GOP House members sing Christian hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ before pushing to derail Senate deal

[Skidmore]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/15/gop-house-members-sing-christian-hymn-amazing-grace-before-pushing-to-derail-senate-deal/

By David Edwards
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:29 EDT

Rep. Steve Southerland (via his Flickr page)

Before pushing an alternative to a Senate bid to end the government shutdown on Tuesday, conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives reportedly sang “Amazing Grace,” a Christian hymn usually reserved for funerals.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told reporters that the sing-a-long proved that House Republicans were solidly behind that bill that would make minor changes to the president’s health reform law, like stripping insurance subsidies for politicians and delaying the medical device tax.

The plan was expected to throw a wrench into a deal worked out between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to end the government shutdown.

According to The Washington Post, Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) led the GOP caucus in singing “Amazing Grace.” Southerland has a background in the funeral home business, where he was known for singing hymns at grave sites.

[berni_mccoy]

1. WTF!?! Insanity is Ruling the House.

[Coyotl]

23. First they sing a Christian funeral hymn, then their funeral continues

#TyrannyParty #STOPtheGOP #GOPshutdown

[hrmjustin]

2. Oh Lord God save us from the GOP please!

[KansDem]

3. So much for the separation of church and state

...conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives reportedly sang “Amazing Grace,” a Christian hymn usually reserved for funerals.

Are they trying to tell us something?

[Emit]

4. wow

speechless

[City Lights]

5. They're wacko. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Sort of like whistling past the graveyard.

[denverbill]

7. Appropriate for a suicide cult.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. Well, it gets the "wretch" part right. nt

[Solly Mack]

9. Gag. Damn. WTF, people.

I'm not sure who should be smacked the hardest...them or the morons that voted for them.

[Iggo]

10. Tap-dancing for their constitchency.

[pscot]

11. Jesus fucking christ!

Morons rule.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Like their failed 2008 "Drill Baby Drill" stunt?

in the darkened House Chambers after the House had adjourned for the summer?

[kentauros]

13. They should have sung this instead:

Monty Python – All Things Dull And Ugly

All things dull and ugly,
All creatures short and squat,
All things rude and nasty,
The Lord God made the lot.
Each little snake that poisons,
Each little wasp that stings,
He made their brutish venom.
He made their horrid wings.

All things sick and cancerous,
All evil great and small,
All things foul and dangerous,
The Lord God made them all.

Each nasty little hornet,
Each beastly little squid
Who made the spikey urchin?
Who made the sharks? He did!

All things scabbed and ulcerous,
All pox both great and small,
Putrid, foul and gangrenous,
The Lord God made them all.

Amen.

[hobbit709]

32. Here you are.

[kentauros]

33. And I am sure it is indeed there.

But, due to YT being blocked here, this is all I see in a gray rectangle:

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To continue browsing, either use your back button or enter a new web address.


Hopefully, everyone else enjoyed it

[PeteSelman]

14. I weep for this country.

What the fuck have we done? What have we allowed?

[AmBlue]

15. Oh please.....

[hrmjustin]

16. Good song, horrible people.

[grantcart]

17. That's appropriate. Amazing Grace was written by a ship captain who took slaves from

Africa.

Newton returned to Liverpool, England and, partly due to the influence of his father's friend Joseph Manesty, obtained a position as first mate aboard the slave ship Brownlow, bound for the West Indies via the coast of Guinea. During the first leg of this voyage, while in west Africa (1748–1749), Newton acknowledged the inadequacy of his spiritual life. While he was sick with a fever, he professed his full belief in Christ and asked God to take control of his destiny. He later said that this experience was his true conversion and the turning point in his spiritual life. He claimed it was the first time he felt totally at peace with God.

Still, he did not renounce the slave trade until later in his life. After his return to England in 1750, he made three further voyages as captain of the slave-trading ships Duke of Argyle (1750) and African (1752–1753 and 1753–1754). He only gave up seafaring and his active slave-trading activities in 1754, after suffering a severe stroke, but continued to invest his savings in Manesty's slaving operations.[7]

[AmBlue]

18. They remind me of the Al Qaeda suicide bombers on 9/11.

Truly.... It's like they all think they've got 17 virgins waiting for them on the other side.

There HAS to be something... some provision in our Constitution that can be used to put this uprising down!! How is it Constitutional to change rules so that the House is controlled by only ONE person? This is usurpation of Congress plain and simple-- and it should be TREASON.

[spanone]

19. fuck em. amazing hate.

[ruffburr]

20. So much for separation of church and state

[MSMITH33156]

21. Wait until this debacle

finally ends and they stand on the steps of the Capitol Building and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Douchebags.

[Le Taz Hot]

22. If this isn't puke-worthy

I don't know what is.

[Cali_Democrat]

24. What the....

[lpbk2713]

25. After which they sang a chorus of ...

"There's NO business like SHOW business!"


These clowns are so full of shit you can smell them a mile away.

[dgibby]

26. Wrong church, right pew.

Should have sung "Send In The Clowns" instead.

[kydo]

27. Nah they sound more the Hells Bells crowd

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. Please tell me they lined up at a punchbowl after that.

[Blue Idaho]

29. Didn't they sing that on the deck of the Titanic as the ship was sinking under the waves?

Sounds about right...

[NuclearDem]

30. Eh, to be nitpicky, it was Nearer My God To Thee.

But the metaphor still stands.

[Blue Idaho]

31. Thanks!

I think you're right.

[axollot]

34. Please tell me there is video of this...

The song is often sung at funerals; the GOP is in its death throes. The irony is not lost on me. Also VA Rep Connolly said this:

"I hope they understand the derivations of those lyrics," Connolly said. "It was written by a slave trader who came to be filled with remorse for his actions. His words say, 'I was blind but now I see' ... He is remorseful for his past and takes responsibility for those actions and sees the saving light of grace, even for a wretch like himself."

Cheers
Sandy