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Published Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 | 4:09 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 | 4:12 p.m.
Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle today refuted that she told a Christian news broadcast in April that the country’s expanding entitlement programs violate the First Commandment.
Asked by ABC News at an event in Minden to explain those comments, Angle responded: “That’s not what I said.”
She went on to explain that she was speaking to a Christian audience.
“You speak in the language of the folks that you’re communicating with and I was speaking in their language,” she said.
Angle continued: “And the language that I used is that our country, we have become a country that has put our faith, not in 'God we trust', which is on our money, but in government we trust and that is what I was referring to. We have allowed government to take the place of God.”
In April, Angle said the country has become entrenched in an idolatry of government.
"And these programs that you mentioned, that Obama has going with Reid and Pelosi pushing them forward, are all entitlement programs built to make government our God,” she told the TruNews Christian Radio. “And that’s really what’s happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment.”
Slow news day Anjeanette? or just "slimers block"? With all the unemployed out there seems like the Sun could find a journalist and not just a cut & paste journo-list-a.
NOVEMBER IS COMING !
When god uses some of the cash that the American public has been giving to him to go forward and pave the roads, I'll let God take government's place.
Sharron - We have allowed government to take the place of God.
And Sharron wants to be a part of that government we idolize. Should we also shut down all the hospitals and pray for healing when we need an operation? Same thing.
You see Sharron, people who do not have the faith of a mustard seed need government, hospitals and doctors. Everyone do not have the faith they need to rely on God to provide all their needs. Would be a great thing if everyone had the faith, but they do not.
"And these programs that you mentioned, that Obama has going with Reid and Pelosi pushing them forward, are all entitlement programs built to make government our God,"
So Sharron you think all the people who are retired and on the Social Security entitlement programs worship the government and not God. They are all heathens? None of these people are devoted Christians who Love God.
As much as I dislike Harry Reid, this Sharon Angle scares me.
I understand what Angle is saying, but she really does need to be careful about what she says. I agree with a lot of her views, but know politics and the media in general is very cutthroat, can twist anyones' words and make anyone out to look crazy. She seems genuine about what she believes, but unfortunately in this media-generated society, where even Rupert Murdoch has admitted that they intentionally brainwash their viewers on Fox and folks like Beck and Palin can hijack the original intent of the 'tea party,' she really needs to be careful.
http://www.infowars.com/fox-admits-to-pl...
Meanwhile, back on earth . . .
She sure says, "That's not what I said" more than anyone I know.
Angle again is wrong. This is not about God and gov't. This is about her God. How does this infringe on the 1st amendment? I thought the 1st amendment was about being able to express myself in a civil manor without reprisals. And having entitlement programs infringe on my expression? Wouldn't entitlements give me more freedom to express? I would have money for necessities and be able to express my creativity to become a better citizen. Isn't that what Social Security does and the tea party seniors can go out and support her? That expression infringes? Wouldn't I have money for rent and food to get out and find a steady career instead of stuggling to find a place to sleep and eat? Then I'd be a productive member of society paying taxes. I would be expressing stablity. That infringes? I believe in Christ Jesus's word as well as other profits, and I believe to work with a system that man has created with God's help, to help humans become better. That is one of the ideas I believe Malcolm X decovered when he went to Mecca. Gov't is a system that brings social stability with social security, unemployment and other entitlements as well as the bank bailouts and subsities for farmers, miners, and other big corporations. Can these entitlements change and work better through the system called gov't? I believe yes. Are they God? No. That would be placeing an idol before God. And I do not believe our President would place this idol. I believe he uses gov't to express himself to do God's work. So does Senator Reid. Angle wants to get into the federal gov't to express her God and use the Congress for her expression. To dismantle it and in my personal opinion, dismantle the middle class.
Sharron, say it with me, 'Separation of Church and State'. Do you know what separation means? Even your god said "render unto Caesar, that which is Caesar's". Pay attention. As a government we rely on the amendments, not the commandments. Keep your church and your commandments to yourself please.
Please, God, smite down this raving lunatic!
Who is this women? Is she an outpatient at some psychiatric unit in Nevada? What a bonanza for late night comics if she is elected, and what a tragedy for Nevada and the nation.
Soon, we may well be represented by a corrupt adulterer, "big John" Ensign -- and a right wing lunatic, Angle.
correct seasing: Render Caesar to Caesar. Do not make gov't(Caesar) an idol. That does not mean you dismantle everything that is a support system that helps people and to keep society safe. God is in religion and religion is not God. God is in the government and the government is not God. God is in a Church and the Church, no matter what religion is not God. God is in all. And it is up to us use the dominion properly for the benefit of all. As for keeping my commandments to myself, I find that people who choose not to see another side of a view do not want to grow and become more tolerant of others. That is what keeps them ignorant and afraid of change and enlightenment. I was speaking about expression in the "amendments" like the right to freedom of speech. Sharron Angle is expressing God her way. And so are you, and so am I. I personally believe Sharron Angle's expression about our gov't and what she wants to do with that effect of God, is not right for this country. I do not choose to keep my voice silent. And you have to right to choose not to read.
