(Cruella) Harris' Prayer Call Stirs Concerns (prays that Jews be brought "into alignment")

[jefferson_dem]

Harris' Prayer Call Stirs Concerns
By WILLIAM MARCH The Tampa Tribune

Published: Nov 4, 2006

TAMPA - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who has made past comments that raised questions about her religious sensitivity, prayed in a telephone prayer service recently that God would "bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment."

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"We just decree and declare there will be a shift for this nation, that there will be an enormous revival, even a revolution as we speak," she prayed. "Once again, we'll rejoice, rejoice with your Son and bring this nation into alignment with your government with your kingdom principles and authority."

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She added, "And Father God, right now on the day after the Jewish new year, Father, after the day after atonement, as they enter into their new year, Father God, I just pray that you would bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment." She prayed for the safety of Israel, "your sacred nation, Father."

She closed by saying that after the coming "shift" or revival, "Once again we'll rejoice, rejoice with your Son and bring this nation into alignment with your government with your kingdom principals and authority."

Campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Marks said Harris' reference to alignment of Jews meant that "the Jewish community historically voted Democratic. She was expressing her hope that the Jewish voters will recognize that she shares their ethics and values."

http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBNSMYJ3UE.html

Tip of hat to -- http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

[Vorta]

1. Wow! She really is nuts. I though she was just a double barrel bitc............

[sugapablo]

9. F*ck that b*tch!

Time to take this sh*t to the streets! ;)

[Bucky]

20. Well, she is still "double barrel", it's just not a barrel of fun anymore.

The rap on her is that she did perform pretty good in her last campaign debate. I guess the woman can't go for too long after acting intelligent before she has to reassert her core values--being an absolute lunatic.

[IndianaGreen]

23. She is no more crazy than other Christian Evangelicals

whose entire mission is to proselytize.

[Vorta]

24. Perhaps, but most fundy politicos have better sense than to publicly pray for coversion of Jews n/t

[olddad56]

69. maybe she was high on crank

or maybe she and a 'female escort' had been bouncing around all night on a 'double headed freddie' and she just wasn't her usual evangelical self. Those things can happen.

[badgerpup]

45. Now hoold on there, Baba Looey...weren't we '...all wannabe Jews'...

just last week? :wtf:

and the week before, she was trying to convince everyone that the separation between church and state was 'lies we had been told'.
:wtf:

I'm beginning to think that it's not just one person running that body...
Spunk and Moxie have each evolved a separate intelligence and personality of their own...
and we are now seeing the results of the synthesis...:hide::yoiks:

[grytpype]

26. Yeah, she's nuts all right.

All nuts and all Republican. Birds of a feather and all that. A bunch of kooks, crooks, liars, and hypocrites.

[okieinpain]

47. so why aren't the dems all over this like the repugs did kerry.

[wordpix]

63. Because she's a tiny speck of insignificance in the big scheme of things? However,

she DOES have some goods on the 2000 election and on that she should be squeezed for info. Maybe after she cracks completely, she'll just blabber on.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Jews "into alignment???"

How HITLER of her!:eyes:

[tanyev]

3. And if elected, she promises to set up special camps to

help them get aligned.

[saigon68]

4. Special camps with the opportunity for "Special treatment"

[DuaneBidoux]

55. That's called horizontal alignment-what people like her have been bringing to Jews for years.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

59. change their oil, tighten the timing belt, and check tires, while she's at it.

what a stupid, sick, and offensive woman.

Does silicon toxicity make people delusional?

[Cass]

5. Harris is as crazy as a loon. This "prayer" sounds like gibberish to me.

Bill Nelson will have a cake walk Tuesday.

[Eugene]

6. "...converting Jews to vote Republican, not to Christianity." Yeah, sure.

If you believe that, I have a bridge I can sell you.

Katherine Harris absolutely bonkers. Let's hope she doesn't completely
melt down before she writes that tell-all book.

[AliceWonderland]

38. Gosh, praying that God give Jews "correct political opinions" is not much better

It's wacky either way, and having God convert "unbelievers" to the Republican party is still extreme. Yikes.

