Does anyone really believe DeLay is a very religious man?

[babylonsister]

There's a panel on Wash. Journal on CSPAN spouting how religious he is.
I find that hard to believe given how greasy he is, but does anyone
really believe this? Do ya think it's all an act to convince his
constituents he's holier than thou?

[shenmue]

1. Ha ha ha ha ha ha, sure.

Don't make me throw up.

He's about as religious as my cocker spaniel.

:puke:

[Why Syzygy]

2. Tom worships

power. If he thought some higher being could give him power, he might pay attention for a little while. I think he's insane. So he very well could be religious. What does that prove? He is more fit? ahem

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Religiosity does not make one a faithful believer

In my experience, the more ostentatiously religious a person is, the more it is all for show.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. You MUST be kidding....I have a hard time thinking that any of the clowns

on parade have a shred of religion in them. If they truly feared God, they would not behave the way they do. No, I think that they simply understand the power of religion over the masses, and use it to their advantage to gain power.

[Ecumenist]

5. Why, of course, Babylonsister...

He's religious about being a crook. Religious just means "force of habit", ie, I'm religious about brushing my teeth everyday, taking a hot shower and putting on my bullshit deflectors whenever dubya's talks..

[Warpy]

6. If that religion is Calvinist determinism infected by a dose of Rand

then of course he's a religious man.

[boobooday]

11. Excellent description of the philosophy. n/t

[saltpoint]

38. Ding. Ding. Ding. Loved it, Warpy. & just right for DeLay, too.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. no, I've been listening to these reporters all morning...

they are not on Delay's side. :)

Missed the part you are asking about though, switched over to the chimps press conference... 3 minutes of "the economy is the best in history" and then practically ran from the room to avoid questions. :rofl:

[Why Syzygy]

21. The best in history?

Which history? The history that starts NOW? Before he tears apart what remains?

I've dreamed of this day but never thought it would be so much fun watching him slide down the slippery slope.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

26. he's so delusional...

here's the thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x870380

[Fovea]

8. Yes he is!

No one kisses the golden calf's ass with as much fervor as Tom.

[oneighty]

9. Yes

He is a very successful con man through and through.

Good morning babylonsister. I hope you are well.

180

[babylonsister]

27. Hi, 180! I don't believe it either,

Same w/Abramoff; he claims he's a devout Jew, but his actions don't mesh with his claims.

[boobooday]

10. He actually serves to undermine religion

Because if he was truly religious, and there really was a God such as the one described in his flavor of Christianity, he would have been struck by lightning a long time ago.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

12. He knows the script.

He couldn't perform it on Broadway.

[magnolia]

13. Yes...he is VERY religious!

He passionately worships the devil!

[acmejack]

14. He most certainly is!

He prays to a stack of Hundred dollar bills every morning...

[acmavm]

15. If he were truly religious you would be able to tell it by his

humility. And we all know that DeLay ain't humble.

[DUHandle]

16. Delay is a very public man

Has his church ever been mentioned in a reputable periodical?

[Lin]

17. that's cizzilla from wapo.com slobbering about delay's strong belief-what

a puke fest this is!

[billybob537]

18. Read" the truth" by Al Franken

DeLay is throughly without morals or conscience.
He stopped legislation that would have stopped forced abortions in the Marianna's for donations from Abramoff. What DeLay worships is money and nothing else everything else is just window dressing.

[abluelady]

19. Define "religious."

Definitely he doesn't meet my definition.

[zbdent]

20. I think that one person did, but

now that her husband is on a book tour, the righties are slamming him and trying to claim he murdered her . . .

[MADem]

22. He worships at the twin altars of greed and corruption n/t

[Cheeps]

29. Of course he's religious!!

That's why all us liberals hate him so much dontcha know!

Lisa

[sinkingfeeling]

23. Of course he is. He worships the almighty dollar and the golden

elephant idol.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

24. He lies and commits felony fraud religously

all in the name of god

[Stinky The Clown]

25. Bugman would wear a pink tutu and a red wig if that was the fashion

He's religious like I'm a resident of Mango Pango. He's a panderer. Pure and simple. Anything for power. he is a student of the relgiously insane, but not one of them. he's simply a gangster and wants to be knighted into his church in the same way Michael Corleone wanted to be knighted by the Pope in the Godfather series. It is ALL to further his own personal power.

[pepperbear]

28. I think he really believes he is....

because these days, being religious only means:

1. discriminiating against gays
2. nosing in the affairs of a grieving family
3. making sure abortions are impossible to come by
4. helping to build mega churches the size of the Astrodome.
5. oh,and making sure the rapture happens right on schedule.


all that other stuff about "love thy neighbor" doesn't qualify you to be a Christian anymore, but by using the criteria above, Delay will get a one way ticket to salvation.

[Norquist Nemesis]

30. Only if one defines "religious" as a cult in terms of DeLay.

The hate oozes from his soul so, no, I wouldn't say he's religious in the Christian sense. His behavior is a good example of one who is at the top levels of a highly organized cult.

[tanyev]

31. He'll find Jesus in prison.

:eyes:

[ladjf]

32. Yes. And in his religion, he is god.

[Neil Lisst]

33. no, he's thoroughly evil

[Jeffersons Ghost]

34. I believe delay inspired a dream, which in turn inspired a thread by me

When I awoke, all I could remember was God saying "Shut the Fuc# up," which puzzled me so I posted this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2554771&mesg_id=2554771

[Minnesota Libra]

35. Delay worships the almighty dollar bows down to anyone with a.............

....good political lie.:puke: Of course Delay is very religious.:sarcasm:

[saltpoint]

37. Yep -- it's hard to picture him without a wad of bills in one hand

and a calculator in the other.

[saltpoint]

36. If you showed me that he was clinically insane, I'd say yes, he could be.

But I don't think he's nuts. I think he's power-drunk and puffed up beyond belief, so I think he manipulates the Christian Right like a lot of other Republicans.

He uses it as it suits him, often with dollar signs in the mix, and then as soon as the handshakes end, he goes back to skullduggery.

[Hippo_Tron]

39. DeLay's ethics go against pretty much everything that Jesus taught

He may be religious, but he sure as hell isn't Christian.

[cassiepriam]

40. Funny, I assure you it is all an act. And a good one, since so

many fell for it.

Delay worships two things: money and himself.

[blogslut]

41. Church attendance

Delay does it because it plays well in the sticks.

Some fundies think that accepting Christ as their savior is some sort of get-out-of-sin card. They think that all they have to do is talk about Jesus and that makes them good Christians. Or better yet, they devote a few hours of their precious time or money to a religious charity and they are saved.

Sad.

[Neil Lisst]

42. Tom Delay would drown kittens barehanded if he could, for fun.

The guy is sinister evil. There is not a righteous bone in his body.

[lwcon]

43. Sure, he's religious

He goes to church and basks in the sense that it makes him superior to those who don't.

Sounds about as religious as the next guy, but as Shania Twain says, "that don't impress me much."
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[1932]

44. He has a poster in his office that says "Today could be the day"

It refers to the rapture.

Kevin Phillips writes about this in American Theocracy.

[0007]

45. Tom DeLay is very relgious......For Power & Wealth