"'You speak in the language of the folks that you're communicating with and I was speaking in their language,' she said."
So, by that statement, she really means that she will tell you anything you want to hear. And she always makes sure she doesn't speak what she believes in. Play to the audience. Snow them. Make them vote for you. Even if you have to tell them anything they want to hear.
What a rocket scientist for a candidate you chose, Nevada Republican Party people. Admit it. You screwed up. She's unmarketable.
Ain't got nothing to do with the First Commandment.
More like the Eleventh Commandment.
"Thou shalt shut thy face when you are tempted to talk crapola you knoweth nothing abouteth."
Sharron Angle don't follow that one. Clearly.
She's toast in November.
"You speak in the language of the folks that you're communicating with and I was speaking in their language," she said.
In other words..you tell them what they want to hear!
Dear Lord, forgive this false witness!
Did you see Sharron Angles new ad. It's all Senator Reid's fault. Angle was a representative of our state legislator for 7 years during this crisis and before. What did she do to help make or stop the mess before it came? What is her responsibility? Her record was "no" on many important issues and still took our tax dollars. If she wins, she will be McConnell's lacky like Ensign is now. Is this what Nevada wants?
if the quote in the story accurately reflects what she said in April, then contrary to the first sentence in today' story, Ms. Angle may have attempted to refute her earlier statement (once again she say she didn't say what she said) but she clearly didn't refute it if the word "refute" still means prove something wrong. Just another Angle attempt at damage control for a crazy statement that scared most rational voters who understand the separation of church and state.
Hate to tell liberals this, but many of you own liberals are saying the same thing about the government controlling much of hte polulation like a diety. Even the ones who are non-liberal D's and not religious either (the ones I actually vote for) are saying that the government is creating a nanny-state, thus becoming holier than thou in the sense of dependence. The funny thing is Reid wants people to be dependent so they have to vote for him to get their pentance of food and shelter and nobody seems to care about that. So let me evaluate, I've got Angle who says stand on your own two feet and have pride and not look to government for guidance and support; and you have Reid who says stay at home, let the government take care of you and they will make everything alright. Doesn't really seem like much of a choice to me...
Bread and circuses, we've seen this before in history. And the result will be the same if allowed to continue.
@middletoright -Amen! That was very well put.
This woman is an idiot. G-d and Government are separate things in our life dummy and the last thing we need is another religious zealot making laws for us and deciding what and how the government operates for the people.
If she is elected it would be disastrous for Nevada, for the country and for humanity.
In other words she said, that depending on who she's talking to she changes what she really thinks and says what she thinks they want to hear. Sounds like Palin and a few other idiots.
Anyone who votes for this woman has my condolences for being an absolute imbecile.
Separation of Church and State FOREVER! What is it, with these politicians who think their God should be shoved down the throats of others. Religion is a private matter, Sharron Angle needs to keep hers to herself as well as these other Religious wacko Politicians. Do people who live in the United States want to live under a Theocracy, I would think not. If you do, then, maybe you should try living in parts of the Middle East for a time, where a woman can't even lick an ice cream cone in public without being arrested! I for one will never vote for a Politician who wears their religion on their sleeves and can't separate Gov. from God. Jesus was about giving to others not taking away from. Sharron Angle has forgotten that evidently or maybe she never learned that in her church.
We will have no more Wars, when there is no more religion! Think about it.
It's not about seperation of church and state, it's about seperation of parent (government) and child(you and I). When government thinks they can tell me what to buy, how to buy it, what to eat, how to eat it, what to watch, how to watch it, what consumables are PC and which ones aren't, how I should think, and even gives other citizens MY money to do things they think are good for some then government is not respecting the seperation of church and state. Angle is advocating such and is telling you who are not listening that government needs to be seperated from you and I the citizens. The fact that's she's religious I don't really care for or support but it has made her principaled; unlike Harry Reid.
She is not sane folks.
Ah, the good ol' "Liberals want to control your life!" canard.
Sharron Angle wants to force rape victims to suffer with pregnancies... it's a part of God's plan!
Sharron Angle wants to enshrine discrimination into the U.S. Constitution and treat fellow Americans as second-class citizens. Why? Because of her religion!
"Middletoright" thinks Sharron's all about freedom and individual responsibility? What a joke!
Her platform is about restricting liberties and discrimination... for everyday Americans. She demands corporations have carte blanche to pull us back to the brink of fiscal destruction. Why? Because that's what the free market wants!
