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Pawlenty Releases Evangelical-Friendly Ad With Focus on Gay Marriage, Abortion and His Christian Faith

Pawlenty Releases Evangelical Friendly Ad With Focus on Gay Marriage, Abortion and His Christian FaithIn the midst of some low polling numbers and a less than invigorated campaign launch, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has released a new ad that addresses his faith. Additionally, the video showcases his stances on abortion, gay marriage and other related issues. With 60 percent of Iowa caucus voters describing themselves as evangelicals, the theologically-heavy political ad seeks to help Pawlenty connect with citizens on a spiritual level.

Following a photo montage, viewers hear first from Pawlenty’s wife, Mary. She leads the more than six minute clip with the following words: “I was raised in a Christian family.” The Washington Post has more:

Mary Pawlenty may well be the real star of the video. The candidate stood silent, watching his wife as she described the role of faith in her daily life, including “a little time with the Lord, spending time with a devotional, a scripture passage, sometimes in prayer, it varies every day.”

Watch the ad, below:

In addition to releasing the evangelical-friendly clip, the Pawlenty campaign has also hired Sarah Huckabee, who helped her father win the Iowa caucuses back in 2008. The campaign sent out a letter signed by Ms. Huckabee that urges voters to support Pawlenty, because he “has the same conservative convictions and executive experience I admire in my dad.”

The Washington Post describes the campaign’s methodology as follows:

The moves reveal the urgency for Pawlenty to do well among Iowa’s evangelical voters at a time when his standing is not improving in polls. Pawlenty is competing for those votes with a fellow Minnesotan, Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is hugely popular among Christian conservatives and whose own standing in recent polls has shot to the top of the field in Iowa since she entered the presidential race a few weeks ago.

In describing the video, Jon Ward of The Huffington Post writes:

Tim Pawlenty may have finally figured out who he wants to be as a candidate…

There are also small touches that will play very well with Christian conservatives….

The ideological meat of Pawlenty’s statement in the video comes when he talks about the separation of church and state. The idea of separation, he says, was “intended to protect people of faith from government, not government from people of faith.”

Numerous outlets point out the fact that the advertisement does more than simply situate Pawlenty among Iowa evangelicals; it also backs up the candidate’s opinions on highly-contentious issues without forcing him to join other candidates as a signatory of a controversial marriage pact.

In a piece entitled, “Tim Pawlenty Loves God, But Not Enough to Sign Iowa Marriage Pledge,” CityPages.com’s Mike Mullen pokes fun at the ad, writing:

The Pawlentys spend a lot of time smiling at each other. It seems like nothing makes them happier than watching each other talk about God…

Other notable images that flash by the screen include an American flag waving in super slow motion, and a baby, who is apparently a big Pawlenty supporter.

Pawlenty has also released a radio ad that addresses his faith:

What do you think? Are these moves just what Pawlenty needs to connect with American evangelicals?

Comments (127)

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  • FlamingFartSyndrome
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:42pm

    I wonder why the conservative media (FOX news) attacks Islam instead of the Islamic State( government enforcing Shariah Law)….. Whats the real problem here, religion, or government enforcing religious views? Why do social conservatives feel that we should make laws simply because of their biblical foundations?

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    • ProgressivesAreEvil
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:25pm

      Islam and the islamic state are one and the same.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:31pm

      It’s called self determination;if a people choose to form a theocracy in their own indigenous homelands,if it is truly their choice then it’s their right as free people to do so.To demand that all societies be secular is tyrany as long as no minority is tyranized [killed or unjustly presecuted].In saudi arabia ,if indigenous saudis truely subcibe to the tenants of fundamentalist islam,as indigenous people in their indigenous lands that is their business.[it is women who transmit culture and if and when they don't like the tenants fundamentalist islam and their culture they can and will reform it.Saudi arabia only allows muslims to be citizens since it is founded as a fundamentalist islamic state.Only natives[or perhaps those who subcibe to the tenants of their faith/government] would belong in such a society.Not every nation has to be a secular nation welcoming of immigrants or open to outside religions.The world does not belong only to us ;it belongs to all people and in their indigenous homelands they have the right to choose theocracy and close their borders to outsiders of different religions.We should not be the worlds tyrants and dictators;indigenous people have rights to self determination,no matter how at varience their beliefs are with ours!

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    • BehindBlueEyes
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:59am

      “as long as no minority is tyrannized [killed or unjustly persecuted]”
      Other than America (some my even argue) , do you know any country on the planet that can meet that criteria?

