Fwd: Hacked Election...omg!!!!!
Fwd: Irish Colunmist, Ian O`Doherty, on The Moment When America was Made Great Again-----brilliant piece!!!
Date: Dec 26, 2016 06:00
Subject: Irish Colunmist, Ian O`Doherty, on The Moment When America was Made Great Again-----brilliant piece!!!Ian O'Doherty is a columnist who works for the Irish Independent. His "iSpy" column is published Monday –Thursday and contains news articles blended with comedy and shock-jock opinions. On Fridays O'Doherty publishes a rather more serious column containing his opinion on a chosen subject in "The World according to Ian O'Doherty". He was formerly with the Evening Herald.(Note: The V sign or “two fingers”, when the palm is facing toward the person giving the sign, has long been an insulting gesture in England, and later in the rest of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan and New Zealand)
Ian O'Doherty (Tuesday November 8, 2016): A “Two Fingers” To A Politically Correct Elite - A Day That Will Live In Infamy Or The Moment When America Was Made Great Again?
The truth, as ever, will lie somewhere in the middle. After all, contrary to what both his supporters and detractors believe - and this is probably the only thing they agree on - Trump won't be able to come into office and spend his first 100 days gleefully ripping up all the bits of the Constitution he doesn't like.
But even if this week's seismic shockwave doesn't signal either the sky falling in or the start of a bright new American era, the result was, to use one of The Donald's favourite phrases, ‘'’huge.’ It is, in fact, ‘a total game changer.'
In decades to come, historians will still bicker about the most poisonous, toxic and stupid election in living memory. They will also be bickering over the same vexed question - how did a man who was already unpopular with the public and who boasted precisely zero political experience beat a seasoned Washington insider who was married to one extremely popular president and who had worked closely with another?
The answer, ultimately, is in the question. History will record this as a Trump victory, which of course it is. But it was also more than that, because this was the most stunning self-inflicted defeat in the history of Western Democracy.
Hillary Clinton has damned her party to irrelevance for at least the next four years. She has also ensured that Obama's legacy will now be a footnote rather than a chapter. Because the Affordable Care Act is now doomed under a Trump presidency and that was always meant to be his gift, of sorts, to America.
How did a candidate who had virtually all of the media, all of Hollywood, every celebrity you could think of, a couple of former presidents and apparently, the hopes of an entire gender resting on her shoulders, blow up her own campaign? I rather suspect that neither Donald nor Hillary know how they got to this point. Where she seemed to expect the position to become available to her by right - the phrase "she deserves it" was used early in the campaign and then quickly dropped when her team remembered that Americans don't like inherited power - his first steps into the campaign were those of someone chancing their arm (trying your hand...). If he wasn't such a staunch teetotaler, many observers would have accused him of only doing it as a drunken bet.
But the more the campaign wore on, *something truly astonishing began to happen - the people began to speak. And they began to speak in a voice which, for the first time in years in the American heartland, would not be ignored.
Few of the people who voted for Trump seriously believe that he is going to personally improve their fortunes. Contrary to the smug, middle-class media narrative, they aren't all barely educated idiots. They know what he is, of course they do. It's what he is not, that appeals to them.
Clinton, on the other hand, had come to represent the apex of smug privilege. Whether it was boasting about her desire to shut down the remaining coal industry in Virginia - that worked out well for her, in the end - or calling half the electorate a "basket of deplorables", she seemed to operate in the perfumed air of the elite, more obsessed with coddling idiots and pandering to identity and feelings than improving the hardscrabble life that is the lot of millions of Americans.
Also, nobody who voted for Trump did so because they wanted him as a spiritual guru or life coach. But plenty of people invested an irrational amount of emotional energy into a woman who was patently undeserving of that level of adoration.
That's why we've witnessed such fury from her supporters - they had wrapped themselves so tightly in the Hillary flag that a rejection of her felt like a rejection of them. And when you consider that many American colleges gave their students Wednesday off class because they were too 'upset' to study, you can see that this wasn't a battle for the White House - this became a genuine battle for America's future direction…and, indeed, for the West.
We have been going through a cultural paroxysm for the last 10 years - the rise of identity politics has created a Balkanised society where the content of someone's mind is less important than their skin colour, gender, sexuality or whatever other attention-seeking label they wish to bestow upon themselves.
