This qualifies as mental illness in my view, and religion seems to excuse a lot of it. Beware of politicians on a moral crusade because nothing good ever comes of it. Mike Johnson is someone who will always see his particular religion as the answer to every question. I suspect he is someone so delusional he believes this country would passively submit to being ruled by his brand of Jesus. I don't think he will last any longer than Kevin McCarthy.
I'm 77 yrs. old. A long time ago my dad told me to remember that psych wards are full of people who believe that God speaks to them and tells them what to do in order to justify their greedy or illegal behavior. Looks like we have another one of 'em!!!!
The rethugs unanimously elected a dominionist who hears voices in his head to lead the House... They have truly become a cult. We, the people are truly screwed.
Why are folks putting people who admit they’re mentally unstable in charge. He’s literally bragging about something that, in any other circumstance, would land him in the looney bin. If a homeless person told you this stuff while on the subway, you’d move to another car, but the GOP puts him in charge.
"I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretentions of such power, the more dangerous I think it both to the rulers and to the subjects. Hence Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity as some point may be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations. And as Theocracy is the worst, the nearer any government approaches to a theocracy the worse it will be. A metaphysic, held by rulers with the force of religion, is a bad sign. It forbids them, like the inquisitor, to admit any grain of truth or good in their opponents." - C.S. Lewis
Say what you will about the man, but he was spot on in his thinking here.
Ummm ... Mike Johnson as a modern-day Moses, to lead our country back to his god. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooookay. There's only one thing I can offer as a comment on this:
Look, Mike Johnson and Moses are almost twins. Their names both begin with M. They are both white. I am pretty sure both Moses and Mike can count to ten. If you dropped both in a desert the size of Delaware, they would both get lost for forty years. And they would both gleeful watch the unnecessary deaths thousands of children in order to complete their plans. Twins, I say.
In Exodus 2:11-15, Moses discovers an Egyptian beating a Hebrew. He looks all around to make sure no one sees him and then kills the Egyptian, burying him in the desert. The next day, he sees two Hebrews fighting and tries to intervene. One says: "Who made you our ruler? Are you going to kill me like the Egyptian you killed?" Moses realizes he'd been observed and is filled with fear. Pharaoh also found out and tried to kill Moses, so Moses runs and hides, taking up residence in Midian.
Somehow, I doubt Johnson wants that part of the Moses story told or even acknowledged.
If he hopes it will help him to become President he should read this myth again, even I know Moses never reached the promised land, he could only see it from afar (which proves, once more, his god is a sadist).
Fun fact Tina Turner believed to be the reincarnation of Pharaoh Hatshepsut. She shouldn't have bothered, she was a Queen by herself.
I am all for Mike Johnson leading the Republicans into the wilderness for 40 years.
This qualifies as mental illness in my view, and religion seems to excuse a lot of it. Beware of politicians on a moral crusade because nothing good ever comes of it. Mike Johnson is someone who will always see his particular religion as the answer to every question. I suspect he is someone so delusional he believes this country would passively submit to being ruled by his brand of Jesus. I don't think he will last any longer than Kevin McCarthy.
I'm 77 yrs. old. A long time ago my dad told me to remember that psych wards are full of people who believe that God speaks to them and tells them what to do in order to justify their greedy or illegal behavior. Looks like we have another one of 'em!!!!
The rethugs unanimously elected a dominionist who hears voices in his head to lead the House... They have truly become a cult. We, the people are truly screwed.
Why are folks putting people who admit they’re mentally unstable in charge. He’s literally bragging about something that, in any other circumstance, would land him in the looney bin. If a homeless person told you this stuff while on the subway, you’d move to another car, but the GOP puts him in charge.
"I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretentions of such power, the more dangerous I think it both to the rulers and to the subjects. Hence Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor. The baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity as some point may be sated; and since he dimly knows he is doing wrong he may possibly repent. But the inquisitor who mistakes his own cruelty and lust of power and fear for the voice of Heaven will torment us infinitely because he torments us with the approval of his own conscience and his better impulses appear to him as temptations. And as Theocracy is the worst, the nearer any government approaches to a theocracy the worse it will be. A metaphysic, held by rulers with the force of religion, is a bad sign. It forbids them, like the inquisitor, to admit any grain of truth or good in their opponents." - C.S. Lewis
Say what you will about the man, but he was spot on in his thinking here.
Ummm ... Mike Johnson as a modern-day Moses, to lead our country back to his god. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooookay. There's only one thing I can offer as a comment on this:
𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗖𝗛???
Look, Mike Johnson and Moses are almost twins. Their names both begin with M. They are both white. I am pretty sure both Moses and Mike can count to ten. If you dropped both in a desert the size of Delaware, they would both get lost for forty years. And they would both gleeful watch the unnecessary deaths thousands of children in order to complete their plans. Twins, I say.
God woke me up last night, told me to get up and pee.
In Exodus 2:11-15, Moses discovers an Egyptian beating a Hebrew. He looks all around to make sure no one sees him and then kills the Egyptian, burying him in the desert. The next day, he sees two Hebrews fighting and tries to intervene. One says: "Who made you our ruler? Are you going to kill me like the Egyptian you killed?" Moses realizes he'd been observed and is filled with fear. Pharaoh also found out and tried to kill Moses, so Moses runs and hides, taking up residence in Midian.
Somehow, I doubt Johnson wants that part of the Moses story told or even acknowledged.
If he hopes it will help him to become President he should read this myth again, even I know Moses never reached the promised land, he could only see it from afar (which proves, once more, his god is a sadist).
Fun fact Tina Turner believed to be the reincarnation of Pharaoh Hatshepsut. She shouldn't have bothered, she was a Queen by herself.
All these failed politicians who got duped by God into engaging in losing campaigns should bring a class action for fraudulent inducement.
No, that's not all completely fucking batshit insane, is it.
His "mom" found him in a basket down by the river. Or was it a van?
Oh c’mon Mike! Everyone knows the devil made you do it.
Luckily there are a lot of liberal Christians who are also liberal American voters, who won't be impressed by Johnson's posturing.