Like your clean water? Sharron hates the EPA and wants to eliminate it! All those pesky federal regulations? Why should WASHINGTON tell you how much ARSENIC you can drink?
As usual, Reid lovers just love this type of story....that is because they refuse to accept that Reid has destroyed Nevada economy. He has forced us to have poor health care under Obamacare - very expensive and higher insurance premiums. Reid does not understand how America was founded - he thinks America is all about him and his family. Reid has destroyed our youth by allowing close to 20 per cent unemployment - 1 out of 5. Reid allows so much bad for the country and has destroyed this great land. Yeah - of course - vote for the great destroyer of jobs in Nevada.
lovestohike.......
What an absolute pile of BS.
George Bush and republican greed ruined our
economy.
Harry Reid and the Democrats are saving it,
no thanks to you greedy republicans.
If you think Angle will help Nevada, you're
out of your mind.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND OUR COUNTRY.
VOTE HARRY REID.
ATTN: ALL CONGRESSMEN & REPRESENTATIVES!
If you voted for Obamacare-------Your GONE
If you voted for Finance Reform-Your GONE
If your for amnesty-------------------Your GONE
If your for card check (unions)-- Your GONE
If your for cap & trade---------------Your GONE
Please COPY & POST as often as you can...they will get the hint!
trustnoone is a lost soul.....Simply doesn't understand what has happened!
He/she does not understand that our current mess was caused by the inept and corrupt policies of the George W. Bush administration.
Obama is working over time to turn back the failed policies of the last administration.
We didn't get in our current mess over night and we're not going to get out of our current mess in the blink of an eye...
Hey trustnoone....
Try using "you're" instead of "your." It makes you argument a lot more valid!
More nonsense from the Las Vegas Sun. Let's get back to the real issue.
HARRY REID IS A TOTAL INCOMPETENT THAT SHOULD BE FIRED IMMEDIATELY !!! Check out this miserable record. REID controlled the whole Senate of the United of the States and Nevada has the worst unemployment in the Nation. His economic extremism is causing the country to go bankrupt. He can lie all he wants to about how Angle is going to take away our S.S., but that dog won't hunt. All his commercials are character assassination attacks on Angle as he has nothing positive to offer the state of Nevada. He needs to be FIRED as he is totally incompetent.
Unemployment Rate
When Democrats took over the whole Congress in January 2007 = 4.6%
When Democrats still controlled Congress by a huge majority July 2010 = 9.6%
Current NEVADA Unemployment rate = 14.3%
Federal Annual Deficit
When Democrats took over the whole Congress in January 2007 = Deficit for FY 2006 was $247 Billion
When Democrats still controlled Congress by a huge majority July 2010 = Projected $1.3 Trillion for FY ending Sept 30, 2010
Federal Debt
When Democrats took over the whole Congress in January 2007 = $8,7 Trillion
When Democrats still controlled Congress by a huge majority July 2010 = $13.2 Trillion
Also, note that if projections hold true the Democrat controlled congress during the Obama Administration will add a whopping $6.5 Trillion through 2012
Sharron Angle is clearly off her rocker.
Harry Reid for Senate!
Obviously Miss Angle's real objective would be to turn this country into an evangelical theocracy. Might even start up the inquisition again to weed out all the non-believers. This broad is a real psycho.
How many times is Angle going to tell us all, "That's not what I said?"
It's amazing to me that someone can deny saying something that she clearly DID say, and is on tape for everyone to hear.
Again, how many times are we going to hear the back tracking before this campaign is over?
@MarketYou
Every Angle ad so far has been nothing but a blame session, blaming Reid for almost everything but starting the AIDS Virus. Conversely, Reid has run nothing but ads using audio clips of Angle's OWN WORDS! It's not sinking to a new low, or appalling, or disgraceful, to showcase your opponent's points of view is it?
I defy anyone to find a Reid campaign ad that is a blatant attack on her, or that doesn't simply use her own words against her.
It's not Harry's fault that Angle can't keep her mouth shut.
I don't like Angle but she does have a point. Government has become a big Brother entity that watches over our every move and has become almost God-like in that matter.
But....until I see churches willing and able to take the place of government doing such things as giving out Health Care, Social Security, and Welfare in a massive scale and able to administer it, which is not really likely.The churches don't seem to be able to handle much of anything and most of them would be overwhelmed by it to begin with.
Unless we're looking at a Church based government which by the way would be completely and totally illegal according to our laws. She has no leg to stand on.
Many posting here seem willing to replace the reality of our American recipe for success with a lie.
The lie that is being promoted by the Progressives/liberals/statists is meant to erase what is uniquely American from our formula. This lie is an old lie.
Please allow me to remind all that America is a success first of all. It just is. In just about everything.
Even in matters of religion.
The Americans succeeded because they have from early times sifted through history and culture to retain the best of the enlightenment and government and science and, yes, religion.
