Pastor who endorsed conservatives says Emmer will lose because of social issues

[Ian David]

Pastor who endorsed conservatives says Emmer will lose because of social issues

Brad Brandon, the Hastings pastor who endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer from the pulpit, said Emmer will lose because he didn’t reach out to evangelicals on social issues. On his radio program, Brandon chided Emmer: “He refused to allow God into his campaign, that’s what it boils down to.” Emmer dodged questions about abortion and gay rights at every turn during the campaign, including on Brandon’s show.

Brandon noted that the 9,000-vote gap between Emmer and DFLer Mark Dayton would be too much for Emmer to close.

“Just get used to the fact that Dayton is going to be our governor,” Brandon said. “I don’t like having a schizophrenic for a governor, but you know, it is what it is.”

Brandon said he’d been “analyzing for six months” what Emmer was doing wrong in his campaign.

“I noticed that he was making some very serious errors. He failed to energize the evangelical vote; he basically underestimated, you and me, as evangelical Christians, the evangelical vote,” he told listeners.

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http://minnesotaindependent.com/73823/pastor-who-endorsed-him-says-emmer-will-lose-because-of-social-issues

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I cannot even come up with a rational comment......

[Renew Deal]

2. So Dayton won because he allowed God into his campaign?

O8)

[thereismore]

9. You are making too much sense. That question should never be asked. nt

[msongs]

3. toxic goes with (rhymes with haste)? nt

[BurtWorm]

4. I wonder if God will protect this buzzard from the IRS.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. And that church still has its tax exemption, right?

[Fresh_Start]

7. So what's the procedure for filing a complaint about

this?
I wouldn't mind if that church loses it tax exemption which I guess would mean that all its parishers would also lose their tax donation deduction.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. I don't know the procedure, but I'm sure it won't work.

http://minnesotaindependent.com/71514/minnesota-pastors-plan-to-endorse-candidates-from-pulpit

Minnesota pastors plan to endorse candidates from pulpit
Churches hope to provoke IRS complaint

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Two Minnesota pastors say they will endorse political candidates from the pulpit this Sunday, in direct defiance of federal law that prohibits such politicking at tax-exempt churches: Brad Brandon of Berean Bible Baptist Church in Hastings announced his intentions on his KKMS radio show earlier this week, while Greg Stone of Jesus Assembly of God in St. Peter outlined his plans on Facebook. Stone writes that, unlike most of his sermons, this Sunday’s won’t be available as a podcast. Brandon taunts the “liberal media” to file an IRS complaint against his church. “Do it out of hatred for me,” he urged.

“I am not going to stop my pursuit of taking on the IRS,” Brandon told listeners on Tuesday. “Somebody has to stand up and fight, so I guess it might as well be me. So on October 17, ladies and gentlemen, I am continuing making this the day. I will endorse the candidates here in the state of Minnesota.”

He added, “I’m the only guy, so I’m not scared to do it. I’m the righteous that is bold as the lion.”

[Odin2005]

6. A fundy freak calling Dayton a Schizophrenic?

:rofl: