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To recap, this is the guy a lot of GOP pundits are really, really excited about and want him to run for President.

PERRY: I think in America from time to time we have to go through some difficult times — and I think we’re going through those difficult economic times for a purpose, to bring us back to those Biblical principles of you know, you don’t spend all the money. You work hard for those six years and you put up that seventh year in the warehouse to take you through the hard times. And not spending all of our money. Not asking for Pharaoh to give everything to everybody and to take care of folks because at the end of the day, it’s slavery. We become slaves to government.

Social safety net? Medicare? Medicaid? Social Security? Food benefits? Unemployment benefits? Gov. Rick Perry of Texas wants you to know that it's all slavery that only bad Christians (or worse, non-Christians need.) Devout followers of Christianity? Don't need any of it because they work hard and bad things don't happen to those who work hard and pray hard.  If bad things are happening to you, it's because you aren't working hard enough, praying hard enough, or both.

Get busy.  Hey, when this guy is President, I'm sure he'll arrange for employers to be able to check "Didn't pray enough" to deny people unemployment benefits.  And that Jesus hippie with his whole "turn the other cheek" and "whatsoever you do to the least of your brethren" crap?  He needs to get a haircut and get himself a jay oh bee.  That help stuff is for people who need it, not lazy inner-city kids with their iPads and their hippity hop.

Also, someone should tell Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein that this "God" person is trying to pull rank on him.  I'm sure Lloyd won't approve of that.