Secret SEC email reveals: TN GOP House members bow heads & worship Leader Mumpower as Jesus Savior

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Campfield blog reveals shared TN GOPer State Executive Committee email regarding Leader Mumpower as their Jesus Savior with photos of head-bowing TNGA GOPers praying to Mumpower

Worth a thousand words
http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2009/12/worth-thousand-words.html

Photo caption: Like Judas, He Betrayed Us!

In January 2009 Rep. Kent Williams joined hands in prayer with Republican House Majority Leader Jason Mumpower and fellow Republican Caucus members moments before he would betray them and the Republican Party. He then voted with 49 Democrats against the Republican nominee and for himself as Sppeaker of the House. The scene is reminiscient of Judas joining hands in prayer with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane moments before the soldiers arrived to arrest him.

Photo: (Williams is 5th on right from bottom. Mumpower is 4th right from bottom).

http://politics.nashvillepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kent_prayer.pdf">hyperlink to larger "Like Judas, He Betrayed Us!" image in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file

What can I say. This image brings back some hard memories. I did not realize there were any pictures of this moment in time. This was minutes before the speaker vote. We were all praying to God to give Jason strength to be a great leader. I should say I thought we were all praying to God. I had not thought about the Judas at the last supper/Gethsemane analogy, but I guess the prayer for strength and betrayal similarity is there.

That is Jason on the right fourth from the front holding hands in prayer with Kent on the right fifth from the front.

This photo was sent to SEC members by fellow SEC member Tim Rudd, from the 13th District. He sent this PDF around to his fellow members of the committee to further discourage any members who plan to make a motion to reinstate Williams as a member of the party. His email contained the following note:

“I thought you needed to see this photo prior to the SEC meeting. If any one asks you why Kent Williams was thrown out of the Republican Party and why he should stay out of our Party, this “prayer” photo says it all.”

The committee next meets this Saturday, December 5th

(Campfield acknowledges the http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/12/03/gethsemane/#comment-688403">Nashville Post Politics blog as a source.)

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1. You Tube: Tennessee GOP compares Rep. Jason Mumpower (R-Bristol) to Jesus

You Tube: Tennessee GOP compares Rep. Jason Mumpower (R-Bristol) to Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYkuEdpa0I0

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2. YouTube screen shot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYkuEdpa0I0&feature=channel
(paused at 38 seconds)

Rep. Mumpower should consider dipping into his campaign treasury to finance some cosmetic surgery and remove those horns from the side of his head...