Herman Cain: God Convinced Me To Run For President

Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain says that God told him to run for president, National Journal reports.

"I prayed and prayed and prayed," Cain told about 100 members of the Georgia Young Republicans in Atlanta on Saturday. "I'm a man of faith, I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I'd ever done before in my life. And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses. 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"

Cain isn't the only Republican candidate who says God convinced them to run, however.

In May, before officially announcing her candidacy, Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said that she felt a "calling" to seek the GOP nomination.

"I've had this calling and tugging on my heart that this is the right thing to do," Bachmann said.

In June, in an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation," Bachmann reiterated her comments about God telling her to run for political office.

"Did God tell you He wanted you to run for the Minnesota State Senate, or something like that?" host Bob Schieffer asked.

"I prayed about that, as well," Bachmann said. "And that's really what that means. It means that I have a sense of assurance about the direction I think that God is speaking into my heart that I should go."

 

 

Comments

[emmieb]

02:02 PM on 12/09/2011

If you talk to God, you are praying.
If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
-- Thomas Szasz

[Ronald B. Robinson]

11:59 PM on 11/19/2011

That's funny. God's told a few other people to run if I'm not mistaken, like Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, Pat Robertson....hmmmm..... God must have one helluava sense of humor or picks losers for reasons we will never fathom.

[arionly]

02:54 PM on 11/15/2011

Cain for Govenor of Georgia. I think that might have been what you heard the Lord say. President NO; Govenor YES
Just something to think about.

[Arashi]

06:51 AM on 11/15/2011

Before playing the God card, Herman should have considered the extensive reputation He has for His sense of humor.

[FaceReality2]

08:11 PM on 11/14/2011

Ask yourself why God only talks to kooks like Cain and Bachmann.

[FaceReality2]

07:54 PM on 11/14/2011

Let's see. God told both Cain and Bachmann to run. If that doesn't convince intelligent people that god is a delusion, I don't know what will.

[katejarvis14]

01:17 AM on 11/15/2011

hey, watch it. thats extremely offensive.

[orecoast]

04:58 PM on 11/15/2011

so is doing something your imaginary friend told you do when it affects others

[orecoast]

06:46 PM on 11/16/2011

again I say I find it offensive that someone is taking advice from imaginary people, especially when they are making decisions that affect others.
So I guess it my turn to try and regulate what you say..
Wow... and please tell me what makes one imaginary friend more plausible than another?
Maybe if I sacrificed someone that would appease my imaginary friend and earn his forgiveness.

Cain or Bachmann claim to do what a voice in their head tells them and they are " good wholesome" people... David Berkowitz does the same and he is insane...

[consandy]

06:35 PM on 11/14/2011

I didn't know Herman worked for "God the Father's PIzza!"

[joehay2]

04:38 PM on 11/14/2011

People who hear voices are usually diagnosed as schizophrenic. God also told Herman Cain to shove his hand up many womens dresses, while shoving their heads toward his crotch. Oh, you God!

[robertogt]

03:44 PM on 11/14/2011

Yeah, blame it on God. As I recall, Blankfein of famed Goldman Sux said he was doing God's work. Bush the junior said God told him to invade Iraq too. I'm going to guess next that Obama will say God told him to bomb Iran. I'm guessing God already told him to liquidate Gadaffi. Strang, this doesn't seem to be the God I know.

[Jesus Malverde]

03:33 PM on 11/14/2011

With so many candidates talking to god, it is no wonder that he has no time to eradicate poverty and hunger. I think that god has his priorities skewed.

[Patriotology]

02:50 PM on 11/14/2011

This is really weird, mainly because God just told me last night to NOT vote for Cain. Now I'm confused. I left a message with God to clear this up and have not yet received a reply. I will repost when I do....

[Jimbo2001]

11:34 PM on 11/14/2011

Yeah, and god told me never to believe what a liberal says. That has proven to be good advice so many times that I could almost become religious . . . . . . . almost.

[Patriotology]

11:20 AM on 11/17/2011

Do you even know where the word liberal comes from? Our founding fathers were liberal by every sense of the word when they founded this great country. The conservatives of the era were Tories and Crown sympathizers, just like they are today, beholden to their corporate and financial overlords. We founded this country to get away from a wealthy ruling class that passed it's power down from generation to generation. Exactly what the right proposes today, let the wealth remain in the hands of a few and we can hope for their largesse and magnanimosity.

[Jimbo2001]

02:30 PM on 11/14/2011

You know you're doing something right when you can get a plethora of liberals to go berserk and make fools of themselves, trying to be witty and hateful at the same time.

[DavidMG]

12:50 PM on 11/16/2011

You mean like you atr TRYING to do right now.

[Eric in Manhattan]

02:15 PM on 11/14/2011

When you talk to God it's called "praying". When you say God talks to you it's called "schizophrenia". Apparently, schizophrenia is now a communicable disease.

[Jimbo2001]

11:36 PM on 11/14/2011

Every religious person I know or have known says their god "answers prayer". But, they never said it was by talking. Maybe "god" uses sign language.

[slickbottom]

02:07 PM on 11/14/2011

I think what god meant was for Herman to run away before the sexual harassment allegations caught up to him which they seem to be doing.

[kcin]

02:04 PM on 11/14/2011

God has now told Santorum, Bachman, Perry and Cain to run. Surely God can't be that indecisive.

So, is God just a practical joker, or is God actively working to create chaos on the Right?