The great impression of Jim Jones yesterday by Rick Perry ...

[NNN0LHI]

... should be enough to dash any presidential ambitions he ever had. If I were running against him all I would show in my ads was video of Perry crying and making a complete ass of himself at his jesuspalooza over and over again until enough people realized this guy isn't playing with a full deck. He may look normal sometimes. But he is not.

Don

[Fridays Child]

1. Is there some video of that?

I missed it.

[jberryhill]

6. Youtube - ' rick perry response '

His remarks are about 13 minutes long. There are some other edited bits and pieces.

[Odin2005]

2. Hey, at least Jim Jones was a Left-Winger before he went nuts. Can't say the same for Perry.

[jberryhill]

4. +1

Or was it that Jim Jones knew what would appeal to his audience?

[notadmblnd]

3. better than that, put in between Perrys crying and carrying on, flash little blips

of Jim Jones on camera too. His crazy preaching, and especially flashes of the compound with the dead bodies that were found in the aftermath.

"Remember, this is what happens folks, when you drink the Kool-aid" at the very end.

[jberryhill]

7. One might find video of Jim Jones preaching similar passages / concepts

[Recursion]

9. Jim Jones preached a New Age post-racial utopia

Perry sounded like a sawdust floor revival tent preacher. Big difference.

[jberryhill]

11. They use the same imagery and Biblical references, though

The basic Christian schtick is the same, no matter which way it gets twisted.

At some point, they start selling heaven on earth.

[Recursion]

15. Jim Jones wrote a book about how evil the bible is

He wasn't a bible-quoter.

[jberryhill]

22. Eventually, yes

This other kind simply convinces its audience that long-haired sandal-wearing guys talking about peace and love are not to be trusted.

[formercia]

14. Superb Idea.

That is something that will resonate with the Public. It might cause some Anxiety Attacks, but well worth the effort.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. I can see Letterman doing this and saying "Oops, wrong clip!" nt

[Ikonoklast]

5. Vast miscalculation by Perry.

He made the assumption that the rest of the people in this country are *exactly* like the loons he hangs around with.

[indepat]

8. Thanks, Don, for telling us what this "George W. Bush on steroids" really

is like under all that veneer. :patriot:

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. He is really like Bush, actually.

see:

Rick Perry's college life revealed...wow, just like Shrub's!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1677405

which I found and posted yesterday.

[indepat]

12. A chip off the old block (er, bush, shrub)?

;) :patriot:

[white_wolf]

13. Actually Jim Jones was a socialist who secretly hated religion.

He used it as a tool, but I don't think he believed it. I've heard he once said "I came under the guise of religion to destroy religion."

[Recursion]

16. Not all that secretly; he wrote a book condemning the bible

And called himself the reincarnation of Lenin

[notadmblnd]

19. As does Rick Perry and others of his ilk.

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Wow. Who woulda thought you would bring out so many creepy Jim Jones defenders in this thread?

[white_wolf]

21. That just shows how bad the Republicans are.

[Recursion]

23. This thread? Where do you see people defending Jones? (nt)

[Jim Warren]

20. Only difference

they want the outsiders to drink the kool-aid.