Response to A Prayerapalooza/Perry is a Hypocrite!

In response to A Prayerapalooza, written by Brandyss Drost.

I agree with the first two paragraphs of Brandyss article, but the last paragraph I partially disagree with. How can Rick Perry stand up in front of America and preach? He is a giant hypocrite. If he was really all that much of a Christian he would know that the bible says not to pray in public. So what does he do? He gets 30,000 people to join him for “fasting, weeping, and mourning.” Even though there were 20,000 more people that showed up than expected, there still weren’t enough people to fill Reliant Stadium. I guess Perry should have prayed for attendance.

Governor Rick Perry was obviously using his prayer rally to gain supporters to further himself as a presidential candidate in the 2012 race. This video of excerpts from the prayer rally doesn’t show the “power of prayer,” it shows that Rick Perry wants to get noticed, “To be remembered for years to come.” The sane Christian people recognize that he is just trying to gain political attention. They know his motivation wasn’t purely for God’s help. If that was the case praying, to himself, would have done the job.

            I find it funny that Perry tried connecting the Book of Joel to the rally he assembled. This so called “sacred assembly” was supposed to cleanse America of its moral decline. The moral decline, he was referring to, was mostly caused by politicians just like him. He is such a joke. The prayer rally was obviously self-motivated, even though he claims it was all about God.  

            Besides the crazy religious people, I can’t imagine who would actually take Perry seriously after this. This is exactly why people should do their research before making a decision to vote for someone. This was just a campaign to gain support from the Tea Party.

            I really hope Perry doesn’t have a smidge of a chance to become President. I think Obama has been a fine President and there should be no reason he wouldn’t win a second term. Rick Perry will surely run our nation into the ground. However, I do agree that Perry should be working to fix our economy, with something concrete instead of a nationwide prayer circle.