Trump blames conservative leader for his Bible gaffe

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Trump blames conservative leader for his Bible gaffe

By Heather Leighton

Updated 7:19 pm, Thursday, January 21, 2016

Donald Trump didn't take responsibility for misquoting biblical Scripture, but instead blamed conservative leader Tony Perkins.

During a phone interview with CNN's Don Lemon on Wednesday, Trump says he took the advice of Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, in preparing for a speech at Liberty University on Monday where he said "two Corinthians" instead of "Second Corinthians."

"Tony Perkins wrote that out for me — he actually wrote out '2,' he wrote out the number 2 Corinthians," Trump said. "I took exactly what Tony said, and I said, 'Well Tony has to know better than anybody.' And that's the way it is."

Trump's epic fail on mispronouncing the Bible verse drew laughter from the Christian audience.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Trump-courting-Christain-vote-flubs-quoting-two-6775421.php

[world wide wally]

1. Yeah right… his 2 favorite book

[JDPriestly]

2. The beginning of the end insofar as the Evangelical vote is concerned.

Unless, the Evangelicals are all hypocrites. Which is possible.

(Joking of course.)

But it could dampen the enthusiasm for Trump among a lot of Evangelicals. He is, after all, a big phony, so it is about time.

[Hortensis]

26. 2 funny! 2 feet in mouth.

Well, you know the Evs, they forgive everything they want to and nothing they don't want to. Witness that any would be supporting Trump?!? in the first place.

Watching Trump quote scripture for them was a major hoot, though.

[christx30]

31. He'll lose the Evangelical vote 2 Fast, 2 Furious.

[sorcrow]

3. Sounds like a joke....

So, 2 Corinthians walk into a bar....

Regards,
Crow

[Eugene]

4. Let me get this straight. The Donald was working from a prompt?

Not only can't he admit he screwed up. Not only does he make himself look stupid.
He also comes off as fake with an excuse almost tailor-made to alienate Evangelicals.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. The teleprompter was wrong....

[font size=10 color=red]BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!![/font]

[NBachers]

6. Imagine an entire presidential administration filled with these incidents.

[Bad Dog]

7. He should have asked Eddie Izzard.

[marble falls]

11. Thanks for the Izzard!

[LiberalElite]

8. So, he spoke about 2 Corinthians

to prove to them he he's a real "Christian" and then explains the linguistic goof by

1. blaming someone else; and in the process,
2. admitting he wouldn't know 2 Corinthians from Dos Equis.

Where's all that personal responsibility Repugs love to talk about - oh wait, that's for everyone else.

[hobbit709]

9. In other words, NEITHER of them know the bible.

[Yupster]

36. Anyone in Sunday school would write 2 Corinthians

But would say it second Corinthians.

Writing 2 Corinthians is not the problem. Saying it is.

[tanyev]

10. Donald, if you'd spent even a fraction of the time you claim you have in a church,

you would know that "2 Corinthians" is pronounced "Second Corinthians". Please, do keep pandering for the fundiegelical vote. It's HUUUUUUGELY entertaining.

[Major Nikon]

13. If the bible must be taken literally, shouldn't it actually be "2 Corinthians"?

Maybe Trump is right on this and all of them are wrong.

[Cracklin Charlie]

14. Of course it should.

And, Donald did say the Bible was the greatest book. So...

Donald's right, they're wrong!

Everything's back to normal. I feel much better now.

[3catwoman3]

27. He has tried to claim it is...

...his FAVORITE book. Yeah, right.

[Paladin]

12. Any time blame for a bad thing is assigned to Tony Perkins, it makes me happy. (nt)

[yellowcanine]

15. Right Donnie. Keep on digging.

If you are going to pander, at least know the lingo. Anybody who knows anything about evangelical Christianity in the U.S. would have known it is pronounced "Second Corinthians" by that crowd. Tony Perkins even probably knows, he just didn't realize he had to spell it out for you.

[Gormy Cuss]

22. ^^This^^

Actually, it's not just evangelicals who know to call it "second Corinthians." Trump could crack open any English language Bible to see what the long title is.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. When Trump talks about the queen of England,

does he call her Elizabeth Eye-Eye because that's what's on the teleprompter?

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. Naah, "Elizabeth Two" - she's the sequel! (nt)

[MatthewStLouis]

32. Ha ha ha!

I'm loving this. Trump is such a fake.

[yellowcanine]

17. Best take on this I have read so far.....

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/18/1471654/-Poetic-Invective-Two-Corinthians-Walk-into-a-Bar

Two Corinthians walk into a bar

And say to the barkeep, "We come from afar.

We're looking for two Thessalonian chaps

And wondering if you might have seen them perhaps."

"Maybe I have and maybe I've not.

I'll have to reflect and give it some thought.

In the meantime, what'll it be:

Whisky or rye or a glass of chablis?"

"Red wine with some bread--no, grape juice and a wafer.

Keeping it Baptist is bound to be safer."

"Who's this?" said the other. "Am I seeing things?

Is this not Two Samuels with his friend Two Kings?

Then comes Two Chronicles and after these

Two Peters, Three Johns, and Two Timothys."

"I'm calling the cops," said the man tending bar.

I don't give a damn who you guys say you are.

You're pulling my leg or you're certifiable.

Every man jack of you comes from the Bible."

We have just entered the dread Twilight Zone:

Another dimension, where minds are blown;

It's all the fault of that man on the stump,

That Bible bungler, Donald J. Trump.

[Tanuki]

25. Very funny! Thanks for posting.

[Judi Lynn]

28. Wow! Wonderful. Thank you. n/t

[Little Tich]

35. Two Corinthians walk into a bar...

I was thinking along the same lines, but I had no joke to go with it.

[olddad56]

18. Trump is rung a fine blame campaign, regardless of situation, he casts blame on someone.

[world wide wally]

20. So, why is it called "Acts 2" and not "Second Acts"?

Because Palin quit, so there was no second act to follow Trump?

[Tanuki]

24. I know you're kidding, sort of, but the reason it's "Second Corinthians" is that this is short for

St. Paul's Second Epistle (letter) to the Corinthians (church community in Corinth), for those who may not know. There is only one book of Acts, which is short for The Acts of the Apostles. Conventionally, "Acts 2" means the second chapter of the book of Acts, and "Second Corinthians 2" would be the second chapter of Second Corinthians. Then follows notation for the verse. So when Trump cited 2 Corinthians 3:17, anyone in his audience would have said it as "Second Corinthians three seventeen," or "Second Corinthians chapter 3, verse 17." The verse reads "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." It is apparently the motto of Liberty University. "Two Corinthians" would have been a jarring error to the ears of his fundamentalist audience, and a dead giveaway.

[world wide wally]

33. I was kidding :)

but thanks for the explanation

[groundloop]

21. Methinks T-Rump has never read Matthew 19:24

"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

[MisterP]

23. fine, Donnie, just answer--who are the Corinthians?

[3catwoman3]

30. They are the guys who make the fine leather seats...

...for the cars Ricardo Montalban used to hawk.

[MatthewStLouis]

29. "A Tale of Two Corinthians"

Ahahahahaha!

[annabanana]

34. I doubt that it even OCCURRED to Perkins that the idiot would say

"Two Corinthians".. I'm sure he sees the "2" and hears it "Second" in his head...