On edit: this part is disturbing:

She closed by saying that after the coming "shift" or revival, "Once again we'll rejoice, rejoice with your Son and bring this nation into alignment with your government with your kingdom principals and authority."

Specifically, the "your government" part...

[PATRICK]

7. Specifically calls for conversion of the Jews

It is an integral part of Apocalyptic details that the jews be converted. others and other than their votes and the use of the Israeli military they don't give a damn. Underneath that too is a burning anger and prejudice against them for NOT cooperating as the second class religionists in the late line for submitting to Christian Power. Usually leads to pogroms.

The reiterated use of the word "alignment" makes it crystal sclear she is talking about conversion to "Kingdom" politics. Unfortunately for the Jews, it would ne "aligned but separate" as they have other nasty little tenets in the apocalyptic screed that call for a lot of Jewish deaths. You know in Islamic countries where they have people pushing for theocracy they actually have sincere zealots who provide a populist platform. The unbelievable scum we have selling this moonshine here have nothing but lies and criminal lives and instead, the governments of old, want a controlled Christian religion as a cynical state prop. Harris is about as sincere as Stalin and in any interpretation someone who must make people of Jewish descent appalled and nervous.

[sugapablo]

8. Alignment, huh?

"The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll." - Benjamin Disraeli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

[Radio_Lady]

46. Alignment is what we do with our tires... not our people.

[lapfog_1]

49. I think she had it done to her front end as well - n/t

[Radio_Lady]

57. LOL. Thanks for the post.

[wordpix]

64. you have to consider the source---Cruella was dubbed so for a reason

[HockeyMom]

10. People like Harris are losing Christians, and yet,

they think they can convert Jews?

[nodehopper]

11. what the hell is she talking about?

The Jewish New Year--Rosh Hoshana happens before the Day of Atonement--Yom Kippur.

I am not even touching the rest. She crazy.

[jobycom]

13. SHe's a Republican, she doesn't know what she's talking about.

It's like hearing little kids speak their gibberish to each other. Only other kids would think it makes sense.

[jobycom]

12. That's almost as funny as Ricky Bobby's prayer to Baby Jesus

Ricky Bobby: Dear Lord baby Jesus, we thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Dominos, KFC, and the always delicious Taco Bell. I just want to take time to say thank you for my family. My two sons, Walker, and Texas Ranger, or TR as wse call him. And of course my red hot smokin' wife Carley, who is a stone cold fox.
Cal Naughton, Jr.: MMM
Ricky Bobby: Dear tiny infant Jesus...
Carley Bobby: Hey, um... you know sweetie, Jesus did grow up. You don't always have to call him baby. It's a bit odd and off puttin' to pray to a baby.
Ricky Bobby: Well look, I like the Christmas Jesus best, and I'm sayin grace. When you say grace, you can say it to grown up Jesus, or teenage Jesus, or bearded Jesus, or whatever you want.

I guess kathy H. prefers to think of her God as Daddy.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. She just ruined her chances in the election!

It was going to be a real nailbiter, till she did this.

Seriously, I assume she long ago lost any chance she of getting votes from Florida Jews. She stopped being a politician and became entertainment very early in the game.

[Seen the light]

77. Nah, she never had any chance anyway nt

[NorthernSpy]

15. does she mean, like a wheel alignment?

:think:

(vision of Cruella chasing people around with a wrench)

[Bob3]

34. or God as chiropractor?

it's all insane gibberish. The great wheel of Karma is grinding her into powder.

[zanne]

51. UH OH Better get Maaco. nt

[msongs]

16. another christofascist threat to the USA and its decent people nt

[Colonel Bat Guano]

17. Borat

This sounds like Borat... "my country have many political problem...both social, economic, and Jew"

[Zenlitened]

18. That's just sickening on SO MANY levels... I hardly know where to begin.

So I won't try. :crazy:

Secular America. That's the America I believe in. That's the America that has stood as a beacon for so long. I hope we can stop all the god-talk from politicians one day. Talk instead about what's right for ourselves, our neighbors, our communities, our nation, all the people we share this planet with -- talk about all that in terms of what's humane and just and effective and fair. Not "God sez so."

