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Related: About this forumPerry Baptized Anew in Historic Creek near Independence
Before he launched his bid for the presidency three years ago, Gov. Rick Perry drew thousands of worshipers to an air-conditioned stadium in Houston, where Christian conservative activists prayed for the nation and the soon-to-announce candidate proclaimed his faith in God.
Perry is still said to have his eyes on the White House, but the religious event he staged last month was nothing like the flashy prayerpalooza at Reliant Stadium in 2011.
With only close friends and family looking on, the born-again Christian governor was baptized outdoors, in the spring waters once used to wash the sins off Sam Houston, the first elected president of the Republic of Texas and one of the most colorful political figures in American history.
When Houston emerged from Little Rocky Creek near Independence, Texas, in 1854, he was reported to have proclaimed, I pity the fish downstream.
More at http://www.texastribune.org/2014/04/29/perry-baptized-anew-historic-creek/ .
[font color=green]Independence and Little Rocky Creek are north of the town of Brenham where I resided for about two years. The creek is a tributary to the Brazos River for those downstream who noticed that their water is tainted.[/font]
tanyev
(42,550 posts)That I'd like to see.
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Hmm. I know people who were just sprinkled and it seemed to do them some good.
TexasTowelie
(112,125 posts)again: The problem with Baptists is that they don't hold them under long enough.
efhmc
(14,725 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)beat me to the punch again
LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)All the evil he's done in Texas will not be forgotten by anyone, let alone God.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)he (Perry) use a certain river located in W. Virginia.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Gothmog
(145,130 posts)Only problem I see is that they didnt hold him under long enough.
Perry used the same river that Sam Houston was baptized in. Sam Houston was the best politician Texas ever had drunk or sober. Sam made a joke that if the river washed away his sins, he felt real bad for the fish.
With Rick, however, were gonna have to skim stupid off the river for a month. During the baptism the fish were the smartest things in the river.
wandy
(3,539 posts)based on Rick Perry, or is the character that is Rick Perry based on Stephen King's Greg Stillson......
What the hay! Just a quick search finds that I might not be the only one to get that impression......
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/content/rick-perry-real-world-incarnation-greg-stillson-stephen-kings-dead-zone
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)They didn't tell us ahead of time because they didn't want us praying for flash floods.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Bad enough that he needed another baptism. We know, of course, but what is he feeling guilty about?
DhhD
(4,695 posts)suffering because he had his best interest at heart when he walked down in to the waters.
Lord bless those who need the Medicaid Expansion, fair pay and equal wages, for Perry will not.