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    • 5headspro.com
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:19am

      @FlamingFartSyndrome …Why do social conservatives feel that we should make laws simply because of their biblical foundations? Are you for real? or just ignorant?

      The laws of our Nation are built on Biblical foundations, not only that but every nation in the world has their laws built on “religious” principles. So really I don’t follow what you are saying here.

      The USA is a Christian nation. It is ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISABLE…
      Our currency does not say ‘in a god we trust’ but rather ‘IN GOD WE TRUST’.
      Why God? Because without Him, this country would not have been built. The founding fathers knew this, every President (before this one) knew that. And the Conservative hopefuls know that as well. If you want a country without God, go find it somewhere else; if you think you can.

      that is all…

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    • auntmoxie.com
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:27am

      I like your comment. It‘s a logical question and one that’s seldom addressed.

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    • fred
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:08pm

      If you actually believe in God, and I don’t mean the Islamic false-God, then you believe at least most of what’s in the Bible, perhaps even that part in Romans 13 that says government is ordained by God to punish evil-doing, evil as defined in the Bible. It’s really pretty simple.

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    • janalee
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:18pm

      Because that’s how this country was founded….belief in and adherence to The Holy Bible….ony ONE God before us. There is NOTHING in God’s word(remember the New Testement) that promotes hatred,murder,or destruction of a people. But God also expects us to defend ourselves,to be prepared and protect the innocent and helpless. This country was founded on that premise and God was in it. God(of The Bible)has been given the boot by too many in our government today)except plenty of room has been made for all the little “gods”…and look where it’s getting us!…to Hell in a hand basket!

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    • ROFLMFAO2
      Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:21pm

      I agree with the previous post. “One nation under God” has been a part of our pledge ever since it was added in 1954. I forget which Founding Father was responsible. And “In God We Trust” on all of our currency is an important part of our countries history ever since Founding Father Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law in 1955.
      I too object to any extremist religious group trying to imposing their agenda on us. They either adopt my religious views or get out. And that goes for all you **** baby killers too. And anyone who doesn’t believe Jesus is the son of God. And anyone who dances or drinks the Devils alcohol or cusses or uses God’s name in vain.
      Oh, and I don’t think there should be a Catholic Church allowed within 5 miles of a elementary school either.

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  • PAUL
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:40pm

    I really don’t mind Tim Pawlenty at all, been a fan since the beginning but he needs some balls.

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  • Zombee
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:24pm

    The smart Republican candidates will distance themselves from the social issues trap… and focus on how to they plan to repair Obama’s damage to the economy , lower taxes , reduce the debt, balance the budget , stop the waste and abuse of the taxpayers dollars and create , jobs , jobs and more jobs!

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    • american1st
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:30pm

      pushing social issues. was for cap and trade, is pro patriot act…. do you need to know more??

      NO RINOS NO NEOCONS 2012 pawlenty is straight up establishment (just like obama) expect little or no change in policy if he becomes President

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    • B_rad
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:25pm

      I tend to agree. Any Republican that focusses on social issues is not listening to what the tea partiers and the rest of the public is saying. They should be saying that those issues belong to the states, not the FED. I’m gay, and I don’t care what any of them have to say about gay marriage or anything related to gay rights, because those belong to the states. At least they are supposed to. The only thing the TRUE conservative GOP candidates need to be saying with regard to social issues, is they will appoint constitutional judges who will judge laws based on their constitutionality, and that they will stay out of the way of the states. Go Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain!!!! What a team those two would make, huh? Santorum and Perry are good, too. Pawlenty, Romney, Gingrich and Huntsman are either progressives or gutless. It’s time for real change.

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    • B_rad
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:26pm

      Oh, and can’t forget about Ron Paul, the real constitutionalist among them. Go Dr. Paul!!

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:19am

      Might want to rethink that position – majority of overspending and Gov’t over reach can be traced back to Social Issues….Just depends on which side of the social “argument” you want to be on. The side that says we have a moral standard and that is based on Judeo Christian principles and values that says if a man doesn‘t work he doesn’t eat or the one that says if I don’t work you and your lazy “brothers” don’t eat. The side that says a family is a father and mother who support (financially and emotionally) their children or the side that says you don’t need a daddy Uncle Sam is your daddy…

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    • billypk311
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:03am

      Amen, I agree.

