GOP Senator Draws Fire For Obama Prayer: 'May His Days Be Short'

[Stuart G]

Source: Huff Post

Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) joked at a conservative Christian event on Friday that he prays President Barack Obama’s “days will be short.”
The first-term senator began his opening statement at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference by telling attendees to pray for Obama. With a smirk, Perdue said, “We should pray for him like Psalms 109:8 says:

 06/10/2016 01:37 pm ET

With a smirk, Perdue said, “We should pray for him like Psalms 109:8 says: ‘May his days be short and another take his office.’”

The large crowd laughed.
Perdue did not continue reciting the words, but Psalm 109 is a death wish for one of David’s enemies.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-perdue-obama-psalm-109_us_575af016e4b0ced23ca7e771

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This is not made up shit..it is real...Hit the link ..

[Zippyzagnut]

1. Wow

I understand not liking someone and disagreeing with them, but wishing ill will is really awful.

[spartan61]

2. So very "Christian" of him. n/t

[whatthehey]

15. What makes him not one?

I doubt they invite atheist speakers to these conferrences. He's a very real Christian no matter how much people want to play NTS blame shifting, and the crowd's reaction shows his opinion is neither rare nor unwelcome among Christians committed enough to attend paid Christian conferences. This is not an isolated example of how Christians really feel about anyone not on the far right.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

21. Yep, No True Christian fallacy not allowed around here.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

31. Yeah, but...

I don't know what spartan61 meant exactly, but if I'd made that comment, which I very well might have, or at least thought it, I'd have meant it in a different way than you're interpreting it.

I'd have meant that the behavior didn't conform to what Christianity boosters claim Christianity is. Even though I don't believe in any religion, if Christianity actually successfully preached a gospel that called for love, tolerance, forgiveness, peace, etc., if Christian's actions consistently reflected that philosophy, it would be a far better thing than it actually is.

[bobGandolf]

38. That does not make it okay!

They all should be arrested.

[whatthehey]

39. Ermmm...who said it was?

[MariaThinks]

3. This is why i hate many republicans.

[IronLionZion]

4. They know exactly when he's going to leave office

so this person is wishing harm upon someone through prayer, for no good reason.

[Marthe48]

47. Can't pray for bad things

My own idea is that Christian God represents Good and delivers all good things, with no areas of gray. If you want to pray for bad things, you're talking to Satan, who represents and delivers all bad things. As far as I'm concerned, David Perdue has bowed to Satan.

[packman]

5. Remember the State of the Union address - "You lied" shout

It's been downhill since then. Perdue (?) - the chicken man? Yah, there's the guy that one should listen to about shorten days, a adage he lives by in regard to his chicken farms.

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[Ineeda]

24. Not the same guy.

Jim Perdue (Maryland chicken guy - Perdue Farms) is, as far as I know, not related. This guy - David Perdue - is a useless piece of christian trash.

[Tanuki]

44. He is not associated with Perdue Chickens. Please edit or better yet delete your post.

There is much to criticize in both cases, but no need to make up false linkages.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/david-perdues-business-background-looms-large-in-s/nZJSf/

[Stuart G]

6. This asshole thinks he can get away with this shit.....

...So he has four and half years to walk back from this so called "joke".. and..he said it.. with a smirk...

[benld74]

7. Perdue's intelligence is short,,,,,,

[Vinca]

8. The Bible thumpers need to be thumped with their Bibles.

Nothing says Jesus like a death threat.

[mehrrh]

12. WWJD

Jesus would shake his head and reprimand this phony Bible thumper.
The god of the old testament would smite him.
These so-called christians use violence as their answer to everything -- because that's exactly what Jesus would not do!
To my knowledge, the name christian is derived from Jesus Christ -- and they disgrace all of christianity.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

22. And Jesus said he came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets.

So he doesn't have a problem with the OT smiting, mass-murdering angry god.

And he cussed out a fig tree that didn't fruit when it was not in season.

And he said "I come not in peace, but with a sword. I have come to [set families apart]".

Jesus said some very cruel and mean things, which Christians ignore completely or say "he was speaking in a metaphor."

[Wednesdays]

27. On top of that, King David

whom they quote was hardly a role model, if you really look at his biography. So he took down Goliath, but as king he did an awful lot of despicable things.

[christx30]

34. People that say What would Jesus do

should remember that flipping over tables and chasing people around with a whip isn't beyond the realm of possibilities.

[Doctor Jack]

9. What a class act

[cynzke]

10. This Man....

not only represents Georgia, as a U.S. Senator, Perdue represents ALL OF US and he insulted us and embarrassed this entire country. Apparently Perdue hasn't learned from Donald Trump's debacle that American citizens do not approve of this type of behavior. Perdue needs to issue a NATIONAL APOLOGY. He has a FB page and the angry comments are flowing. So go there and DEMAND an apology.

[forkol]

32. He is my Senator.....so I sent him this e-mail....

"That prayer was un-Christian and was very unprofessional. I too am going to hope you get booted from office on your next election so that your days of serving as Senator of this state will be short also. I would pray that God give you guidance, but your soul is probably so unworthy of redemption that it's not worth the time getting on my knees to even make the effort."

