Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn't disappoint crowd of 25,000-plus

[Skip_In_Boulder]

Looks like the fundies are going all Emo



Notice that how the angle of the picture is taken you can't see much besides the few people up front and the upper bleachers are all empty. May not of had the turnout they expected. And the poor girl in the lower right corner looks like she is saying,"What the fuck did I get into here".

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/06/7282137-perry-doesnt-disappoint-crowd-of-25000-plus

[Rex]

1. If this was any other topic, those people would be declared mentally ill.

[RKP5637]

2. Instability at its best! n/t

[riderinthestorm]

39. Christianity only. Is that instability? nt

[RKP5637]

40. Part of it, riderinthestorm, but not only christianity IMO. n/t

[Rex]

44. No Fundamentalism period.

Whatever root it takes hold of imo.

[Maru Kitteh]

45. So I take it you never been to a rock concert in your whole life.

[Rex]

49. Wrong kind of comparison.

NT.

[IndianaJoe]

3. This from Wikipedia - Rick Perry

"In 2006, in what was described as a "God and country" sermon at the Cornerstone church in San Antonio, attended by Perry and other mostly Republican candidates, the Rev. John Hagee stated, "If you live your life and don't confess your sins to God Almighty through the authority of Christ and His blood, I'm going to say this very plainly, you're going straight to hell with a nonstop ticket." Perry was asked if he agreed with those comments and said, "It is my faith, and I'm a believer of that." Perry went on to say that there was nothing in the sermon that he took exception with. In May 2011, at a meeting in East Texas with business leaders, Perry stated that at age 27, he felt "called to the ministry"."

[Skip_In_Boulder]

6. "Perry felt called to the ministry."

Well why the fuck didn't he go and stay the hell out of politics.

[Saphire]

24. $$$ ?

[dhill926]

28. + infinity...........

[Strelnikov_]

4. "poor girl in the lower right corner looks like she is saying"

"Gosh, I wonder if Josh Brolin will play Gov. Rick in the movie, he's so hot!"

[IndianaJoe]

5. Next to Blago, Rick's got the best Presidential hair.

Sy Sperling of The Hair Club for Men will probably be his VP running mate.

[lib2DaBone]

7. High on Jesus Juice.... wild-eyed and talking to snakes....

These are the people who influence our CONgress.

[dbonds]

8. If you are going to put your arms up to receive 'something'....

shouldn't your palms be up. Try it out for yourself. Try a palm forward position, that feels like pushing away. Then a palms up position, that feels like receiving position. Completely different feeling, and this is something that should be familiar to a christian.

[Rex]

9. They are raising their hand to God!

To touch The Divine.

[dbonds]

10. Shouldn't that be palms up though.

Palms forward is pushing away.

[Rex]

17. I think it is more of an elevation of the hand into the celestial level

regardless of hand position. Like raising your hand in school...they are waiting for got to answer their prayers.

Good observation! That is a good question! Hands out or palms up? Maybe there is some subconscious influence going on.

[Faygo Kid]

11. We're going over a cliff.

There's violence and threats of violence everywhere. The poor are cooked; the middle class is no longer making it, and Fox and the Kochs have overreached, while our president has worshipped at the altar of compromise, instead of at the one of leadership.

The racial violence in Wisconsin against whites is telling, and real, and should not be dismissed here on DU. There are reasons for it, but that violence is real, and frightening (funny that it happened in Wisconsin just as the recall elections are taking place, however). Over at FReepdom, they are excusing what happened in Norway, claiming it's OK because those kids were socialist pawns *shudder*.

The governor of Texas is trying to be Jim Jones, but then run for office. War kills, and killed many Americans today. The "Tea Party" continues its efforts to undermine our nation, and the coming congressional "supercommittee" will not raise a dime from the Kochs, but will likely gut the social safety net, while a few lone voices protest in what is left of the Democratic Party.

I've been around for a while, and am not given to hyperbole, but these are definitely scary times.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

33. Yes these are scary times.

People really need to be paying attention.

[RKP5637]

41. I've been around awhile too, and there is an instability in the nation growing

and growing. Your analogy is right on track IMO, "The governor of Texas is trying to be Jim Jones, but then run for office."

[RKP5637]

43. I don't understand the racial violence in Wisconsin. This is the time we should be

pulling together. Are they blaming the white people for all of the problems. Watching congress recently and all the white guys one could gather that rather quickly IMO.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. The kid in the middle is about to hurl.

That picture is funny.

[demosincebirth]

13. 25000+? I don't think so.

[gkhouston]

23. It's 25,000 plus a large negative number. n/t

[Ilsa]

47. The organizers are claiming 30,000. Ilsa is claiming they are full of Rick Perry's bullshit. nt

[some guy]

14. Instinctively, and subconsciously

even they don't want to get too close to the people around them.

Maybe they all forgot to put on deodorant this morning.

[msongs]

15. zombies nt

[malaise]

16. I read that the arena holds 75,000

big flop

[gkhouston]

20. It does, and the middle and upper decks look deserted. n/t

[safeinOhio]

27. About a third as many as a normal

football game.

[Whisp]

18. I'd plug in a pic of the new release of Diablo III

people get that excited and swooning about games too.

and that would be a lot less nuttier than this crazy bamboozle

[Raine]

19. I would bet the Kochroaches paid for buses

to bring the flock in from the "churches". :puke:

[gristy]

21. So I count 11 people. Not much of a turnout.

[wellstone dem]

26. They aren't even standing very close to one another

not like at a sold out concert.

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. They think someone in the balcony is going to throw money.

[Bozita]

25. Amazing how the shots at RW events are always so tight. No wide angle lenses being sold?

Makes it real easy for any assclown to claim a photo is really a tiny part of a crowd of bazillions.

Whatever the estimate of crowd size, the purpose of pics/video is to support that estimate.

That's not the case here, MSNBComcast!

[backscatter712]

31. Actually, I found the wide view of the event...

Courtesy of /r/atheism on Reddit:



They blocked off half the stadium, and still couldn't fill the half that was left!!! :rofl:

[krabigirl]

29. creeeepy

[rainbow4321]

30. The (initial) pic on the Dallas Morning News

had a close up shot of 3 women...one looking of Hispanic descent, one white, and the third was AA. Scouring the background of the picture, I didn't see one other non-white person...I figure they planted the non-white forefront women for a faux look of diversity.

[marmar]

32. I see lots of empty seats......and empty heads.

nt

[11 Bravo]

34. Yeah, apparently all 17 of them were transported into paroxysms of rapture.

[krispos42]

35. Well, it really worked.

THANK YOU TEXAS CHRISTIANS!!!!!!!!!

[RagAss]

37. LOL !!!... I almost pissed !

[krispos42]

38. Another miracle from the PrayerFest!

Water, water everywhere!

[Ilsa]

48. Yeah, the Atlanta suburbs got some rain today, too, according to Hubby. nt

[spanone]

36. yet every major news service treated it as 'news'...

[Odin2005]

42. That image makes me sick.

Such submissive behavior fundies show to their GAWD is unbecoming of an American.

[blkmusclmachine]

46. A SEA of empty seats.

The reported 25,000+ attendance is BULLSHIT. 2,500 is probably the real number. Attendance FAIL.