Obama first because He (Barry O) taught him that he can do anything; God having recently taken a back seat in that category for him apparently. Maybe he didn't think God was there when he rammed his motorcycle into another car without his helmet on that day on the 10th Street Bridge.
... if I were to thank my mother for teaching me to cook before thanking God for any measure of talent, I'd be a Bad Christian?
Blindly thanking God for everything ignores that we (presuming, of course, that you believe, and since you're taking it upon yourself to lecture me about God, apparently, you do) are engaged in a dynamic relationship with God, not a static one. We choose what to do with our gifts, or not, just as Christ reminds us through the Parable of the Talents.
To a large extent, it also trivializes that same relationship. It's not that without God, I am nothing - it's that through God and working with God, I become so much more.
You're also mistaking biting social commentary for a Sunday sermon. The point is that far too many people, and I'm sure there are Democrats to be numbered on the list, take the Lord's name in vain. Or did you think saying 'Goddamnit!' was the only way you could do that?
You know, I would really like these people (the types listed in Shadowgm's list) to keep their personal revelations to themselves, especially when it has a negative effect on humanity and causes immense suffering, a la Bush.
It's times like these that you have to question whether they are truly hearing the voice of God, or Ole Scratch instead (speaking from the perspective of someone who spent time in the type of church who would see Bush, Palin, etc. as chosen). Honestly, if the flock would use their heads in conjunction with the eyes of their faith, they might pick up on this too.
But yes, they should keep this shit to themselves.
I've never seen change without a fire
Ask Gawd if he thinks the Israelis were doing him a favor bombing the fuck out of Gaza? Or if Gawd sent all those Iraqi's to hell for shits and giggles. And don't forget to ask Gawd about Africa. You can ask him about the tsunami too. Was that just for shits and giggles?
Gawd has a demented sense of justice.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
being all powerful and all knowing, seeing, all everything... why aren't you serving norman? can't he just snap his divine digits and, voila, you are 'serving'?
either you are lying, or god isn't as powerful as the title 'god' might suggest.
God voting for Norm and getting his ballot recalled for not writing his real name.
Names like Heavenly Father, Almighty God, I Am, God of Abraham, Jehovah, Yaweh, and others started showing up on the rolls.
Not wanting to be criticized for falling for the insidious plot of ACORN to have illegal aliens voting, officials crossed all of the above off the list.
Without the conscious presentation of some clue or cue (a smiley, or /snark), it is impossible to tell a real conservatard flying-monkey talking point from a parody of a conservatard flying-monkey talking point. Via The Well-Armed lamb.
What does God have to say about the bribery investigation into you and your wife?
How does it feel to have a non-family member buy you clothes? (Ick!)
Does the phrase "Blow 'n Go" bother you?
Hmmm... Norm Coleman? Where have I heard that name before?
Oh yeah, wasn't he the former, one-term Senator from Minnesota.
I don't even think he was interesting enough to be a footnote.
{ Thank You Old Billy. For the heads up on the other thread. SiteMonitor}
really wants Norm to serve he should tell the election commissioners, and maybe mention it to Al Franken.
God may want Norm to serve, but it’s not in the US Senate. It’s at the local McDonalds flipping burgers.
It's a common idea in Christianity that one is called to service.
"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."-Gal. vi. 2
Additionally, Jesus washed the apostles feed on Shrove Thursday, John 13:1-15 (KJV).
Later it was said of Mary, "Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair..." John 11:1-57 (KJV).
But saying God wants me to serve seems to presume messianic status, particularly since it presumes too much, and the source, one who seeks the political power of mammon. "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Matthew 6:24, KJV).
“Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:21 KJV).
Praise Bob!!!
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
... lapsed Catholic (me) and the former Mormon and now Pagan (ys) manage to have a better grasp on the Bible than the conservative trollage that usually graces our doorstep here at C&L?
Actually Witchcraft
And minister in the Church of the Subgenius
http://www.subgenius.com/
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Just curious.
Celtic.
Gerald Gardner kinda sort of got the ball rolling after the repeal of the British Witchcraft Laws, although one can still be prosecuted for fortune telling. Alexander Sanders, a member of his coven started the Alexandrian movement which brought it to the US. Since then the trads have expanded exponentially (kind of like Protestants), often on an Ethnic basis (although one need not be that ethnicity), or Eclectic where they pick and choose what works, enviromentalism, Goddess centered, God and Goddess centered, feminism and gay oriented.
Before Gardner were the Rosicrucian, the NROGD, OTO and the AA. Another major influence was the book Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches, by Charles Leyland about the old religion in the mountains of Italy, still practiced in his day,with similiarities to ancient Roman rites but falling into disarray.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
This ex-evangelical says good on both of ya. And yes, I agree, funny isn't it! :)
I've never seen change without a fire
now that i understand that we are dealing with an asshole schizophrenic republican jewish lawyer, i can kind of understand the thought process that goes into some of the things that come out of its mouth.
so tell me norm, since you are one of gods 'chosen people' (snark) why aren't you president already? why didnt you at least win in a landslide?