In fact, where once it looked like racism and sexism might be becoming archaic remnants of a darker time, a whole new generation has popped up which wants to re-litigate all those arguments all over again.
In fact, while many of us are too young to recall the Vietnam War and the social upheaval of the 1960s, plenty of observers who were say they haven't seen an America more at war with itself than it is today.
One perfect example of this new America has been the renewed calls for segregation on campuses. Even a few years ago, such a move would have been greeted with understandable horror by civil rights activists - but this time it's the black students demanding segregation and "safe spaces" from whites. If young people, calling for racial segregation from each other isn't the sign of a very, very sick society, nothing is.
The irony of Clinton calling Trump and his followers racist while she was courting Black Lives Matter was telling. After all, no rational white person would defend the KKK, yet here was a white women defending both BLM and the New Black Panthers - explicitly racist organisations with the NBP, in particularly, openly espousing a race war if they don't get what they want.
Fundamentally, Trump was attractive because he represents a repudiation of the nonsense that has been slowly strangling the West. He represents - rightly or wrongly, and the dust has still to settle - a scorn and contempt for these new rules.
He won't be a president worried about microaggressions, or listening to the views of patently insane people just because they come from a fashionably protected group. He also represents a glorious “two fingers” to everyone who has become sick of being called a racist or a bigot or a homophobe - particularly by Hillary supporters who are too dense to realise that she has always actually been more conservative on social issues than Trump.
That it might take a madman to restore some sanity to America is, I suppose, a quirk that is typical to that great nation - land of the free and home to more contradictions than anyone can imagine.
Trump's victory also signals just how out of step the media has been with the people. Not just American media, either. In fact, the Irish media has continued its desperate drive to make a show of itself with a seemingly endless parade of emotionally *incontinent gibberish that, ironically, has increased in ferocity and hysterical spite in the last few days.
The fact that Hillary's main cheerleaders in the Irish and UK media still haven't realised where they went wrong is instructive and *amusing in equal measure. They still don't seem to understand that by constantly insulting his supporters, they're just making asses of themselves.
One female contributor to this newspaper said Trump's victory was a "sad day for women". Well, not for the women who voted for him, it wasn't. But that really is the nub of the matter - the 'wrong' kind of women obviously voted for Trump. The 'right' kind went with Hillary….and lost.
The Irish media is not alone in being filled largely with dinner-party liberals who have never had an original or socially awkward thought in their lives. They simply assume that everyone lives in the same bubble and thinks the same thoughts - and if they don't, they should.
Of the many things that have changed with Trump's victory, the bubble has burst. Never in American history have the polls, the media and the chin-stroking moral arbiters of the liberal agenda been so spectacularly, wonderfully wrong.
It was exactly that condescending, obnoxious sneer towards the working class that brought them out in such numbers and that is the great irony of Election 2016 - the Left spent years creating identity politics to the extent that the only group left without protection or a celebrity sponsor was the white American male. That it was the white American male who swung it for Trump is a timely reminder that while black lives matter, all votes count - even the ones of people you despise.
You don't have to be a supporter of Trump to take great delight in the sheer, apoplectic rage that has greeted his victory. If Clinton had won and Trump supporters had gone on a rampage through a dozen American cities the next night, there would have been outrage - and rightly so.
But in a morally and linguistically inverted society, the wrong-doers are portrayed as the victims. We saw that at numerous Trump rallies - protesters would disrupt the event, claiming their right to free speech (a heckler's veto is not free speech) and provoking people until they got a dig before running to the *media and claiming victimhood.
But, ultimately, this election was about people saying enough with the bullshit. This is a country in crisis, and most Americans don't care about transgender bathrooms, or safe spaces, or government speech laws. This was about people taking some control back for themselves.
It was about them saying that they won't be heckled and bullied by the toddler tantrums thrown by prissy and spoiled Millennials and they certainly won't put up with being told they're stupid and wicked just because they have a difference of opinion.
But, really, this election is about hope for a better America; an America which isn't obsessed with identity and perceived 'privilege'; an American where being a victim isn't a virtue and where you don't have to apologize for not being up to date with the latest list of socially acceptable phrases.
Trump's victory was a “two fingers” to the politically correct. It was a brutal rejection of the nonsense narrative which says Muslims who kill Americans are somehow victims. It took the ludicrous Green agenda and threw it out. It was a return, on some level, to a time when people weren't afraid to speak their own mind without some self-elected language cop shouting at you. Who knows, we may even see Trump kicking the UN out of New York.