American religion has had to compete with reason and science and, let's not forget, with other religion.
Americans did not just toss out religion, it was too fused into the development of civil law, criminal law, and community activities.
Early Philadelphia is the model of a congregate of diverse religions each building their chapel and competing freely for weekly attendance. These churches met a new challenge. Their attendees could read, think freely, object to false traditions, debate dogma, and vote with their feet.
So religion was refined in America as nowhere else. And so for the first time practical religion served free people without intruding into government. Americans served eachother. Barns were raised, first homes were built, universities flourished, medicines were developed, culture and order reigned all without a usurping government. And without dependence on government. Limited small government with responsible free self-governing citizens is the unique American model.
Using this uniquely American model, wealth is easy under God. Government is easy under God. Unity is easier under God although free will makes unity a challenge, even in America. Persuade me Philadelphia-style to unite with you, persuade me to buy at your market, to sit before your pulpit. Just don't force me.
It's not American.
middletoright:
You misunderstand the concept of separation of church and state.
Angle is exploiting religion and God to get votes. According to the Constitution, there is no religious test required of a government official or candidate for office, and there is no establishment of religion in government. In my opinion there should be a "don't ask, don't tell" law against religious exploitation in politics. Angle thinks it gives her instant credibility to claim that God told her to run for office and she's doing God's work. Then she can say and do whatever she pleases, because she's "doing God's work" and we shouldn't question or challenge her, we should have faith she knows what's good for us because it's "God's plan". That's not democracy, it's theocracy.
"Entitlements" are NOT against the first commandment. The money I have paid into social security and medicare since I was 15 years old is mine, not the government's or God's, and any politician who wants to eliminate, privatize or reduce social security and medicare benefits is not getting my vote.
Republican (and Angle's) agenda: (1) tax cuts for the rich. (2) get rid of social security. (3) tax cuts for the rich. (4) if can't eliminate social security, privatize it, cut benefits, raise the retirement age. (5) tax cuts for the rich.
There have been more jobs created in this recession, in Obama's 2 years, than in Bush's eight years. Angle's routine of blaming Harry Reid for the global, national and local recession, unemployment and foreclosures, is absurd. These problems started during the Bush years. Who wants to go backwards with the greedy corporations, insurance industry, Wall Street and the big banks calling all the shots? That's what Angle and the Republicans want.
middletoright:
Hate to tell you extremists this: where do you get this garbage? You get it from the liars like Angle and the rest of the fearmongers. Then you take the lies to absurd extremes. You and darenodawg are idolizing Sharron Angle.
I've been working since I was 14. No Democrats are telling people to stay home and collect money from the government. The Republicans are experts at stealing from the treasury and lying about it- starting with their congressional-industrial-defense complex that Pres. Eisenhower warned against.
Now the self-proclaimed "godly" Republicans, who always whine that "christians" are persecuted, are persecuting our legally-elected president, calling him a Muslim and socialist, because they want to preserve their tax- cuts-for-the-rich. Bunch of greedy, lying, thieving, murderous warmongers.
The scourge of the earth.
And you're on their side - that's your choice, but don't lie and call it "God's choice". Amen.
Maybe the SUN can get another PUSPULLER prise for crappy repoerint out this election cycle.
WHy not get rid of the military too instead of relying on God to protect us? LOL
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Enjoyed the article, Anjeanette.
There is a reoccurring theme all the time on this Nevada U.S. Senate race. And a big difference between the two candidates.
The motto of Senator Reid seems to mirror what President Obama's is... "Yes, we can!"
From all indications, Sharron Angle's motto seems to be what you quoted in your article: "That's not what I said."
If I had a dollar for how many times she said that, I'd be a rich man.
She'll be nothing but a small footnote in Nevada political history after the election in November.
The Republicans started with a strong candidate (Sue Lowden). But she self-destructed in a blast of chicken feathers. And Tarkanian, who was their second choice, didn't even get the nod from any Republican voters.
So, the Tea Party, in a fit of rage over wanting to vote Senator Reid out of office, and putting more emphasis on that, ended up fielding a crappy choice as the Republican candidate.
The only thing consistent about Sharron Angle is that she supports nothing, intends to vote no forever, don't matter what the issue is, and the only things she seems interested in keeping are benefits and programs that effect her and her husband. A real whack job who always thinks "I got mine...to hell with you getting what you want...could care less."
My vote goes for Senator Reid. I prefer sanity any day over just...tea.
Religion and politics a very dangerous combination made even worse when the one shoving Religion down people's throats is lying non-stop to make herself palatable. False prophet indeed!!!
With Sharon Fraud Angle, what you see is NOT what you get!!!!!Hahahaha!!!
Bravo Repukeblicans for dropping the ball!!!!!!