“He's going to have a hard time with this,” Lindsay said. “While that may be acceptable for someone who does not aspire to leadership, evangelicals get very concerned when their leaders don't walk the talk.”
– Michael Lindsay “Faith in the Halls of Power”
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Update, 4:03pm – Texas GOP Vote | Sonja Harris's Blog: "I just received a phone call from a trusted Conservative In Action, RED FRED letting me know that Governor Rick Perry will make a big announcement this coming Tuesday, June 14. He also told me that Governor Perry has decided to make a run for the presidency."
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By Gary Scharrer and Abe Levy
g.scharrer@express-news.net
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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry has never been shy about putting his faith on display, from speeches at prayer breakfasts to his 2005 signing of abortion restrictions into law at a church school's gym to inviting the nation's governors to a prayer meeting at Houston's Reliant Stadium that some are calling “Prayer-a-palooza.”
But when it comes time to giving, the governor doesn't come close to the biblical guidance of tithing.
From 2000, when Perry became governor, through 2009, he earned a total of $2.68 million according to his tax records. Of that amount, he gave half a percent to churches and religious organizations, or $14,243.
By comparison, Americans averaged gifts of nearly 1.2 percent of their income to churches and religious groups from 2004 to 2008, according to Empty Tomb Inc., an Illinois-based research firm specializing in U.S. church-giving trends.
2 comments:
Rick Perry will be speaking before some NY Republicans in Manhattan on Tuesday. If it really is true that he'll announce his candidacy for the presidency on that day (Flag Day), maybe he'll take a helicopter out to the Statue of Liberty and announce from the top of Lady Liberty's head! Such a circus event would be just his (lack of) style!
The nationwide voters are much smarter than Texas voters. They are not going to be fooled by another goober Texan for President.
Rich Perry makes George W. look like a moderate. At least W wasn't a raging xenophobe and pandering secessionist.
Heaven help the Republican Party if they nominate Rick Perry. It would be a sign of pathetic desperation.
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