Frankly, if you're one of those who gets their politics from Jon Stewart and Twitter, look away for the next four years, because you're not going to like what you see. The rest of us, however, will be delighted.This might go terribly, terribly wrong. Nobody knows - and if we have learned anything this week, it's that nobody knows nuthin'.
But just as the people of the UK took control back with Brexit, the people of America did likewise with their choice for president. It's called Democracy.
Fw: Democrat or Republican—this is funny
Democrat or Republican—this is funnyA little post-election humor.President Trump invited the Pope for lunch on his mega yacht, the Pope
accepted and during lunch, a puff of wind blew the Pontiff's hat off, right
into the water.
It floated off about 50 feet, then the wind died down and it just
floated in place.The crew and the secret service were scrambling to launch a boat to go
get it, when Trump waved them off, saying "Never mind, boys, I'll get it."The Donald climbed over the side of the yacht, walked on the water to
the hat, picked it up, walked back on the water, climbed onto the yacht, and
handed the Pope his hat.The crew was speechless. The security team and the Pope's entourage were
speechless.No one knew what to say, not even the Pope.But that afternoon, NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN all knew how to cover the
story. Their banner headlines read,"TRUMP CAN'T SWIM!"
Fwd: U.S. rebukes Israel and allows U.N. condemnation of settlements - Washington Times
Fwd: I knew Obama would eventually show his true colors. All his hypocrisy towards Israel is finally revealed now, just days before he leaves office.
I respect your supporting of Obama and Hillary, I don’t agree with you, but I choose not to go down that road with you. Why? Because it’s a waste of time.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks on the first night of Chanukah last night at an event in salute of wounded IDF and security forces veterans and victims of terrorism:
"Citizens of Israel, I would like to reassure you. The resolution that was adopted yesterday at the United Nations is distorted and shameful but we will overcome it. The resolution determines that the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem is 'occupied territory'. This is delusional. The resolution determines that the Western Wall is 'occupied territory'. This too is delusional. There is nothing more absurd than calling the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter occupied territory. There is also an attempt here, which will not succeed, to impose permanent settlement terms on Israel. You might recall that the last one who tried to do this was Carter, an extremely hostile president to Israel, and who just recently said that Hamas is not a terrorist organization. Carter passed sweeping decisions against us at the UN of a similar kind, and this was also unsuccessful. We opposed this and nothing happened.
All American presidents since Carter upheld the American commitment not to try to dictate permanent settlement terms to Israel at the Security Council. And yesterday, in complete contradiction of this commitment, including an explicit commitment by President Obama himself in 2011, the Obama administration carried out a shameful anti-Israel ploy at the UN. I would like to tell you that the resolution that was adopted, not only doesn't bring peace closer, it drives it further away. It hurts justice; it hurts the truth. Think about this absurdity, half a million human beings are being slaughtered in Syria. Tens of thousands are being butchered in Sudan. The entire Middle East is going up in flames and the Obama administration and the Security Council choose to gang up on the only democracy in the Middle East – the State of Israel. What a disgrace.
My friends, I would like to tell you on the first night of Chanukah that this will not avail them. We reject this resolution outright, just as we rejected the UN resolution that determined that Zionism was racism. It took time but that resolution was rescinded; it will take time but this one will also be rescinded. Now I will tell you how it will be rescinded. It will be rescinded not because of our retreats but because of our steadfastness and that of our allies. I remind you that we withdrew from Gaza, uprooted communities and took people out of their graves. Did this help us at all at the UN? Did this improve our relations at the UN? We were hit with thousands of rockets and at the UN we were hit with the Goldstone report!
So I will tell you what is clear, I know, to the vast majority of Israeli citizens: We learned this lesson, and we will not go there. But I also want to tell you something else: We are not alone. I spoke last night with many American leaders. I was pleased to hear from members of the American Congress, from Democrats and Republicans alike, that they will fight an all-out war against this resolution with all the power at their disposal. I heard the exact same things from our friends in the incoming administration, who said that they will fight an all-out war against this resolution. And I heard this from across the spectrum of American public opinion and American politics – Republicans, Democrats, Jews and non-Jews. As I spoke yesterday with leaders in Congress and the incoming American administration, they told me unequivocally: 'We are sick of this and it will not continue. We will change this resolution. We will not allow anyone to harm the State of Israel.' They are declaring their intention to pass legislation to punish countries and bodies that try to harm Israel. They say that this will also include the UN itself. I remind you that the UN receives a quarter, 25%, of its budget from the US alone.
