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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:00 AM Aug 2017

End Times Prepper Pastor Jim Bakker Was Invited To The White House

Source: People for the American Way, via Rightwingwatch



Jim Bakker, the disgraced former televangelist who reinvented himself as an End Times prepper pitchman following his time in prison, was among the dozens of evangelical leaders who were brought to the White House recently to meet with members of President Trump’s administration.

Bakker revealed on his program today that he and his wife Lori were in the White House on the day that Anthony Scaramucci was fired from his short stint as White House communications director, noting that it was not a coincidence that Scaramucci was let go at the moment when George O. Wood, who heads the General Council of the Assemblies of God, spoke out against “unnecessary swearing” during a meeting with White House staff.

According to the Bakkers, Trump is eager to hear from right-wing Christian leaders and hopes to use them to spread his message to their audiences.

“The president has asked for the pastors, the leaders of Christianity, to come and advise them,” Baker said, as Lori explained that “the reason for the meeting was so that he can get the group of Christian leaders that have a platform to share the truth of what’s really going on that you don’t get to hear in the media.”

Read more: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/end-times-prepper-pastor-jim-bakker-was-invited-to-the-white-house/



Trump, Bakker - It's the worst of the 80s scandal figures on display. Pity Leona Helmsley is dead or she's be back in the news, too.


So where is the same media who hounded Obama incessantly over Rev. Wright when it comes Trump seeking spiritual counsel from this convicted felon, accused rapist, grifter and conspiracy theorist?

George Stephanopolous, at Hannity's urging a day prior, made an entire Democratic debate center around Wright, asking the candidate such idiocy as "Do you think he loves America?'

But not a peep on Trump and Bakker, as was the case last year, when Donald invited televangelist "prosperity gospel" faith healer grifters Kenneth Copeland, Jan Crouch, Paula White and Benny Hinn to lay hands on him.

And, just so we're clear how awful Bakker is, here he is attacking the little girls killed in the Birmingham terrorist attack, saying they brought their deaths upon themselves by "mocking God" and attending a concert by Disney star Ariana Grande, who Bakker says is an agent of Satan:




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End Times Prepper Pastor Jim Bakker Was Invited To The White House (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2017 OP
Flies tend to gather around steaming piles of shit. Kleveland Aug 2017 #1
Who could have seen that coming?... GReedDiamond Aug 2017 #2
Heritage USA rusty quoin Aug 2017 #3
Wow. Delphinus Aug 2017 #9
One would think there is a way to reuse these facilities dembotoz Aug 2017 #15
This video is 5 years old TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #23
Well I guess that is good dembotoz Aug 2017 #24
The preacher probably got it for a good price TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #27
Which is better? Trump believes Bakker's con, or Trump and Bakker are in the same con together? Midnight Writer Aug 2017 #4
I hear the Pence Pentecostals have been making the laying of hands on the annotated one with the turbinetree Aug 2017 #5
A fascinating race between the forces against Trump and those for. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #28
And now we have zippy the clown bringing me back to defcon 4 and making us live those turbinetree Aug 2017 #32
Yeah.. a lot of us boomers have that panic button ingrained dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #33
It was absolute hell in our house, we lived on base in California and it was a really important base turbinetree Aug 2017 #34
Bakker and Huckabee hibbing Aug 2017 #6
Trump "hopes to use right wing Christian leaders" summer_in_TX Aug 2017 #7
And Jan Crouch, no less. longship Aug 2017 #8
That thar is some har!!! tavernier Aug 2017 #14
What is it ??? syringis Aug 2017 #31
Go to HELL Bakker,your a POS from way back.......... Bengus81 Aug 2017 #10
Until I saw this I honestly thought Bakker was dead. spiderpig Aug 2017 #11
Circle the wagons of core supporters...or send in the clowns dembotoz Aug 2017 #12
Scam artists United for Trump. gilligan Aug 2017 #13
When ever I see Tammy Faye I can't help think of Jan Hooks. BarbaRosa Aug 2017 #16
How mentally unstable was Tammy Faye, to Ilsa Aug 2017 #29
So now Bakker is CONNING the GULLIBLE with "end of days" food? Oh Jesus Christ Bengus81 Aug 2017 #17
Trump, racism, a CEO government, right wing preachers, right wing hate TV, Full House . . . HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #18
It really is all just a freaking reality tv show to them, isn't it? hamsterjill Aug 2017 #19
any chance they discussed pussy grabbing? yurbud Aug 2017 #20
Trump admin. COLLECTS STUPID people for an on obvious reason. vkkv Aug 2017 #21
Can't believe Bakker has continued to grift his followers. SweetieD Aug 2017 #22
Bakker's fans always thought PTL meant 'Praise the Lord' sandensea Aug 2017 #25
Any chance they could break out the koolaid Blue Idaho Aug 2017 #26
Let's hope Mueller gives them a firm date for that sad soiree. nt Ilsa Aug 2017 #30

GReedDiamond

(5,310 posts)
2. Who could have seen that coming?...
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:07 AM
Aug 2017

...a fraudulent religious huckster conman visiting with the ultimate multi-faceted conman in all of History!

dembotoz

(16,784 posts)
15. One would think there is a way to reuse these facilities
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:52 AM
Aug 2017

