Iowa GOP chair: God raised Ted Cruz specifically to be our next president

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is the anointed one, according to Iowa state campaign chairman Matt Schultz.

On Friday night at the Iowa State Fair, Cruz was joined by business owners who’ve had financial setbacks as a result of refusing services to same-sex couples. Calling them “heroes,” Cruz told a crowd of about 2,500 that Christians are being persecuted and there is a “war on faith,” the Dallas Morning News reports.

“We need someone who will go to Washington and throw the money-changers out,” Schultz said, referencing the Gospel story in which Jesus throws merchants out of a temple. “God raises special men and women to protect his people, and I believe this is one of those moments in time. … Ted Cruz is that man who God has prepared for this moment in time.”

Cruz was joined by Dick and Betty Odgaard, a Mennonite couple from the Detroit area who chose to close their wedding chapel business rather than perform same-sex weddings after being fined for discrimination. He was also joined by Phillip Monk, an Air Force senior master sergeant who is against the repeal of the military’s former anti-gay policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and same-sex marriage.

“It’s not enough for these advocates to tear down marriage,” Cruz cautioned about the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling. “Now the Washington elites want to silence those who believe in the biblical definition of marriage. Their goal is to keep people of faith from being able to live by the dictates of their conscience.”

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/iowa-gop-chair-god-raised-ted-cruz-specifically-to-be-our-next-president/

[ericson00]

1. as long as the GOP nominates an unelectable crazy, its alright with me

[jtuck004]

2. The voters decide that part. After Evilhair gets through, they will all look a lot less

crazy.

And that's all he has to do.

[ericson00]

3. even then tho, Trump has helped them dig their soundbite holes

which is why he's invaluable to Democrats.

[jaysunb]

5. Unfortunately, you are correct. n/t

[riversedge]

4. lordy lordy. !! Has anyone told Scott Walker??

[kiri]

12. ROTFLMAO

Just brilliant.

[leftofcool]

14. ROFLMAO!

[sarge43]

6. Well, if God want Teddy to be POTUS,

then I want whatever God is on.

[leftofcool]

16. I'll have a little of that myself.

[sarge43]

17. Well, he does seem willing to share with some people in Iowa n/t

[Plucketeer]

21. I'm gloating a bit.

SO PROUD to be an atheist

[CanonRay]

7. If this doesn't scare you, you're not paying attention.

Ted Cruz is the most dangerous candidate out there, and amid these wackos that says a lot.

[pangaia]

8. Oh, Jesus. give me a break/brake.

[LiberalElite]

9. But but how does this square with:

Jesus picked Trump! NO Jesus picked Cruz!

[Cartoonist]

11. Trouble in Paradise

God picked Cruz, Jesus picked Trump. Should be interesting in how this works out.

[LiberalElite]

15. Oh yeah - wait now I remember

i was raised RC. God's the FATHER. Well, that settles it.

[sarge43]

18. Yeah but. Has the holy spirit picked anyone yet? n/t

[Zorro]

13. Trump should go all birtherkrieg on Cruz

and his Canadian citizen mother once they get past their current smoochfest phase.

[Jim Lane]

28. God does this every cycle -- tells more than one Republican to run.

I guess He just enjoys messing with them. Kind of childish, if you ask me.

[RKP5637]

32. God's gotten pretty lame if he finds time to F around with these idiotic republicans. What a

pack of losers!

[Jim Lane]

34. It's only in recent cycles.

I remember when people in both major parties ran for President because they wanted the job, not because they were following orders from an invisible sky master.

But, you're right, it is lame. I hope it's just a phase God is going through.

[RKP5637]

36. They told me when a kid "God works in mysterious ways," was a total WTF to me.

Maybe this lame phase is God up to his? her? it? working in mysterious ways again. These pukes are so F'ed up. Amazing, isn't it, an invisible sky master whispering in their ears!

[3catwoman3]

30. The woman in the pink tank top...

...has crazy Bachmann eyes.

[TexasBushwhacker]

56. Jesus picked a guy who's been divorced twice?

Jesus picked an obscenely wealthy man?