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    • janalee
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:28pm

      But the social issues govern the fiscal issues. If one‘s values aren’t based on what’s right or wrong,what’s just or unjust…based on God‘s Word then one’s decisions will be based on secular and carnal beliefs/desires. That brings the down fall of a nation. All empires for thousands of years have fallen because of Godless values.and Obama clearly feels/desires and has stated that the USA is NOT a Christian nation that is because he wants it to be Islamic. That is pretty evident by his total disrespect of Franklin Graham and Netanyahu of Israel. A nation who tries to take land from Israel will be cursed according to a much higher authority than I. And THAT is above Obama’s pay-grade!

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  • holy ghostbuster
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:13pm

    I’m sickmand tired of all these phony politicians who pander to the religious right. Ron Paul is the only one who knows religion‘s place in politics and doesn’t wear his faith on his sleeve.

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    • This_Individual
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:34pm

      I’ll drink to that!

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:56pm

      Amen!

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    • Locutus
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:34pm

      Indeed!!

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:19pm

      @Holy Ghostbuster

      Amen to that!

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    • jeffreylayne
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:33am

      That’ll preach!

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:01am

      Amen with an addendum: Ron Paul is the only one who knows religion has NO place in politics.

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    • janalee
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:41pm

      I would be really agraid of anyone…such as what is in the White House today….who does not adhere to Christian beliefs. He/they would sell us out in a heart beat…like we’re being sold out now..to the highest bidder! I do agree with Ron Paul about keeping religion out of politics but the laws of God of The Holy Bible should be the guide book for every decision made of every piece of legislation passed Otherwise,who died and made him(any him) God!? Do you think for one minute that mere man and his secular huministic values would make the wisest and most prudent decisions for a nation? I don’t think so. The best Presidents this country has ever had have been the ones who did “wear their Godly beliefs on their sleeves and was not ashamed to say so…Abe Lincoln,Washington and Reagan to name a few.As Reagan once said….a nation without God is a nation that goes under. Only those who proclaim His namewill be saved including a country.

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  • Carol Ingian
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:11pm

    I like what I’m hearing from the Pawlentys.

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  • Tankertony
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:09pm

    Run Sarah Run. Millions are awaiting the Word.

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  • Jennine
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:09pm

    I‘m sure he’s a nice enough guy, but this was a bad campaign move. I’m a social conservative. I agree with him on most social issues. But this isn‘t an election that’ll be won on social issues. This’ll be the year of fiscal conservatism, and if you run your campaign right, even moderates and conservative democrats will give you their votes, just to get Obama out of office. But not if your primary platform is your social leanings.

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  • million
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:01pm

    Big Bird for President. Vote Pawlenty

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:59pm

    It was a nice ad, but there is something about this man that goes wrong with me. I can’t pinpoint it, but I have doubts about him being a strong enough leader.

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:56pm

    Is T-Pawzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz still running? Why?

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  • live-free-or-die-trying
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:45pm

    If you want FREE country again Ron Paul is the best choice.

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  • flyboy8584
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:42pm

    It’s nice to hear someone stand up for God and understands that this country was founded on God!!

    What a big difference from the bullcrap we here at the WH now!!

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    • S G Applebee
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:00pm

      Oh Palease. “Stand up for God”? What nonsense. He no more stands up for God than anyone else. He has his dogmatic belief system (just like Muslims, Jews, Mormons, Hindus, Catholics, Sikhs, Buddhists…etc) that he can‘t prove any more valid than anybody else’s. It’s a system of BELIEVING, not a system of KNOWING. If he was born in another time and place the odds would be OVERWHELMING that he would believe something else.

      Beware of any man who has the temerity to speak for God. To speak FOR God is to speak AS God.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:15pm

      Beware of pious politicians.

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    • Dorkville
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:30pm

      Hey Applebee, just so happens that his belief system is the right one – believing in Jesus that is. Don‘t know about you but I’d rather have a strong Christian as president than a cow worshipping hindu or a muslim that would force religion down your throat…and I don‘t hear him saying he’s speaking for God at all, standing for Biblical principles rather standing up for God may be a better way to say it, rather have a prez with strong principles than one that is blown about as easily as Obama. It is believing but there‘s plenty you can know that confirms God if you’d open up your eyes and take a look…bye bye.

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    • six6six
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:50pm

      What version of history did you read. This country was not founded on God. You’ve been listening to the Michelle and Sarah version of history.