:(

[DemoTex]

19. Reads like a LandoverBaptist.org riff.

Katherine Harris is a malicious version of Betty Bowers.



http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

[Divine Discontent]

21. the word

"alignment" is the kookoo part... very uncalled for. she should have only prayed for those who don't share her values (which I'm afraid aren't very valuable) to find God, anything beyond that is heresy. she's so insane... it's like she was once with it, and somehow she got hit with a falling fan at her home in her sleep, and her husband didn't tell her about it and now we get this off the rocker fruitcake.


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- antibush prodem stickers/shirts

[leesa]

22. OMFG...The campaign spokeman's lame save was almost as bad.

What a whack-a-doodle. Of course, if you're going for the Rapture vote, this is their mission, to convert the Jews.

[Vinca]

25. Somewhere there is a psychiatric institution with a bed open and

waiting. This is nutty even by Katie standards.

[colorado_ufo]

27. Bat shit crazy.

No wonder she is obsessed with "alignment"; her mind goes all over the place.

[triguy46]

29. truer words never spoken. nt

[Olney Blue]

28. Piety is Cruella's cross to bear.

[Tom Joad]

30. Lebanon is a "sacred nation" too...

An anti-Semitic supporter of Israeli policies. Not as uncommon as people think.

[Akoto]

31. Wow. It's like she wants to lose. n/t

[Journeyman]

32. Thanks, Katie. Once again, you're good for a laugh. . .

n/t

[arikara]

33. She fascinates me

How someone so whacked out nutty could ever get into the position that she's in is just more than amazing. For her own safety she should be under observation instead of running for politics.

Sounds like she's using their code for the rapture... "after the coming "shift" or revival". Most of them have the sense not to refer to it within hearing of the unwashed masses but she's farther gone off the rails than most of them.

[savemefromdumbya]

35. Harris would look great in Nazi leather boots

she's already implicated in the Cunningham scandal.

Not long til she'll be in her jumpsuit

[VegasWolf]

36. Kathleen, "God told me to get these really big tits! They are great for

flirting!!!"

[jpak]

37. A little bit nutty and a little bit slutty

You go Katie!

[AlCzervik]

39. i wonder if her straight jacket will custom fitted to show off her rack?

[struggle4progress]

40. What a horserace!

Nelson 58, Harris 34 Nov 03 Mason-Dixon
Nelson 59, Harris 33 Nov 01 Str. Vision (R)
Nelson 54, Harris 40 Oct 31 Zogby Int.
Nelson 56, Harris 30 Oct 28 St. Pete. Times
http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/election_tags/fl_sen

Just days before the election, and Nelson leads KrazyKat by only about 20 points ...

[HuffleClaw]

41. she's no more a fundy than a mailbox

but she sure as hell is a scheming opportunist.

[StarTurtle]

42. A telephone prayer service?

Sorry, my brain stripped its gears on that one. But then I'm a Jew, therefore obviously out of alignment.

O8)

[TheCowsCameHome]

43. Moxie and Spunk need a good dope slap.

[hayu_lol]

44. It is time for Katie Harris to have a fulfuling and rapturous...

relationship with Anita Bryant...ya know...orange juice in the hot tub kind of thing.

[Irreverend IX]

48. Into alignment?

Like the way cattle cars on a train are aligned? Like the way people standing against a brick wall are aligned? What kind of alignment could she be talking about?

[Kber]

50. It won't be a political problem

'cause florida has such a tiny jewish population anyway.

Oh, nevermind.

(Not to imply that my non-jewish brothers and sisters wouldn't be worried or offended by this too.)

[Yavin4]

52. You're Running for Senate in Fla, and You insult Jewish People?

She may be the worst candidate for public office in the history of representational democracy.

[lpbk2713]

70. I don't think there's even one demographic left that she hasn't alienated.

I gotta hand it to Krazy Katie, she's thorough. She hasn't missed one segment of the population.


She'll probably go down in the poli-sci textbooks as the classic example of how not to run a campaign.

[blackhorse]

53. Sounds like

Gleichschaltung ... the term the Nazis used to describe the the change their politics brought to Germany.

