Scott Walker tells supporters: ‘I am certain’ my 2016 presidential run ‘is God’s plan for me’

[riversedge]

Source: raw story




Eric W. Dolan

13 Jul 2015 at 15:27 ET


The 47-year-old second-term Republican governor said in a fundraising email sent by the “Scott Walker for America” ................

“My relationship with God drives every major decision in my life. Each day I pray and then take time to read from the Bible and from a devotional named Jesus Calling,” the email said.
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“Here’s why: I needed to be certain that running was God’s calling — not just man’s calling. I am certain: This is God’s plan for me and I am humbled to be a candidate for President of the United States,” Walker said in the email.

The GOP presidential candidate went on to tout his anti-abortion record and decry the Supreme Court’s historic marriage equality ruling.

“Our U.S. Constitution calls for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion,” he said. “The founders of this exceptional country took religious freedom very seriously and we must redouble our efforts to protect these freedoms today.”



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/scott-walker-tells-supporters-i-am-certain-my-2016-presidential-run-is-gods-plan-for-me/

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Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

[iscooterliberally]

1. You can't have freedom of religion without freedom from it. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Isn't that what most of the GOPers claim - that God told them

to run for President? And then they go down in flames. I guess they haven't yet figured out that God is just messing with them.



Scotty, you might want to consider that God wants you to run for President so you'll get your ass kicked hard enough that you'll shut up and go away. God doesn't actually want you to be the President.

[Warpy]

28. It proves if their god exists, s/he's got one hell of a sense of humor

They're all climbing on those crosses to bamboozle people away from seeing the brigandry they're all guilty of, in office and in business.

It's an amazing collection of mobsters, fraudsters, cheats, thieves, and Tartuffes. They're all tightly wrapped in the flag and perched on the cross.

The amazing part is that there are people in this country who are stupid enough to be fooled by the lot of them.

[NCjack]

29. God did not say "run for president" it was "run from prison". Walker, you sack-of-shit, get

your hearing checked.

[randys1]

55. Love it...+1000000

[restorefreedom]

66. lolol n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

69. God apparently told George Bush to run for President and later told him to invade Iraq

[Yavin4]

3. In any other developed country, he would be committed to a mental health facility for saying that.

He sounds like a man that needs professional mental health counseling.

[Angry Dragon]

7. He has said in the past that god picked his wife for him

[No Vested Interest]

18. I heard on TV this morning that his wife is 12 years older than he is.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Just somewhat out of the ordinary.
I'd better verify there elsewhere online.

Edited to add: Yes, apparently, that is so. She was a widow.

[Angry Dragon]

21. I checked it out and it is true ----------- she must be a cougar

[Nitram]

4. That's just another way of saying,

"I have nothing to run on so I'll give the credit to God."

[Wilms]

5. So, he hears voices too?

Or is it that you're supposed to say that if you're a repuklican candidate?

[SamKnause]

6. So this 'God' he refers to

apparently hates America.

The United States was never meant to be a Theocracy.

We do have protection from religion.

The Founding Fathers did not want the U.S. to be

governed by the Bible.

Scott Walker is a liar and he does not know the history of

of this country.

[randys1]

56. What person who believes in god could vote for someone who so obviously and nakedly is

using THEIR faith to get their vote.

Think about it, you have to be so low to allow someone to do that to you.

[Autumn]

8. If I had a nickle for every time God plays that joke on one of these republican assholes

I'd frame that dollar.

[irisblue]

9. God told the rest of us, No, this is just to mess you up

moran

[Angry Dragon]

10. Any person that believes god's law is above mans' law does not deserve to be president

Someone forgot to tell him that his god is the Kock brothers

[heaven05]

11. oh no!

not another one....

[hobbit709]

12. If there really was a god Wanker would be bait in shark infested water for saying that.

[PATRICK]

13. If you think mythical Greek hubris

is bad watch what happens to this presumptive Xian and by the numbers full blown hypocrite. At least he was smart enough not to wait to get voted out of office(or convicted). Can even a party of privilege and fraud have too many assholes? It's not natural.

New terms: CINO Christians in name only with God as their judge.
CIDO Christians in deeds only for whom judgment is not even an issue.

[LynneSin]

14. God has a sense of humor, maybe she wants another clown in the clown car

And that's her plan for Scott Walker joining the race! I mean, Scott never said if God's plans including Scott winning.

[Metro135]

37. God figures

if there's another clown in the clown car it might just break down on the way to the debates

[Auggie]

15. This horseshit backfired on Huckabee before, so it's a good thing ...

Walker will make an early exit.

[Half-Century Man]

16. Scotty, lying to vunerable people, especially just after blowing a giant toke of Godga in their face

is, itself a sin.
If you actually followed the tenants of the religion you so loudly proclaim to belong to, you couldn't be a republican much less a teabagger.

[Roy Rolling]

17. He's right

It must be God's plan to elect a Democratic or Democratic Socialist president. God is using him like the Harlem Globetrotters used the Washington Generals.

[Turbineguy]

19. Let's hope God

has a better plan for the rest of us.

[Person 2713]

20. Ok then "Thy will be dumb"

[BeyondGeography]

22. I call unholy shit

[Kingofalldems]

23. And God speaks through the Koch brothers.

[jtuck004]

24. Dear Scott. god thinks you are full of shit.

[silverweb]

32. +1

[meegbear]

25. God's tweet ...

[silverweb]

31. Yeah, God!

[3catwoman3]

46. I like the second part of Gawd's plan.

A lot! I might be able to believe in that god.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

26. Yes we DO HAVE freedom FROM religion.

If you don't believe me come proselytize at my house. Fucking smarmy slimebag.