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    • GodBlessGB
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:55pm

      Really? 666? Is the devil really arguing religion? Anyways our laws were derived from the ten commandments, and our founders were Christian. Unless you don’t consider Thomas Jefferson a founder, he was also known as the founder of the congressional church

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:52am

      SIX6SIX

      This exhibition demonstrates that many of the colonies that in 1776 became the United States of America were settled by men and women of deep religious convictions who in the seventeenth century crossed the Atlantic Ocean to practice their faith freely. That the religious intensity of the original settlers would diminish to some extent over time was perhaps to be expected, but new waves of eighteenth century immigrants brought their own religious fervor across the Atlantic and the nation’s first major religious revival in the middle of the eighteenth century injected new vigor into American religion. The result was that a religious people rose in rebellion against Great Britain in 1776, and that most American statesmen, when they began to form new governments at the state and national levels, shared the convictions of most of their constituents that religion was, to quote Alexis de Tocqueville’s observation, indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions. The efforts of the Founders of the American nation to define the role of religious faith in public life and the degree to which it could be supported by public officials that was not inconsistent with the revolutionary imperatives of the equality and freedom of all citizens is the central question which this exhibition explores.

      http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/

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    • S G Applebee
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:04pm

      Ok DORKVILLE, prove it. Prove God exists, or that Christianity is “His” religion. In fact, I challenge ANYONE to prove it.
      The fact remains that if you were born in another time or place the odds would be OVERWHELMING that you would hold different beliefs. What kind of God would base sending a person to Heaven or Hell on Geography, or on whether they just happened to be exposed to the “right” religion? The answer is simple, an immoral one. So, by definition, YOUR God could not possibly be the TRUE God (if there is such a thing).

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:28pm

    My husband and I were talking earlier today that we would like to see the Tea Party and/or the Republican Party run a slate with all positions filled on it and throw everything we have behind it to take AMERICA back in 2012 (or before).

    We are favoring either Herman Cain who is running for President or Allen West (who, as of right now, is not running). We would put Michelle Bachman in as Veep. If Allen West won’t run for President, we would like for him to serve as Secretary of Defense. We would put John Bolton in as Secretary of State. I think my husband said Ron Paul for Secretary of Treasury….

    These are just ideas floating around our heads and hearts right now.

    REAL AMERICANS must win this country back right here, right now, each and every day we have left on this earth. We cannot afford to wait another year under this current demonic, czarist regime.

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    • Eyes
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:23am

      Yes, Herman Cain/Michelle Bachmann, President or VP; Allen West, great Secretary of Defense; Ron Paul, Treasury Secretary. I would be at ease knowing people such as these were on watch. I want the “old” America back!

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    • NewAmericanist
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:09am

      I don’t understand the fascination with Herman Cain. Seems like he has all the pull-string talking points but I don’t see anything that qualifies him. We need a leader; an experienced executive.

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:07am

      I’d love to be a fly on the wall at the first meeting of your Dream Cabinet, when Bolton and Paul go at it over the cost of Bolton’s neocon push to attack Iran.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:27pm

    I hope an evangelical does not win the nomination, their as bad as radical Islam minus the beheadings.

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    • Sicboy
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:35pm

      If Evangelicals don’t behead people, can you tell me how their the “same” as muslims? Another flawed idea from an America/Christian hating fool.

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    • Highland
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:37pm

      Well, except for the fact that evangelicals and Islamic terrorists have nothing in common, they are exactly the same.

      And people wonder why we call liberalism a mental disease …

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:14pm

      Lets see:
      Evangelicals hate gays – Islam hates gays
      Evangelicals hate porn – Islam hates porn
      Evangelicals denounce all other gods – Islam denounces all other gods
      Shall I continue
      Evangelicals ostracise anyone whos not evangelical – muslims the same
      Evangelicals believe women are subservient – Islam thinks women are subservient.
      Evangelicals blow up abortion clinics – muslims blow up busses
      and so on
      and so on
      and so on

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    • proudfather2
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:03pm

      @survivorseed- those are very general statements on something you obviously know nothing about! We do not “hate gays” we just do not agree with that life style, we do believe there is only one God but it is a personal choice, if you do not so be it, and ask my wife if I think she is subservient. She is my equal and a precious gift from God. You sound as if you are not a Christian and you live here in America, when was the last time you were pulled from your house and beaten or imprisoned until you “convert” to Christianity? or your family threated for not being a Christian?