[mehrrh]

11. disgrace and disgusting but no surprise

A Republican calling for harm to President Obama -- nothing new. They say the most outrageous things, then they claim they weren't serious, or were joking, or were taken out of context -- and at the same time, they have encouraged the volatile lunatics that inhabit their party to take action and it would be validated.
Perdue must be taken aside and strongly made to understand what he's done, what its implications are, and what he must do now to apologize and retract his words -- but who will take that upon himself? Too many in his party agree with him.

[jmowreader]

13. Republicans have been doing this shit since he was elected

I have seen a lot of "Pray for President Obama - Psalm 109.8" bumper stickers since 2008. By now we should be used to it. (Contrast that to someone who made a "burning Bush" joke during the last administration and got three years for it.)

The only proper way to thank these scumbags for all their hatred is to put Hillary Clinton, who they hate far worse than anything, in office along with a Democratic congress, and let her complete the job of fixing everything Shrub broke.

[Boomerproud]

20. If Hillary Clinton is elected then we'll see "Pray for President Clinton-Psalm 109.8" stickers.

It will just go on and on.

[Chasstev365]

14. I don't know what is more sick:

This asshole, who calls himself a Christian and is a public official or the crowd that applauded and laughed.

[nlkennedy]

16. Uh oh

Criticising this religious extremist might offend a few moderates on DU and the internet at large... Better let this one slide to protect moderate sensibilities...

This is a man who takes Scripture literally. Christianity is an apocalyptic doomsday cult bent on political domination. End of story.

[Frank Cannon]

42. I have a lot of church-going Christians in my family.

I assure you that they find this every bit as disgusting as you do, if not more.

[Loge23]

17. Time for a visit from the Secret Service

The Secret Service needs to thoroughly investigate this threat.
Enough of these lunatics with their dog whistling. Some moron will take this as a call to action.
Perdue should find himself another country.

[Jopin Klobe]

18. Dear, l'il stupid Davey ...

... it is a mortal sin for a Christian to pray to God for the harm to or the death of another Human Being ...

... unless, of course, you're not a Christian and/or Human Being ...

... I'm guessing neither the former nor the latter ...

[asjr]

19. I would love to sic Elizabeth Warren on him.

[Wednesdays]

23. I've a prayer for the Senator

"Oh Lord, may Senator Perdue's hands grow even shorter..."

[Zen Democrat]

25. Bigotry and Christianity are mutually exclusive.

[zentrum]

26. Ugly stuff.

Thing is—I don't think it's a joke. I bet he really prays for this.

[tanyev]

28. At least when they pulled this crap after he was elected they could sort of weasel out of it

by saying they were referring to number of days in office of course, certainly not his life, good heavens what kind of person do you think I am???????? But with only 6 months in office left, there's not many other ways to interpret it. Effing idjits.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Pat Robertson once talked about nuking the State Department when Colin Powell was there.

[Hekate]

30. That Psalm has been a favorite of the haters since Obama took office in 2008. Bumper stickers....

...that simply say Psalm 109:8 are still out there as a dog-whistle.

Lovely.

[Night Watchman]

33. "GOP Senator Draws Fire"

I wouldn't object to that in the slightest!

[TomCADem]

35. Vox - A Republican senator just prayed that Obama’s “days be few.” This is how the GOP got Trump

Republicans can't make comments like this on the one hand, then wonder how the ended up with Trump as their nominee on the other.

http://www.vox.com/2016/6/10/11902822/perdue-obama-psalm-days-few

You don’t have to believe Perdue literally wants Michelle Obama to be a widow to think that invoking this psalm toward the president of the United States is, perhaps, a bit inappropriate. (Perdue isn’t the first to suggest Psalm 109:8 is an appropriate prayer for Obama; it's become a meme in hard-right circles, where you can buy bumper stickers and shirts that say the same thing.)

The Republican Party acts shocked by Trump — like he is some alien parasite who has taken over their party without warning or precedent. They shouldn’t be so shocked.

Comments like Perdue’s are the context in which Trump ran. For years, Republican voters have been told that the president is a Muslim, a Kenyan, a socialist. They have heard Newt Gingrich fret over his "Kenyan anti-colonial mindset," Mitt Romney worry that the United States is "inches away from no longer being a free economy," and, yes, Donald Trump argue that he’s hiding the true circumstances of his birth. They were thrilled when Ben Carson called Obamacare "the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery" and pleased when Ted Cruz agreed to look into whether Obama was planning an armed takeover of Texas.

And those examples are limited to national leaders in the Republican Party. The rhetoric coming from state senators, talk radio hosts, and local Tea Party chairs is much worse. Grassroots Republicans have been told for years that the struggle with Obama is existential and civilizational, that the disagreements are fundamental and scary, that the future of the country they love dearly is in doubt.

[Marcuse]

36. Have not the wicked noticed...

...that their curses and prayers against the President have gone unanswered?

[bobGandolf]

37. I'm sick to my stomach after seeing this!

It is probably nuanced just enough for this ass Perdue not to get arrested, but I for one will try.

[NeoConsSuck]

40. And now he is trying to deny everything:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-sen-david-perdue-denies-wanting-obama-dead/story?id=39757954

[Frank Cannon]

41. What a craven little asshole.

You know what cute little stunt you pulling, Perdue. Own it, you fucking coward.

[crim son]

43. He's getting brutalized on FB.

I posted my thoughts there.

[Sunlei]

45. is this the same republican who sent the 'pray the president dies' email, first month O took office?

[Blue_Tires]

46. Wow...Sooooooo 2009...

Maybe Perdue is the one should have his days shortened...