"I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.
As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage.
Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again.
I'm Rick Perry and I approve this message"
Ok, so this is a rant. This is me barely scratching the surface of what is so very wrong with this campaign ad.
1) "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian" When has being Christian ever stopped someone from being President of this country? I know his middle name is Hussein, but Obama is a Christian. GET OVER IT.
2) "you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country" ... true. I actually agree with these 4 seconds.
3) ..."when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." Damn Rick Perry! I was so happy to agree with you! I want to like you because your accent, swagger and rugged manly cowboys style is very attractive to me no matter how hard my liberal self tries to fight it! But seriously? A kid can pray at school. Administrators can't and should not officially lead prayers. The whole point of that is religious freedom. So, Rick Perry, you are the one who talks about the founding fathers all the time...does religious freedom ring a bell? Or maybe its one of the many aspects of our government that you cant remember. (Im still waiting on that 3rd reason by the way, anyone got an update on the 3rd government agency he wants to remodel?)
And, Im sorry, are you really implying that Christmas should get more public attention? Yes, some progressive schools in towns chalked full of those horrible liberals changed "Secret Santa" to "Secret Snowflake". Elementary school children are free to make Chanukah decorations during holiday arts and crafts. And yes, when my family hangs dreidels and Jewish stars on our Christmas tree, and sing some hebrew songs mixed in with our Christmas carols, it is a direct attack on your religious heritage. We actually had a liberal meeting where Jews and atheists teamed up with homosexuals to plan our the takedown of people who are not ashamed to admit they are Christians.
Rick Perry knows the only reason a homosexual would want to serve in the military is so that they can break down the faith that made America strong. So strong, in fact, that threat of a gay man serving side by side with a soldier he could be sexually attracted to doesn't scare us at all. Oh, wait...
4) "end Obama's war on religion" His what? When was he fighting this war? Probably not while he was at church with his family. Maybe Perry is referring to Obama occasionally standing up to fanatical Christians in Rick Perry's beloved Tea Party.
5) "And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage." blablabla Liberals hate God and Christians, blablabla. Let me go into the greatest contradiction in modern American politics; believing that the most famous and celebrated "Christian" was a republican. And by "Christian" I mean Jew.
and my personal fave...
6) "Faith made America strong" Woah, time for the daily Tea Party fact check! It was RELIGIOUS FREEDOM that encouraged OPPRESSED people all over the world to come to this country. This country was made strong by IMMIGRANTS who who worked hard in this country because SEPARATION of CHURCH AND STATE allowed them to. If you care so much about the damn founding fathers than why don't you actually take a 5th grade American History class?
And every time you and your ilk say that you are the original Americans just shut the fuck up because y'all come from immigrants too. And they were here to escape religious persecution in England, and they then used their faith and their manifest destiny to decimate the real original Americans.
7) "It can make her strong again." I hate "her" when its used to talk about anything that is not a woman. Especially when the other times Perry says "her" he says shit like "its not HER right to choose".