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    • chickenfried
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:39pm

      Lets see:
      Atheists hate Christians – Muslims hate Christians
      Atheists view porn – Bin Laden had lots of porn
      Atheists denounce all gods – Islam denounces all other gods
      Shall I continue
      Atheists don’t like Evangelicals – muslims the same
      Atheists believe women have the right to kill their unborn babies – Muslims want all non-Muslim babies killed
      Atheists blow – muslims blow
      and so on
      and so on
      and so on

      Actually, I just felt like mixing it up a bit…Atheists and Muslims are equally wrong on a great many issues.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:45pm

      Evangelicals don’t behead but they have no problem blowing the arms and legs off of men women and children of iraq and afghanistan and torturing people;[and before that dropping bombs on the villages of viet nam aand through out our history killing civilians when it was deemed in our interests to do so,.or if not doing it themselves supporting those who do.one mans terrorists is anothers freedom fighter.We commit terrorist acts in the name of our religion-americnism;they are fighting for independence from our unjust meddling [via proxy dictators or invasions].You can dehumanize and demonize them all you want[standard tactic of genocidists] but we are as murdering as we claim they are aand always have been.In the past christianity was too;now our religion is nationalist americanism and we have killed over a million people and destablized millions and tortured who knows how many in the past ten years-for the religion of american nationalism[we’re becoming the 20th c nazis in our hatred of a people/religion;arab/muslims who are villified in the media and who we are occupying and murdering.Like viet nam we are fighting the people in their homelands and our religion-americanism is the biggest threat to humankind on the planet today

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    • GodBlessGB
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:17pm

      Survivorseed-
      Christians preach that being gay is wrong. Muslims kill gays
      Christians want to spread the word of God. Muslims want to kill anyone that don’t believe
      Christian women respect their husbands. Muslim women fear stoning from their husbands
      And most of all in a Christian nation, like the one you live in, you are ALLOWED to speak out against Christianity. In a Muslim nation you would be killed for your comments
      I’d say there are not many similarities. But the good news is that Jesus loves you and there is always a chance for you to find salvation

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    • Steve
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:17am

      survivorseed
      Just wondering where in Christs teachings does it say kill those who are different from you and salvation in heaven will be yours?

      Where as Islam promotes this.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:20am

      @ROSE-ELLEN – Evangelicals symbolically behead their flocks by taking away their ability to think for themselves.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:20pm

    Hey! Was that Dave Thompson TPaw was shaking hands with??

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  • MrWill
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:14pm

    Michele Bachmann, is not a weasle like Pawlenty, I voted for him during his first run for Gov., but I didn’t vote for him the second time, I voted Independent..

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  • Eric_The_Red_State
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:13pm

    Psssttt…… Casey Anthony? Anybody?

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:58pm

      Muslims don’t want to kill non muslim babies or any one else for not being muslim.No american was ever killed by a muslim because they’re not muslims ;they were killed in a defensive political struggle to rid their homelands from unjust american meddlin[proxy dictators,blind support of illigal israeli occupation.and before that eurropean colonialism.The self seving false narrative about them is part of a genocidal anti-muslim propaganda campaign by the right wing who wish to commit genocide against muslims.Bim laden supported the arab spring[toppling of dictators] ,liked porn-he didn‘t hate westerners because women wern’t wearing head scarves but because of our unjust tyrany over his people[via proxy regimes for cheap below market oil prices, military bases, cold war interests,and israeli occupation of gaza.His cause was just though he was a murderer of civilians;so are we and always have been when at war.

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    • Steve
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:31am

      rose-ellen is once again spreading lies and distorting the facts.

      She says “Muslims don’t want to kill non Muslim babies or any one else for not being Muslim.”
      Mohammad killed women and children forced them to covert. Placed the children of murdered parents in Muslim families or made them slaves. Don’t all Muslims want to follow Mohammad?. Answer is yes

      Then she says “No American was ever killed by a muslim because they’re not muslims”
      weren’t the Islamic Barbary Pirates killing men, women and children because Mohammad commanded them to do so? Answer is yes. What Jefferson heard when he went with John Adams to wait upon Tripoli’s ambassador to London in March 1785. When they inquired by what right the Barbary states preyed upon American shipping, murdering and enslaving both crews and passengers, America’s two foremost envoys were informed that

      “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

      rose-ellen consistenly FAILS in trying to push her propaganda.