In my most recent speech to the UN, in September, I said that a storm was expected in the UN before it gets better there. We knew that this is possible and we expect that it will come. The resolution that was passed at the UN yesterday is part of the swan song of the old world that is biased against Israel, but, my friends, we are entering a new era. And just as President-elect Trump said yesterday, it will happen much sooner than you think. In the new era there is a much higher price for those who try to harm Israel, and that the price will be exacted not only by the US, but by Israel as well.
Two countries with which we have diplomatic relations cosponsored the resolution against us at the UN; therefore, I ordered yesterday that our ambassadors be recalled from, Senegal and from New Zealand. I have ordered that all Israeli assistance to Senegal be halted, and there's more to come. Those who work with us will benefit because Israel has much to give to the countries of the world. But those who work against us will lose – because there will be a diplomatic and economic price for their actions against Israel. Additionally, I have instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete, within a month, a reassessment of all of our contacts with the UN, including Israeli financing of UN institutions and the presence of UN representatives in the country. But I am not waiting; already now I have ordered to halt approximately NIS 30 million in financing for five UN institutions, five UN bodies that are especially hostile to Israel. I have already ordered that this be stopped, and there is more to come.
We are on a campaign of improving our relations with the nations of the world. And it will take more time, and I have said this as well, until our improved relations with countries on five continents are also reflected in their decisions in UN institutions. But I would like to tell you something else, and listen closely to what I'm saying. Contrary to what you might expect, it is very likely that last night's scandalous resolution will accelerate this process, because it is the straw that broke the camel's back. Last night's resolution is a call to arms for all of our many friends in the US and elsewhere around the world, friends who are sick of the UN's hostility toward Israel, and they intend to bring about a fundamental change in the UN. Therefore, this evening I tell you in the language of our sources, the sweet will yet come forth from the bitter and those who come to curse will yet bless.
Here, on the first night of Chanukah, I stand next to the Maccabees of our times, IDF soldiers and wounded IDF heroes. I salute you and I say to you clearly: The light will dispel the darkness. The spirit of the Maccabees will overcome. Happy Chanukah.
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Fwd: Fw: Perspective - A picture is worth a thousand words!
A picture worth a thousand words...I hope this gets forwarded and placed on all messaging technologies at least hundreds of millions if not billions of times, until it saturates the minds of the stupid and maybe helps them to wake up.
A contrast worth considering
A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said "I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost."
"I replied I am not sure", "it fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky who built it, it fed the people who make the tires, it fed the people who made the components that went into it, it fed the people in the copper mine who mined the copper for the wires, it fed people in Decatur IL, at Caterpillar who make the trucks that haul the copper ore. It fed the trucking people who hauled it from the plant to the dealer and fed the people working at the dealership and their families. BUT,... I have to admit, I guess I really don't know how many people it fed."
That is the difference between capitalism and welfare mentality. When you buy something, you put money in people's pockets, and give them dignity for their skills. When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self worth.
Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value. Socialism is taking your money against your will and shoving something down your throat that you never asked for.
I've decided I can't be politically correct anymore. (I never was, actually)
Fwd: A good and a must read fr Sam Mcguiness
this is from Sam Mcguiness.
> >>
> >>
> >> >>> Last night a friend claimed that Donald Trump wouldn’t make a good president; he is brash, he is racist, he is a loudmouth; you know the normal things people learn to recite after being programmed by television news.
> >> >>> The one I loved was that, “Trump is arrogant.”
> >> >>> My friend questioned if one man could make “that much difference in the world today.” To my friend's credit, she was respectful enough to let me respond when she asked,“Really, what has Trump done?”
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I said, “In June of last year, Trump entered the race for president. In just a little over a year, Trump has single handedly defeated the Republican party.
