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cali

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Sat Apr 11, 2015, 11:06 AM Apr 2015

GOP candidates are connected to hateful crazy pastors: From Ted Cruz' father to

the nutcase that introduced Rand Paul for his announcement. Will the media give them the treatment that Reverend Wright got?

From Rafael Cruz:

Claim: Marxist Obama should go “back to Kenya.”
September 12, 2012
North Texas Tea Party Meeting

Claim: The government is going to take all of your money and Obama has no problem with murder.
April 25, 2013
Hood County, Texas

In a speech before the local Tea Party, Cruz likened the United States under President Obama to Cuba under Castro, warned that the Obamacare “death panels” are coming, and said the government, which he called a “wicked rule,” wants to confiscate “our fortunes.”

Cruz went on to lie about Obama’s record on abortion. “Do you realize,” he asked a room of conservatives, “the first bill President Obama signed into law was to legalize third trimester abortions?” Then, referring to Kermit Gosnell, the abortion provider convicted of murdering babies this year, Cruz said, Obama “probably doesn’t have any problem with what this butcher in Philadelphia is doing.”

More here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/07/the-six-craziest-quotes-from-ted-cruz-s-father-rafael-cruz.html

From Pastor Jerry Stephenson:

Black Pastor Who Spoke At Rand Paul’s Rally: Obama Will “Evolve” From Christianity

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/black-pastor-who-spoke-at-rand-pauls-rally-obama-will-evolve#.xcGWdRdJk


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GOP candidates are connected to hateful crazy pastors: From Ted Cruz' father to (Original Post) cali Apr 2015 OP
It's people like Ted Cruz's father who is turning people like me away from religion totally kimbutgar Apr 2015 #1

kimbutgar

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1. It's people like Ted Cruz's father who is turning people like me away from religion totally
Sat Apr 11, 2015, 12:37 PM
Apr 2015

I am disgusted repulsed and leery of anyone who proclaims they are Christian. Especially evangelicals, who vote for republicans who cut food stamps, healthcare and programs to help the poor. The things Jesus advocated for.

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