Alternative uses
If can flip a house on tv you should be able to flip something like this and make a buck
Lot of infrastructure already there and still viable

TexasBushwhacker

(20,131 posts)
27. The preacher probably got it for a good price
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:46 PM
Aug 2017

It originally opened in 1978, which means that they used asbestos. I'm sure the cleanup was expensive. They're still working on the 500 hotel rooms.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
5. I hear the Pence Pentecostals have been making the laying of hands on the annotated one with the
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:20 AM
Aug 2017

obviated orange hair being smitten and just now one corporation called Sinclair is going to spread the word through the local media being led by on Boris Alexandrovich Epshteyn is a Russian-born American Republican political strategist, investment banker, and attorney. He is currently the Chief Political Analyst at Sinclair Broadcast Group ------------------------oh yippie, we now have Pravada at 7AM thru 10 PM on Russian-Funded News Station Replaces Bluegrass on 105.5 FM cist.com/2017/06/russian-funded_news_station_replace.php your local listing of BS and maybe we can see him explain in money laundering by the orange hair sexual predator


Hold on and get ready for fake news





dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
28. A fascinating race between the forces against Trump and those for.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 06:26 PM
Aug 2017

The bigger the broom to make sure we get ALL the guilty, the longer it takes,
the more time these Reich wing creeps have to ruin the country.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
32. And now we have zippy the clown bringing me back to defcon 4 and making us live those
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 11:45 PM
Aug 2017

golden years of hiding under our school desk under the false assumption, that somehow that tiny grade school desk was going to save me -----------------------when I was living in California and my step father was on alert 24 hours a day for SAC, during the Cuban Missile crises------------------oh yippie

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
33. Yeah.. a lot of us boomers have that panic button ingrained
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 10:41 AM
Aug 2017

after the school drills terrorized us.
And like you, we knew hiding under an open seat/top "desk" next to that wall of windows, no hope at all, even from an earthquake.

Cuban Missile crisis scared teh shit out of the adults at the time, tv was left on till it went off the air at midnight. ( remember those days of limited broadcasting?)
So I can imagine that for people who have a tv, day long tv chatter would be so stressful.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
34. It was absolute hell in our house, we lived on base in California and it was a really important base
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 11:32 AM
Aug 2017

that because a lot of B52's were parked there, Missile bases down state with my step father. And you just knew that since you lived on base housing you were toast--------------it was that simple

And my father was in Montana based at the Nike base at that time and your right the tv was on went off at midnight with then broadcast code being shown on the screen with if this was an emergency being broadcast

This jerk, if you look in his eyes he truly is INSANE, the iris is always black, he's INSANE.


I want to know when he was in a meeting and they told him about this "stuff" during the PDB daily briefings, or if he was watching INSANE Clowns, while playing pac man. He had to know about this a month ago..................



hibbing

(10,094 posts)
6. Bakker and Huckabee
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:49 AM
Aug 2017

A couple real theologians there, the braintrust of what passes as Christianity in America to many people....sad.

Peace

summer_in_TX

(2,705 posts)
7. Trump "hopes to use right wing Christian leaders"
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:51 AM
Aug 2017

Trump "hopes to use [RW Christian leaders] to spread his message" – and it looks like Jim Bakker is eager to be used. Ugh.

Bengus81

(6,927 posts)
10. Go to HELL Bakker,your a POS from way back..........
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:24 AM
Aug 2017

The people you've hurt with your decades of CON JOBS is enormous. Your a piece of shit pitch man just like Trump--hence the invite. Wonder how many parents living their last years in their kids basements because of you and that former hidious wife wish they'd NEVER seen you on TV and decided to "plant a seed"

FUCK YOU BAKKER!!

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
11. Until I saw this I honestly thought Bakker was dead.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:32 AM
Aug 2017

I know Tammy Faye is, and I have a kind of sneaking fondness for her when my saner half doesn't rule.

I'd never recognize today's Jimmy B compared with the old photos of him.

Yup, he and Two Scoops are two peas in a fraudulent pod.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
29. How mentally unstable was Tammy Faye, to
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 07:04 PM
Aug 2017

have that fountain flowing from her eyes every day, over what? Why the hell was she crying?

I'm not the least bit surprised that trump has thrown in with these crooks, but don't they know that trump's numbers are sinking faster than Jamie Lannister in a pond in front of Drogon? 73% of Americans think the WH lies every day about almost everything.

Bengus81

(6,927 posts)
17. So now Bakker is CONNING the GULLIBLE with "end of days" food? Oh Jesus Christ
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 09:38 AM
Aug 2017

I wish you NOTHING more than a slow,hideous,painful death one day soon Jim.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
18. Trump, racism, a CEO government, right wing preachers, right wing hate TV, Full House . . .
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 11:41 AM
Aug 2017

. . . go back to your own stupid decade!!

Nearly all things Reagan-era sucked, and now we're exhuming them.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
19. It really is all just a freaking reality tv show to them, isn't it?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:10 PM
Aug 2017

But it's not to Putin. Or Kim Jong-un.

We are in such dangerous territory. I fear for my country.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
21. Trump admin. COLLECTS STUPID people for an on obvious reason.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:38 PM
Aug 2017

To shore up and expand the # of STUPID PEOPLE registered to vote Republican being near the top of the list.


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