Why do Reps always go there? If there was a god he (or she) probably wouldn't give a rat's ass who was the junior senator from Minnesota. Otherwise he (or she) wouldn't have let Paul Wellstone die in that plane crash.
Judging on his actions I thought he was going straigh to hell.
Well now, that settles it then, the God of the Old Testament and New Testament is an American Republican, whom prefers Norm Coleman. Has anyone else noticed God's proclivity to talk to Republicans?
ALEJCARO
apparently, norm has 'god' telling him what to do. last i checked, its called schizophrenia. i dont hate norm because he is crazy. no need for that, there are PLENTY of other reasons to hate him. but what do you call him? i cannot decide on the proper order in which norm's 'titles' should be put.
is he a
"asshole republican schizophrenic jewish lawyer"
or is he a
"schizophrenic asshole republican jewish lawyer"
or is he just a
"schizophrenic jewish republican" and you can leave the rest implied?
Look under changes in behavior:
http://www.schizophrenia.com/earlysigns.htm
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
here are just a few of the things on that schizophrenia.com website that apply directly to norm and his behavior. let me know if you find any more that apply to him. here are just a few:
--Thinking that your thoughts are being broadcast over the radio or tv
--Religious delusions- that you are Jesus, God, a prophet, or the antichrist.
--Delusions of grandeur- the belief that you have an important mission, special purpose, or are an unrecognized genius, or famous person.
--When people hear voices inside their heads, it is as if their inner thoughts are no longer alone. The new voices can talk to each other, talk to themselves, or comment on the person's actions. The majority of the time the voices are negative.
--Conversations that seem deep, but are not logical or coherent
--Speaking in an abstract or tangential way. Odd use of words or language structure
--Sudden irritability, anger, hostility, suspiciousness, resentment
it sure looks like norm has been diagnosed to me.
When people hear voices inside their heads, it is as if their inner thoughts are no longer alone. The new voices can talk to each other, talk to themselves, or comment on the person's actions. The majority of the time the voices are negative.
Hmmm...sounds like blogs
and concernedcanuck.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
You republicans don't get it. If he wanted you to win in the first place you would have won already. You, Palin and the wingnuts think to much of yourselves to believe god would put you and your bunch in charge of anything after the last 8 yrs of nothing for the lower middle class and working poor. Shame on you to use gods name. You and the republican party are exactly what is not a good christain. Dumb retard.
Southern Yankee
Sheesh. No wonder I'm agnostic. How can I truly begin to "believe" when God picks the likes of GW Bush, Sarah Palain (God wanted us to invade & occupy Iraq) and Glen Beck to talk to? If he really, truly existed, wouldn't he pick smart people who aren't prone to war mongering?
In any case, why don't these freaks rapture already and make everyone happy???
... if He truly existed, would He have enough faith and trust in his own Creation to let us pick smart people on our own?
The problem with the Rapture is that the Rapture crowd has to piss on everything before they leave. Yes, the world will be in flames, savaged by global war, pestilence and famine and death shall roam unchecked, but It's Okay: We're Saaaaaaaved!
to think that the Rapture will occur in *your* lifetime.
... as a warning, and not a prophecy, then the Rapture Bus crowd is going to be mightily disappointed when they're stuck down here in the shit with the rest of us.
Tue, 02/10/2009 - 11:30 — CFAmick
to think that the Rapture will occur in *your* lifetime.
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He was thinking of his last hernia.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Ummm Norm, if God really wanted you to serve She would have smitted Al Franken for the sacrilege of running against Her "chosen one". Sure you wouldn't like to rethink your position before the boils start erupting?
If you have never seen this. Watch and get high on justice. This is one of the best testimonies I have ever watched
George Galloway vs. U.S. Senate and Colemen
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/...
in the form of a toast. And he denied categorically to have spoken to Norm Coleman.
Ok, I don't know a lot about Norm's religious background, other than he is Jewish, so, is he Messianic Jewish (Jew for Jesus)? 'Cause this talk for him sounds so much more evangelical than religions I can think of... *marches to Google to find out more*
I've never seen change without a fire
“God wants me to serve.”
www.goarmy.com
Serve away normie. serve away.
Definitely! Why is it God always tells these creeps to serve in cushy Congressional or Presidential roles instead of in our military, or even to serve hot meals to the poor and suffering at their local soup kitchen or something?
I think we all know that answer...
I've never seen change without a fire
Norm lost to Franken
And to Jesse Ventura
Put that on headstone
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