BH

[krispos42]

54. I worry more about the part about the nation shifting

I mean, look, every person of faith wants everybody else to fall in line so they are "saved". That's normal, I guess, even if it's kinda beyond my scope of understanding. Nobody wants people to go to Hell. Well, maybe few, but admitting that is bad form. And Miss Alignment there finds it important (especially before an election) to Get Those Souls Saved Now!!!!

But what worries me is how she wants to align the nation (presumebly from the government on down) with Christ. Because that kind of thinking leads to FORCED alignment... the kind with 'alignment' camps and express routes to heaven via a bullet to the back of the head.

I think this sign says it all:

[piedmont]

74. I bet she was doing her part for alignment in 2000. nt

[krispos42]

75. Yeah, 'realigning' all those Palm Beach County Jews n/t

[onager]

56. When does she start re-aligning the Muslims?

:rofl:

Every time I think Harris can't get any crazier, she happily proves me wrong.

I just used this H.L. Mencken quote in another thread, but it seems to fit here too:

One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected...

(This) convention protects them, and so they proceed with their blather unwhipped and almost unmolested, to the great damage of common sense and common decency.

That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas.

On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. Nor is there any visible intellectual dignity in theologians. Few of them know anything that is worth knowing, and not many of them are even honest.

[Lurking Dem]

58. I'd tell her

to kiss my Jewish ass but I'm afraid I would catch something.

[goclark]

60. Is there a "Severe Rehab" that would accept this loon? nt

[jmowreader]

61. Keep on talking, Katherine!

Say anything that pops into your pretty little mind.

The more she talks, the fewer votes she'll get.

[JerseygirlCT]

62. She is totally whacked isn't she?

I mean who the hell says something like that?

And even if you'd be crazy enough to BELIEVE it, who SAYS it in Florida?

Totally off her rocker.

[wordpix]

65. LOL, this part is so FUNNY: president of Jewish group "said he couldn't tell what Harris meant..."

snip: Jeffrey Pasek, president of the Jewish Social Policy Action Network, said he couldn't tell what Harris meant, but said he is troubled by her comments.

[NoodleyAppendage]

66. "Kingdom principles and authority" is code for Dominionism.

Harris is trying to court those who's philosophical bent is towards Dominionism and the establishment of a theocratic state in the US.

I would not shed a tear upon hearing of her demise and those of the Dominionist she is trying to address. They are a threat to the very fabric of this country and deserve nothing less than expulsion and/or incarceration.

J

[mcscajun]

67. Wow! She's even scarier than I'd previously thought.

and believe me, I'm talking :scared: to the Nth Power.

It's the height of religious intolerance and arrogance, IMO; I anticipate quite a reaction from Jewish groups on this. :yikes:

[Withywindle]

68. There's one in every election year

The race that's worth watching nationwide for the comedy, the schadenfreude, and the "Oh No They Didn't" factor, as well as the satisfying ominous rumble of the oncoming landslide that everyone but the delusional candidate hears.

In '04 it was my state, IL. This year it's FL. Congrats, Cruella. You're this year's Alan Keyes!

[aaronbees]

71. Exactly!

She had to try hard to out-crazy Keyes, but I do believe it's been accomplished! :7

[BreweryYardRat]

72. Okay, if she wins after this, that'll be the best proof of election fraud ever.

Given the fact that she just lost Florida's very large Jewish vote.

[torrentprime]

73. lol

I hate the nickname Cruella, but whatever.
At least we have a few Republicans who actually say what they they really think and want: religious conversion and theocratic government. While not all Republicans want this, enough of them campaign this way, and it's nice to see someone not try to hide it...

[superconnected]

76. What a freaking wierd prayer.

The woman offends whole races even when shes praying...

And it's, 'God, make everyone see the way I do....'

coming from that selfserving election stealing politically corrupt hag, I could see the diety she's praying to getting offended.

[SKKY]

78. I thought she did her best impression of Alicia Silverstone...

...and fell of the face of the earth. One can hope. One can hope.

[SoCalDem]

79. She's a chiropractor too???

:)