Boehner: God told him Paul Ryan should run for House speaker

[ErikJ]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker John Boehner says he used "Catholic guilt" to persuade Paul Ryan to run for speaker.

On CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday Boehner said he invoked God to persuade his fellow Catholic from refusing to run for speaker to agreeing to do so.

Boehner says he told Ryan: "'This isn't about what you want to do. It's about what God wants you to do. And God has told me, he wants you to" run for speaker.

Ryan did — and won. The Wisconsin congressman has insisted that he will not give up time with his family or stop sleeping in his office in Washington. Boehner, meanwhile, stepped down, inspired by spending time with Pope Francis last month.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/11/boehner_god_told_him_paul_ryan.html

[LovingA2andMI]

1. God Didn't Tell Boehner Diddly......

God is not at Fault for the Speakership of Paul Ryan. Not....At....All!!

[trusty elf]

2. Oh, shut up.

Gawd, I'm so sick of these clowns and the voices in their heads.

God told this woman to go to a police station and pelt the ossifers with bacon and sausages!

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[Hoppy]

22. How long did it take the defectives to find out who did it?

[bearssoapbox]

3. He thinks the voice in the liquor bottle is God

and he gets smoke signals from cigarettes.

[The CCC]

4. Boehner: God told him Paul Ryan should run for House speaker

I guess if his God is Ayn Rand.

[LibDemAlways]

5. Either the booze is frying Boehner's brain and

causing him to hallucinate or he's doing what Repukes do best -- lying his ass off.

[NanceGreggs]

6. Man, that God fella is one yakkity-yak guy.

Maybe if he stopped spending all of his time telling politicians who should run, telling TV evangelists how natural disasters are caused by homosexuality, etc., he would have a minute or two to actually DO something about starving children, disease, war, famine, drought - ya know, pretty much everything that's fuckin' up the planet and mankind.

I guess God figures that a whiny little asshole like Paul Ryan being Speaker is far more important than anything else.

Which doesn't say much for God.

[bulloney]

20. So, according to Boehner, God is placing a high priority on talking to him, a drunken adulterer?

And he's been instructing this drunken adulterer to communicate to an acolyte of Ayn Rand, who was the antithesis of everything Jesus taught?

OK, fine! Got it!

[C Moon]

7. I had a feeling god was a Republican.

[DJ13]

8. Was this "god" the worm in the bottom of the tequila bottle?

[truthisfreedom]

9. In their desperation repukes are all becoming prophets.

They're like TV preachers now.

[LuvNewcastle]

10. The drunk hears God telling him that

He wants a sociopath to be Speaker. Yeah, that's likely.

[tecelote]

11. He heard it wrong...

What he heard: Paul Ryan should run for House speaker.

What was said: Paul Ryan should run.

As far away from us as possible.

[Alkene]

12. The visage of Jesus on my morning toast begged to differ.

Family squabble?

[smirkymonkey]

38. I saw god in my latte foam this morning. He told me that Paul Ryan was an asshole.

And gave me some lottery numbers to play. I'm pretty sure that I'll win.

[DRoseDARs]

13. Ya know, the Pope was just here. You'd think HE'd've mentioned something.

[slumcamper]

14. Welcome to our theocracy!

[DhhD]

15. Theocracy by Dominionism through Prophets and Apostles like Boehner, Cruz, Perry that hear

from God or the antithesis, the Anti-Christ.

Dominionism and the Merchant Church:

http://www.discernment-ministries.org/ChristianImperialism.htm

and Dominionism in Texas Government:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107829435 by Texas Towelie.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

16. Here is the song for this thread, "God Told Me To Rob the 7-11"

[skepticscott]

18. It's just a shame that DU has so many

hard-core Catholic apologists, who will defend the existence of their "god" and the actions of their pope and his followers, no matter how crazy or bigoted, against all comers. You'd think that this kind of lunacy would be hard to find on a progressive web site, but it ain't.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

34. I felt sure I could count on you for a meaningless sneer at Catholics.

I know that calling you a bigot will cause you to call for a vote which will probably go against me (because on DU, saying something bigoted is OK, saying "that is a bigoted statement is not), so I won't (but that is the only reason I'm not).

[skepticscott]

36. If there's anything manifestly untrue in my post

feel free to point it out.

But of course, I forget, it's typical of such folk to respond to awkward and uncomfortable truths by flinging charges of "bigotry", whether or not they have gumption to just say it, or whether they have to do it sideways to try to avoid a hide.