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  • GodBlessAmericaandIsrael
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:11pm

    This guy is not the guy for the potus. The best candidate is Michelle Bachman by far… but I wish Allen West would announce his running :(

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    • million
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:38pm

      I agree 100%. A Bachmann/West or West/Bachmann ticket is the ticket. Not only is it a winning ticket but the left would go completely bonkers. :^)

      Tea anybody?

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    • GodBlessGB
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:01pm

      Wait until Perry gets in, you’ll see real conservative leadership with a 12 year track record

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    • ccr
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:51am

      While there are many things I like about Bachmann, she and her husband’s statements/video/audio that have recently come to light………..will destroy her in a gen election! The left will eat her a live. We cannot afford to have a divisive candidate against Obama. While I personally agree with her on many things, she is NOT running for Pastor in Chief!! And NEITHER is Pawlenty!!

      Be an EXAMPLE of your beliefs but not a PREACHER of your beliefs while running for office.

      I am just wondering if some of the people loving the Pawlenty and Bachmann “evangelical” messages see any “hypocrisy” in their religion not respecting Article 6 of the Constitution in the case of Mormons…..?? Maybe?

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:10pm

    How refreshing and joyful to hear leaders and their wives / husbands speaking out publicly for GOD, for JESUS CHRIST, FOR AMERICA (rather than against her).

    Thank YOU, GOD, for this Pawlenty family. Please continue blessing and guiding them in YOUR way for them and for our beloved AMERICA.

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  • Mountain Dew
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:10pm

    I agree with the other posts. There is something not quite right about the guy. I don’t know what it is really, but I just don’t trust him.

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    • momprayn
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:18pm

      Yeah, same here. Someone said that he was a “wishy washy” governor. Don’t know – just from experience, I tend to trust and believe his wife more but not him…but no, I have no proof of anything. It’s a no-brainer for me – I’d vote for Bachmann.

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    • 1bambam
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:13pm

      Rhino..Progressive Cap and Trade He’d probably cross party lines and get Al Gore to be his VP running mate if he wins the primary …lets get back to reality that will never happen …the winning the primary part….

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  • pandora
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:08pm

    Using God to try to get elected is probably not the best use of one’s faith. It only serves to provide comedy material for the left – who are basically godless (at least the standard comics who always mock Christians).
    Religion is important. It should be a part of everyone’s daily life. But let‘s get away from the political ad use of holding up one’s faith as a platform for election. It makes people think religion is a “condition” of political platform and not a character trait. It’s just not genuine in that application. Pawlenty is not solving people’s problems by using this tactic. It is getting more and more obvious when you see someone who has been a career politician for too long. Their ads are loaded with rhetoric, symbolism, and cliche. NEW BLOOD NEEDED HERE.

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    • MartyTr
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:24pm

      Christians don’t leave God at home when they leave the house. This is exactly what America needs whether it is Pawlenty, Palin or Bachmann. Oh ye of little faith, leave God out? This is what got us into this mess in the first place. We are in a spirititual battle. Marxism is anti-God. Karl Marx was a stanist, book, Marx & Satan by Richard Wurmbrand.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:28am

      I disagree and do not think that religion is important in everyone’s life. In fact, I believe it is harmful. I support one’s right to believe in what they want as long as it does not hurt anyone, but if god has a personal relationship with every true believer, as Christians say, then why is their a need for a third party in the relationship? One aspect of going to church, as I saw it, was for everyone to let everyone else know they were there. Very superficial and phony.

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  • ShyMan
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:06pm

    SICBOY

    You’re probably right. I don’t know much about Pawlenty, but when you have to make a commercial to announce to everyone you’re a christian, especially after you’ve been a public figure, or a politician that has a record of voting on specific bills etc., you definitely look suspicious to me.

    Run on your record. That ought to be enough right there.

    We can look at how you voted and can tell whether you take the responsibility of doing right seriously or not.

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  • wailywailywaily
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:06pm

    He was a wishy washy lousy govenor.

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  • avenger
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:04pm

    this guy is a carbon copy of huck a buck.no way !

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  • Sicboy
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:59pm

    This man is a fraud like rick perry, he will say anything to get elected. Wake up Christians and Conservatives. Don’t be fooled by either man,

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    • bikerr
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:10pm

      @Sicboy
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:59pm

      This man is a fraud like rick perry, he will say anything to get elected. Wake up Christians and Conservatives. Don’t be fooled by either man,—————————————————————–NOT TRUE!

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:19pm

      Beware of pious politicians! Politics is a secular affair and the proper standard for politics is effectiveness not piousness.

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