> >> >>> He did so thoroughly. In fact, he did so in such a resounding way that the Republican Party now suffers from an identity crisis. He literally dismantled the party. Trump even dismantled and dismissed the brand and value of the Bush family.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Trump has Obama petrified that Trump will dismiss programs that weren’t properly installed using proper
> >> >>> law.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Trump has single handedly debunked and disemboweled any value of news media as we knew it—news now suffering from an all-time level of distrust and disrespect.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Trump has leaders from all over the world talking about him, whether good or bad. Trust me, powerful men who have been president before weren’t liked by the global community. I doubt Mikhail Gorbachev liked Reagan when Reagan said, "Tear down that wall."
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Trump has expressly disclosed the fraud perpetrated on the American public by Hillary Clinton. He has, quite literally, brought Hillary to her knees—if you believe that nervous tension and disorders offer physical side effects and damage.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Trump has unified the silent majority in a way that should be patently frightening to “liberals.” As the press accuses Trump of being a house of cards, Trump has proven the press is the real house of cards. He has whipped up the entire establishment into pure panic. Trump has exposed them for who they are and worse, what they are. George Clooney was right when he said Trump draws live news coverage of his podium that he’s not yet approached. Thanks, George, you were perfectly correct.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> What we see as headline news today are actually the last bubbles from the ship that is now sunk—meaning the standard news media, as a propaganda machine, has been exposed. They have no more value.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> In the same way Trump asked the African-American community this question, I asked you my friend, ”At this point, what do you have to lose?” We have mass cop shootings, riots in our streets, ambushed cops, double digit inflation, bombs blowing up in our cities, targeted police, a skyrocketing jobless rate, no economic growth, privately owned land being seized by the federal government, the worst racial tension in my lifetime, no God in schools, more abortions than ever, illegal aliens pouring into our country, sick veterans receiving no care, and a debt that doubled in seven years to $19 trillion. Are you really happy with the condition of the current system?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> One man has done all of this in one year—one guy, and on his own dime. And with everything I’ve written above, you believe Trump hasn't done anything? You claim that you are afraid of Donald Trump? No wonder we’re in trouble. You can say that Trump is a lousy presidential candidate. That’s your right. Just don’t ever say he’s not
effective.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> That Megan Kelly, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, Rachel Maddow, the Huffington Post, the New York Times, Raleigh’s News and Observer, the AP, Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, and many more, failed to implement their collectively orchestrated lie on the American people against Trump, is actually a massive testament to Trump. The press colluded pure propaganda to accomplish his demise … and they have collectively failed and miserably.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Here's just one example of how badly America is injured right now. There are high school football players on their knees during the national anthem simply because the press used as propaganda to program those kids to do that very thing. But, these kids are mimicking NFL stars the same way the same kids choose which brand of football shoe to purchase—they're overtly brain-washed to do that very thing.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Now, we have a generation of children who hate America.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> America’s problem isn’t that little children are on their knee in collective disrespect of America. Our problem is that America is on her knee from collective disrespect by Americans.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> You can disrespect America all you want. But, it’s high-time you respect the silent majority. Because they’re not simply the “silent majority” as you’ve been trained to believe when Hillary calls them“deplorables.” The fact is, they are simply the majority. And now they're no longer silent either.
> >> >>> Donald Trump changed all of that, single-handedly and within one year."
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
Thanks SAM
Fwd: The Surprising Truth About Mike Pence
Fwd: The Surprising Truth About Mike Pence (2)
After Trump Is Elected; The Surprising Truth About Mike Pence Is ExposedIt’s fair to say that until recently, most Americans had never heard of “Mike Pence.” But ironically, this relatively unknown man will soon take the second-highest office in the country. Today he’s mostly known for being President-Elect Donald Trump’s sidekick, but truth be told, there’s a side of Mike Pence that many haven’t see. When I learned more about Mike Pence, my respect and admiration for America’s Vice President-Elect only grew all the more. [image: pence-8] Unlike most men in Washington, Mike Pence wasn’t raised in a thriving political household. Instead, Pence carved his own path — fueled by deep convictions which were grounded in his faith. [image: prayer] Michael Richard “Mike” Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus, Indiana. Pence was the youngest of six children born to devout Catholic churchgoers, Nancy Jane and Edward J. Pence, Jr. His father was a U.S. Army veteran who earned a humble living by operating a gas station. [image: screen-shot-2016-11-15-at-2-
After Trump Is Elected; The Surprising Truth About Mike Pence Is ExposedIt’s
fair to say that until recently, most Americans had never heard of “Mike
Pence.” But ironically, this relatively unknown man will soon take the
second-highest office in the country. Today he’s mostly known for being
President-Elect Donald Trump’s sidekick, but truth be told, there’s a side
of Mike Pence that many haven’t see. When I learned more about Mike Pence,
my respect and admiration for America’s Vice President-Elect only grew all
the more.