I, on the other hand, have no problem called the pope a bigot for his adamant opposition to same-sex marriage, gay adoption rights, and equal treatment for LGBT persons in general. And I've never had to worry about getting a hide from real progressives for saying so straight out.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

39. One of the things I particularly dislike about DU is that it is perfectly acceptable

To make all sorts of bigoted -- and that is the correct word -- remarks about religion in general and Christianity in particular. The Pope disagrees with me on the nature of marriage: The Pope must be a bigot. People who believe in God are mentally deranged. "Religion ruins everything."

Skepticscott does it all the time, and no one calls him on it. In his last post, he calls Catholics bigoted and crazy.

[skepticscott]

40. And when flinging unsubstantiated charges of bigotry

doesn't work, you resort to blatant distortions of other people's positions.

The Pope disagrees with me on the nature of marriage: The Pope must be a bigot.

Nice try at soft-pedaling blatant bigotry, and not even close to my position. The pope actively advocates that an entire segment of the population be deprived of their full rights as human beings, simply because of who they are, and regardless of whether they're even Catholic. That's as bigoted as bigotry gets, dude..and sorry, but pointing that out is anything but, no matter how much it upsets you.

And if you have some evidence that there are NO Catholics who are bigoted or crazy, dish it out. But we won't hold our breath.

[cleanhippie]

47. Funny, that went exactly how I expected it to go.

What's that saying about not being able to teach old dogs new tricks?

Anyway, well done. Some folks are just compelled to hang themselves when given enough rope.

[skepticscott]

48. Yeah, me too

And despite his prediction, I had no need to alert on it. He made it easy for anyone.

[marmar]

17. In a sane country, politicians who kept claiming God whispered in their ears....

..... would be dismissed as quacks.

[patricia92243]

19. I took it that he knew he was lying and used guilt as a tool to manipulate Ryan

into doing what he wanted. IMHO.

[Vinca]

21. John must have gone a little too long between cocktails.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

23. Why doesn't this God guy ever

Tell anyone to do something constructive or beneficial?

[Human101948]

27. I overheard the conversation and I distinctly remember God saying...

that Boehner should bathe in gasoline and then light up a smoke.

[rurallib]

24. wonder if God tells them to starve the children

and take health care away from the poor and ruin our planet with pollutants and hate all but the rich?
Doesn't sound like much of a god to me

[atreides1]

30. Yes

Their God does!

Because without the human race living in complete and abject misery, Boehner and Ryan's God can't bring about the end of the world!!!!

And that's what "good Christian" folk like Boehner and Ryan live for...Armageddon...because they'll go to a better place...

[packman]

25. In the old days

guys in robes roamed the desert, lived in caves, starved themselves and hallucinated on mountains to hear the voice of God. Today, apparently, all you have to do is run for public office and you and God are on speaking terms.

Republicans - something special.

[Myrina]

26. I think Boehner punked Ryan ...

.... knowing that little Eddie Munster is a completely self-absorbed shit, Boehner used the "God Card" to talk Lyin' Ryan into taking the job he was on-the-fence about.

We may end up thanking Boehner for this, ultimately, if it turns out to be both a spotlight on & a dead end to Ryan's political career.

[Liberalagogo]

28. Advice to Boner:

[peace13]

29. Yes and Sister Teresa sent me a FAX...

...confirming the choice!

[SummerSnow]

31. It's known that you can hear voices when you're drunk

[Rozlee]

32. That's a good debate question for the Republican presidential primary candidates.

"God told all of you to run. So which of you isn't being punked?"

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

33. This kinda religion.....

Will be the demise of humankind.

Just fucking stupid!

No belief, just a cause for an excuse.

God, God, God,....give me a freaking break.

[restorefreedom]

35. using religion against anyone is nasty

esp when you know they might be prone to guilt.

this calls for an archie bunker moment

https://m.

[Major Hogwash]

37. Breaking News: God denies he talked to Boehnor, "I don't even have his cell number", sez the Lord.

[AlbertCat]

41. Yes, Kali told him to run...

..... because everything must be destroyed to preserve dharma.


Oh wait... y' mean it was some other god?

[Solly Mack]

42. I'm told there's a god in every bottle of Jim Beam.

[47of74]

43. Yeah right at the bottom.

[Solly Mack]

44. Great sales pitch! Finish the bottle - see God!

Why read tea leaves when you can talk to the glass bottom god instead?

[Monk06]

45. Is it God or the liquor talkin.........................?

I am the liquor Randy