Presidential Inanities

[davidswanson]

Which of these would you rank as the most or least disturbing? Which have already done actual damage?

Ronald Reagan:

Reagan later recalled looking up from the gurney and praying. Half conscious, he realized someone was holding his hand. "It was a soft, feminine hand, I felt it come up and touch mine and then hold on tight to it. It gave me a wonderful feeling. Even now I find it difficult to explain how reassuring, how wonderful, it felt," he wrote in his autobiography, 'An American Life.' Reagan's children however believe that those mysterious beings that helped pull their father through this life-threatening ordeal were angels…. Another astrologer associated with the Reagans was Joyce Jillson who helped the Reagans in selecting Reagan's Vice President from a list of seven candidates. According to Jillson, George Bush was the only choice because Bush was a Gemini - the most compatible sign with Reagan who was an Aquarian.

George W. Bush:

"I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did."

Fred Thompson:

People ask me, ‘What would you do in the first 100 days in office?’ I don’t really know. But I’ve said to my wife that I know what I’d do in the first hour: Go into the office and pray for the wisdom to know what the right thing to do was.”

John Ashcroft:

Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft says he tries to "invite God's presence" while making crucial decisions and compares his political victories and defeats to resurrections and crucifixions.
The former Missouri governor also wrote that he was anointed before each of his gubernatorial terms and on the evening before he was sworn into the U.S. Senate a friend brought out Crisco cooking oil for anointing when no holy oil could be found.

Hillary Clinton:

Through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the Fellowship. Her collaborations with right-wingers such as Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) grow in part from that connection. "A lot of evangelicals would see that as just cynical exploitation," says the Reverend Rob Schenck, a former leader of the militant anti-abortion group Operation Rescue who now ministers to decision makers in Washington. "I don't....there is a real good that is infected in people when they are around Jesus talk, and open Bibles, and prayer."

Dennis Kucinich:

Kucinich "had a close sighting over my home in Graham, Washington, when I lived there," the actress, a close Kucinich friend, wrote. "Dennis found his encounter extremely moving. The smell of roses drew him out to my balcony where, when he looked up, he saw a gigantic triangular craft, silent, and observing him. "It hovered, soundless, for 10 minutes or so, and sped away with a speed he couldn't comprehend. He said he felt a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind."

[cuke]

1. Hillary's is the least disturbing because I know it's a lie

The Senates Wednesday Morning Prayer Group is not a part of The Fellowship. Members of the Fellowship are a part of the SWMPG

[PurityOfEssence]

2. "Mother Jones" is a hell of a respected source around these parts...

Whyncha snuggle up and read a bit of this disturbing crap?

I especially like the part about how she's for not requiring cops to protect threatened women's clinics or pharmacists for filling certain prescriptions, even when beseeched specifically by women's groups to drop this support.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html

[cuke]

3. Tell me where it says Hillary is a member of The Fellowship

[William769]

7. And yet womans groups are still supporting her?

I find that odd.

[Hip_about_time]

4. Dennis Kucinich

...Seems to be getting directions in his mind from a classified US recon craft. Which is what the triangle he described is.

I hope the directions were "Stop wasting tax money of supersonic blimps".

[Andrea]

5. W is clearly the worst

How can the others even compare when his "missions from God" have already killed tens of thousands of people?

[bpeale]

6. the idea that fred thompson has no idea what he would do

Fred Thompson:

People ask me, ‘What would you do in the first 100 days in office?’ I don’t really know. But I’ve said to my wife that I know what I’d do in the first hour: Go into the office and pray for the wisdom to know what the right thing to do was.”

and we should vote for this guy? i wouldn't give my vote to someone who is only winging it. at least the others positively know what they are about. not knowing anything is infinitely more scary.

[cali]

8. Transparent and silly post

with lots taken out of context.

[windoe]

9. seeing craft is not insane

I saw soundless small round hovercraft at very close range two times, so I do not think seeing them sounds nuts. I do think, however, that admitting to receiving information telepathically needs to be admitted and handled very carefully. Of this group of people, Clinton and Kuchinich are the most mentally stable. I just hope DK is familiar with Dr Greer's UFO Disclosure Project, and can distinguish between black project recon sightings and stagecraft, vs. an actual extraterrestrial. This is the world we live in, the technology we have is far more advanced than what average citizens are aware of- most people think all the craft and 'experiences' they have are extraterrestrial.

[kay1864]

10. The Kucinich one should be DELETED from that list

It's an account by kooky Shirley MacLaine. The others sound more like actual quotes.