[image: pence-8]
Unlike most men in Washington, Mike Pence wasn’t raised in a thriving
political household. Instead, Pence carved his own path — fueled by deep
convictions which were grounded in his faith.
[image: prayer]
Michael Richard “Mike” Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus,
Indiana. Pence was the youngest of six children born to devout Catholic
churchgoers, Nancy Jane and Edward J. Pence, Jr. His father was a U.S. Army
veteran who earned a humble living by operating a gas station.
[image: screen-shot-2016-11-15-at-2-
<http://www.indystar.com/
that his parents were never politically inclined. But unlike his family,
heroes such as John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. caught young
Pence’s attention and inspired him to get involved in politics.
*Pence* *revealed
<http://www.lifenews.com/
“I grew up on the front row of the American dream. My grandfather
immigrated to this country, and I was raised in a small town in Southern
Indiana in a big family with a cornfield in the backyard. Although we
weren’t really a political family, the heroes of my youth were President
John F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”*
*The young Pence soon discovered his voice and even entered an oratorical
contest in the fifth grade.*
*“It shouldn’t have come as a surprise,”* *said
<http://www.therepublic.com/
*Nancy. “He was always talking. What surprised me was how well he could
talk in front of large crowds. I believe it was sponsored by the Optimist
Club, and Mike was competing against kids in the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades,” his mother said. “When it came his turn, his voice just boomed out
over the audience. He just blew everybody away. I had a hard time
associating the boy up there speaking with our son.”*
[image: pence-13]
Pence graduated from Columbus North High School in 1977 and went on to
study history at Hanover College. Throughout his childhood, Pence always
clung to his faith and had even considered becoming a priest. But in
college, his faith wavered and he eventually decided to turn his back on
God.
*“I went off to college and had largely walked away from the faith that I
was raised to believe in,”* *Pence*
<http://www.washingtontimes.
at First Baptist Jacksonville in Florida*
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The handsome young man had given up on religion, but that didn’t stop God’s
powerful plan for his life. And it wasn’t long before Pence was surrounded
by devout Christians who reminded him of the faith he once clung to.
*Pence* *shared
<http://www.washingtontimes.
“When I got to college, I met a group of folks in a non-denominational
Christian fellow group.”*
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Pence *recalled*
<http://www.washingtontimes.
the life-changing day he told his fraternity “big brother” that he’d love
to get a Christian cross like the one he wore. His friend’s unexpected
response left such a powerful impression, Pence would recall it decades
later on the floor of Congress.
*“Remember, Mike, you have got to wear it in your heart before you wear it
around your neck,” Mr. Pence said his fraternity brother told him.*
His friend’s convicting message resonated with Pence and months later, he
found himself at a Christian music festival. It was there that Pence was
again was reminded of the Gospel and all that “Jesus had done” for him.
That sermon finally led Pence to take action.
*“My heart broke with gratitude and I gave my life to Jesus Christ,”* *he*
<http://www.washingtontimes.
*said.*
[image: college]
Pence went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree in history from Hanover
College in 1981, and a law degree from the Robert H. McKinney School of Law
in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1986. But for Pence, rededicating his life to
Jesus Christ wasn’t the only blessing that came out of college.
Soon after making the decision to follow Christ, a young musician at church
by the name of Karen caught young Pence’s attention.
After service one Sunday, Pence approached Karen and discovered that he
went to law school with her sister. A few days later, Pence went to the
registrar to look up Karen’s sister to get “the scoop” on the pretty
guitarist. At first, the registrar refused. But when Pence explained why he
wanted the number, the registrar gave in.
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Mike called the phone number for Karen’s sister — but to his complete
shock, Karen answered instead. Pence was so surprised, he accidentally hung
up on her. Pence took a few moments to collect himself and redialed —
eventually inviting Karen out to dinner.
Their adorable first date included ice skating and family, and a “bet” that
the pair would eventually get married.
[image: mike-and-karen-indy-500]
That night, Karen’s 10-year-old niece bet Pence $1 that he would marry her
aunt.
