Scott Walker: On a Mission from God - FDL

[WillyT]

Scott Walker: On a Mission from God
By: David Dayen
Tuesday March 8, 2011 11:51 am

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Gov. Scott Walker has been seeking a secular agenda of union-busting and selling off state-owned assets early in his first term as Governor of Wisconsin. But lurking behind that has apparently been a belief in divine inspiration. A Wisconsin historian made the point recently that Walker’s unwillingness to compromise matched the zealotry of past religiously-inspired crusaders. And the Madison-based magazine The Progressive has found some old speeches of Walker’s that advance this view.

In a talk to the Christian Businessmen’s Committee in Madison on November 13, 2009, Walker, who was raised by a Baptist preacher, spoke about his personal relationship with God, his “walk to Christ,” and his belief in the need to “trust and obey” the Lord.

He told the group that when he was thirteen, he committed himself to Jesus. “I said, ‘Lord, I’m ready . . . not just in front of my Church and the world but most importantly at the foot of your Throne, I’m ready to follow you each and every day. . . . I have just full out there said, ‘I’m going to trust in you Christ to tell me where to go. And to the best of my ability I’m going to obey where you lead me,’ and that has made all the difference in the world to me, for good times and bad.”

Walker said that God has told him what to do every step of the way, including about what jobs to take, whom to marry, and when to run for governor.

Now, this could just be flattery from a politician seeking the favor of a Christian business group. But I have another data point. And it goes back more than twenty years. An article in the 1990 student yearbook of his alma mater, the Marquette Hilltop, features a pretty similar quote about his religious convictions:

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More: http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/08/scott-walker-on-a-mission-from-god/

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[PurityOfEssence]

1. This god guy just does nothing but cause trouble

Isn't he having enough fun with all the mass extinctions going on? Sheesh.

[Angry Dragon]

2. He dosen't say which god he follows or listens to

There are many gods out there and they never say which one they listen to
so one never knows if it is the God of Greed, the God of Insanity, or the God of Hate ....... one never knows

[Useless in FL]

3. geezopete!

I know I must exist in an alternate world. Is this for real?

[Historic NY]

4. Does he hear voices too?

[L. Coyote]

5. So, when did Koch become God? LOL.

[WillyT]

9. Great Question !!! - Isn't There Something About Mammon In The Bible ???

:shrug:

:hi:

[L. Coyote]

12. Like slaves stuck in the desert with only one thing to eat, no jobs, no camels

You have to wonder where the water came from?? :rofl: Doesn't anyone think about these stories?

[Forkboy]

6. Automatic unrec for FDL.

Anything they say is wrong. I'm against FDL and for Walker, because I've staked out my ground, and it can't be both!

[WillyT]

7. LOL !!! - Or... LoZo... Er, Nevermind...

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[Luminous Animal]

8. Hehehehehe!

[Ian David]

10. Don't fuck with the penguin. n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Are we sure he's not just playing God?

He seems to think his powers are limitless.

[L. Coyote]

13. I'm sure the people who believe in gods are being played!