And look at the face of the mom holding the baby.

[SoapBox]

10. And then delivered him to Canada?????

Uhhhh...I don't think so!

[wolfie001]

19. Another sign that the repukes have gone off the deep end.

He should resign in disgrace the stupid bastard.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

20. Last time the GOP told us someone "was chosen by gawd to lead"

We got this:

[MrModerate]

22. So Cruz is trying to lock up the slavering lunatic vote . . .

But he's got a lot of competition.

[MrModerate]

23. It's fairly traditional for Republicans to tack to the right . . .

During the primaries to ensure enthusiastic turnout among the zealots, and then tack back toward the centre during the general election.

But this time they've simply sailed around the bend and won't be able to find their way back. And whoever ends up running for the Dems is not going to let the electorate forget all the crazy, stupid, and vile things the Republicans have said during this primary season.

For me, 2016 is going to be about downticket candidates showing the same sanity, fortitude, and common sense that we at DU expect of our national pols, and successfully contrasting themselves with the howling baboons on the right.

[rurallib]

24. could you change the OP just a bit to make it plain it is Cruz's Iowa chair?

The actual state chair, while not one of my favorite people, is not that crazy.

Matt Schultz, our former SoS, is that fucking stupid and crazy. But he is not the state GOP chair. That would be Jeff Kaufmann.

[progressoid]

40. Matt would Luv to be the IA GOP chair.

He's lucky there are so many GOP candidates this year. Better odds that he'd find one dumb enough to hire him.

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. ok...no voting necessary

[Arkana]

26. Wonder what Trump has to say about that.

[Gothmog]

27. Carnival Cruz is a joke

I doubt that Carnival Cruz will be the gop nominee

[PoliticAverse]

29. I remember when "God told" Pat Robertson "to run for President". That was fun. n/t

[leftofcool]

35. Doesn't Pat have the Big Guy's cell number?

[RKP5637]

31. Soooooooooo many crazies! n/t

[HassleCat]

33. Those financial setbacks

Let me see if I understand this. If I refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding, and the Supreme Court says I have to, then I suffer a financial setback. If I refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding, and the Supreme Court says it's OK, then I don't lose any money.

[struggle4progress]

37. Matt's parents may want to help him practice his listening skills

[malokvale77]

39. All I can say is...

whether it be federal, state, or local government, keep your fucking religion to yourself and out of governing.

[6000eliot]

41. From the dead?

[slingsam]

42. That God must be hitting the Communion Wine at the back of the Temple

A Lot!!!!

[Bossy Monkey]

43. I think by now God is used to disappointments. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

44. Our next Canadian president.

The man without a country.

[JoePhilly]

45. God is such a practical joker.

He tells all these nuts to run and then sits back and laughs.

[Enrique]

46. Cruz knows he's special

[mdbl]

47. Does Matt Schultz Call the Devil God?

That's the only way i can make sense of his stupid statements. Ted Cruz was not put on earth by something that stands for truth, justice or goodness.

[workinclasszero]

48. But..but I thought

"God", thats ayn rand for republicans, told all the clowns in the kar that they should run for president???

[fredamae]

49. Dear IA GOP Chair

I need credible, tangible evidence, please.
Also, please include photo's of God's classroom with teddy in attendance.

[dembotoz]

50. 666

It fits

[last1standing]

51. If there was ever a good reason to be an atheist, this is it.

Any "God" that would "raise up" Cruz is not a "God" I want to spend eternity with.

[ladjf]

52. That statement is as ridiculous as statements can be. nt

[Island Blue]

53. God is Cuban?

[montana_hazeleyes]

54. Damn! There's never a good ole

lightening bolt around when you need one.

[CTyankee]

55. well, what god can rise up god can throw down. Let's go for that...

[RussBLib]

57. this God is a real idiot

or it's more likely the Iowa GOP chair is an idiot, especially since God does not exist.

[tabasco]

58. Sounds like a mental health referral is in order

Should be covered by the ACA if he doesn't have insurance.