[image: mike-pence-wedding]
That little girl eventually won the bet. And the registrar who made it all
possible attended their wedding on June 8, 1985.
[image: wedding]
This year, Mike and Karen celebrated 31 years of wedded bliss — and as
their new role in America approaches, the Pence family remains a united
front.
*“We’ve always been a team,” Karen* *said
<http://www.indystar.com/
“We’ve always approached it [politics] as a team.”*
*The future vice president chimed in, “She’s the best part of my life,
everything we do in public life, we do together. I can’t imagine it any
other way.”*
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But Mike Pence is not only a devoted husband, but he’s a proud father as
well.
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Mr. and Mrs. Pence have three children together: Charlotte, Michael, and
Audrey.
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Throughout his political campaign, the Pence family has shown their true
colors. The three children have been incredibly supportive of their dad’s
campaign — traveling with him, making calls, and praying for him every day.
Mike Pence is a proud supporter of our troops. Especially due to the fact
that his eldest, Michael J. Pence is a Marine Corps officer.
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Pence’s eldest daughter, Charlotte is a filmmaker and a writer. According
to her *website,* <http://charlotterosepence.
directed a documentary called “For the Records,” which highlights the
struggle of mental illness. She was also associate producer and co-writer
of “Fleeced,” which won *nine*
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regional Emmy awards.
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The youngest of the Pence family, Audrey Pence, is a social liberal. She’s
independent politically and has voted split ticket in elections. But
despite the fact that they don’t share the same views, her dad has been
proud of her for thinking independently — and she voted for him in the
Indiana governor election.
*Audrey* *revealed
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“Probably the person I get the most respect from is my dad. He has always…
he tells me so many times, ‘I am proud of you for having your own opinions
and looking into things.'”*
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But even more important than being a family man, Mike Pence considers his
faith in Jesus Christ the most crucial aspect of his life.
*Pence shared,“I’m a Christian, a conservative and a Republican. In that
order.” And added that his “Christian faith is at the very heart
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*of who” he is. Pence* *continued
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“I made a commitment to Christ. I’m a born-again, evangelical Catholic.”*
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Politics may be new arena for Donald Trump, but Pence — a former six-term
congressman — is well aware of the liberal backlash that comes when you
take a stand for unborn lives, Israel, and the Second Amendment.
*The liberal media’s response to Pence’s election has been nothing short of
horrific. Countless headlines mock, name-call, and repeatedly insult the
former Indiana Governor and his family. But despite it all, Mike Pence
remains steadfast, unshakable, and firm in his stances.*
*“One thing you can say about Mike Pence is he’s got a very calm, steady
demeanor that in some ways is a little Reagan-esque,”* *said
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*Christine Mathews, a Republican pollster for former Indiana Gov. Mitch
Daniels. “He’s a counterbalance to Trump in that way.”*
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Time and time again throughout this election, the former lawyer has
encouraged Americans to respond to hatred with love — and make prayer a
priority.
*Pence* *shared
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“I would encourage you, if you are inclined to do as the Pence family does
from time to time, to bow the head and bend the knee. Pray that America
will once again stand tall, stand strong. ‘[Prayer is] the last best hope
of earth,’ that’s what Abraham Lincoln called it. It’s still true.”*
As countless Americans find themselves in the midst of riots, hatred, hurt,
and anger, Pence reminds Americans to use the most powerful weapon in their
possession: prayer.
*“So, I encourage you. Remember, what’s been true for thousands of years is
still true today. That if His people who are called by His name will humble
themselves and pray, He will hear from heaven, and He – as He’s always done
before – He will heal our land. One nation, under God, indivisible with
liberty and justice for all.” – Mike Pence*
Praise God for our new Vice President-Elect Mike Pence! America needs more
men like him! Please keep Pence and President-Elect Donald Trump in your
prayers throughout this crucial time as they make their way to the White
House.
May God Bless our new Leaders. And May God Bless America! Please share if
you agree!
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*“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from
heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2
Chronicles 7:14*
Praise God for our new Vice President-Elect Mike Pence! America needs more
men like him! Please keep Pence and President-Elect Donald Trump in your
prayers throughout this crucial time as they make their way to the White
House.
May God Bless our new Leaders. And May God Bless America! Please share if
you agree!
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