Trump’s religious talk causes unease among social conservatives

[KamaAina]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-religious-talk-causes-unease-among-social-conservatives

There’s a reason so many Republican presidential hopefuls traveled to the Family Leadership Summit this past weekend: social conservatives are a dominant force in Iowa Republican politics, and this forum caters specifically to religious right activists.

With this in mind, moderator Frank Luntz asked Donald Trump on Saturday, “Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?” The question elicited some laughter from the audience, though the Republican candidate seemed to take the matter seriously.

“I’m not sure I have,” Trump said. “I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don’t think so. I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don’t bring God into that picture. I don’t.”

He quickly added in garbled syntax, “We I take, when we go, and church and when I drink my little wine – which is about the only wine I drink – and have my little cracker, I guess that’s a form of asking for forgiveness, and I do that as often as possible because I feel cleansed, OK? But, you know, to me that’s important, I do that, but in terms of officially, I could say, ‘Absolutely!’ and everybody, I don’t think in terms of that. I think in terms of, let’s go on and let’s make it right.”

[riderinthestorm]

1. Vying to win Word Salad Award of the Year from Sarah Palin!

[uponit7771]

2. Donald has this answer right, it's not just asking for forgiveness it's putting things back in order

... and moving on.

Too may people get stuck or stay at the asking God for forgiveness part and crying and showing remorse and then never set out to correct things as much as possible and then move on.

Broke clock imho

[rbrnmw]

3. Wow just wow

That ought to go over well with the fundies

[ALBliberal]

4. It's communion Mr. Trump. But overall I agree with his approach (once I

translated it to English)!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. "Hey God, how much money did you make this year? Yeah, that's what I thought,

you hobo looking loser."

[Skittles]

6. anyone else wonder how this guy was ever successful at anything?

he seems like such a serious dipshit

also, I think the answer should have been, "That is none of your business, Frank."

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. The question that should have been put to him is whether God asked him for forgiveness

I'm sure he would have been able to expound on this at length with complete certainty.

[Skraxx]

8. This Will Work for Him

It's salady enough and sounds like he's saying something. That's all he needs to do.

[LiberalElite]

9. That last paragraph of "garbled syntax" reminded me of this timeless response:

[JCMach1]

10. Trump is doing great work trolling and deconstructing the Republican Field...

Keep up the good work sir!