[PoliticAverse]

27. I've heard God has a sense of humor. n/t

[jalan48]

30. This dude is seriously fucked up in the head.

[Plucketeer]

33. Sorry Scotty

the "God" you've been listening to is not the one in that Bible thingy. The one in the Bible has ideals that are 100% contradictory to what you've done to the people of Wisconsin. In fact, it's thru you that there's sin in Wisconsin.

[kimbutgar]

34. Seems like it is really Satan not God who has plans for him

Scotty's actions are more akin to the actions of Satan. This man is not a Christian . Nothing he says or does is Christian in anyway. I think he really is a disciple of Satan. I know the Koch's are satan's disciplines and Scott is one of his spawns.

[senz]

48. Certainly they're mammon worshippers.

[haikugal]

35. That alone means he's unqualified to be president not to mention governor..

Religion should not be part of some test for eligibility....as in the constitution. Making such a declaration just exposes him as a clown.

[Metro135]

36. This just needs a little editing. . .

“My relationship with the Koch Brothers drives every major decision in my life. Each day I pray on my knees in front of a solid gold dollar sign and then take time to read their emails and from a devotional called The Ayn Rand Reader,” the email said.

[louis-t]

38. Starting to get a headache from slapping my forehead so much.

God, these people are stupid.

[Gore1FL]

39. If true I'm guessing God wants to teach him humility. n/t

[Vinca]

40. And after he loses he'll say, "God was testing me."

What a bunch of blather.

[DetlefK]

41. God's plan for Scott Walker: Lose and join Fox News.

[Thor_MN]

42. The Koch brothers are not god, dumbass.

[ladjf]

43. I just finished listening to about 20 minutes of his speech on TV.

I never heard him say one thing about anything that Americans need and deserve. His whole theme centered around fighting Islamic terrorist, keeping Putin in line, increasing the defense budget.

Every sentence was spoken in "weasel" words, i.e. "I want to return America to what it was when we inherited it". (Whatever in the hell that meant.)

Freedom of religion, have all the rights given us in the Constitution.

He spoke weasel the entire time.

Hasn't anyone checked how many ways he has ruined Wisconsin since he has been Governor?

[senz]

47. Woo Hoo! So he's all about WAR now, is he?

Was a time he was all about smashing the American worker. Gee, wonder what he'd do with all those unemployed, able-bodied people? Oh that's right...send 'em to war...

[riversedge]

51. Hannity is in the crowd. I am sure he will ask Wonker that questions....

NOT

[gregcrawford]

44. Damn...

... the fact that he was not struck dead on the spot is proof that there is no God. Or maybe it's proof that there IS a deity even more spiteful and vindictive that the Old Testament would suggest. Hope it's the former, or we're all fucked.

[senz]

45. Didn't Ted Cruz and Mit Romney say the same thing?

Maybe God's having a little fun with these guys? And riversedge, I love the photo.

Scott Walker is totally bad news for America and Americans.

[riversedge]

49. WORT News ‏@WORTnews 9m9 minutes ago Sean Hannity here to interview @ScottWalker

wonder if brought any palm trees


WORT News ?@WORTnews 9m9 minutes ago

Sean Hannity here to interview @ScottWalker #Walker16

[truthisfreedom]

50. These religious nutjobs!

[truthisfreedom]

52. Separation of church and state MEANS freedom from religion.

Ugh.

[valerief]

53. He just lost the atheist vote!

[still_one]

54. He will be crucified in the election?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Delusion runs strong with this guy

[1Greensix]

58. Is there a jokester God?

Walker's god is obviously the same one that talked to GW Bushit every night and told Perry, Bachmann and Pizza Boy to run four years ago. He's got some sick sense of humor telling these morons that real Americans would vote for them, when they don't have a snowballs chance in hell. Does HE do it Just to humiliate them as much as possible?

[roamer65]

59. God's plan for you is to go fuck yourself, Scottie. N/t

[BadgerKid]

60. Wha? I thought money was his god?? n/t

[Delmette]

61. Thank you everyone who posted to this.

I wanted to reply to so many of you I lost count.

[StoneCarver]

62. Scott Walker will never get the endorsement

The ruling class will NEVER accept Walker. (Not because he didn't graduate from college.) He cooked his own goose when he publicly disclosed what J. Major said about Obama. He violated the most basic rule in diplomacy, and proved he can't be trusted on the world stage. How'd you like to bee John Major asking Obama for a US favor? No one but the fringe right and Koch's care about him.
Stonecarver

[LiberalElite]

63. Scotty baby, I am certain that God isn't that stupid eom

[YOHABLO]

64. Oh yeah, the Kochs are God, right Scott? Lordy Lordy they've got some winners.

[Phlem]

65. Right, cause God's not busy with anything else.

Arrogant POS.

[restorefreedom]

67. is he sure it wasn't just a neighbor?

https://m.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

68. He's got to say something to out-crazy The Donald

Trump threw down the gauntlet threatening to be craziest clown in the car this election season. Every Republican candidate knows their base eats up this kind of crazy shit.

[trusty elf]

70. ....

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[Jimbo S]

71. It's god's plan for me

to vote against him.