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	Comments on: Court Evangelicals in Attendance at the August 27, 2018 State Dinner	</title>
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		By: GWInsida		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-97626&quot;&gt;Tacitus&lt;/a&gt;.

I believe all of the Evangelicals fawning over Trump will want to pretend that none of this happened when or if he is removed from office in disgrace. That is WHY people like Robert Morris and James Robison and their wives are working to conceal their participation in these events. It is essential that people make a record of all of the Evangelicals who feasted at the tables of Trump for when this day may come. They gleefully monetized the crucifixion of their savior for a moment of personal glory. 



It is essential that church members come to terms with the fact that THEIR pastor is validating and supporting a man like Trump, which means that through their tithes and offerings, they too are supporting Trump and giving him a semblance of religious morality. This cheapens Christianity for all believers.  This is a shame that should follow them to their graves.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-97626">Tacitus</a>.</p>
<p>I believe all of the Evangelicals fawning over Trump will want to pretend that none of this happened when or if he is removed from office in disgrace. That is WHY people like Robert Morris and James Robison and their wives are working to conceal their participation in these events. It is essential that people make a record of all of the Evangelicals who feasted at the tables of Trump for when this day may come. They gleefully monetized the crucifixion of their savior for a moment of personal glory. </p>
<p>It is essential that church members come to terms with the fact that THEIR pastor is validating and supporting a man like Trump, which means that through their tithes and offerings, they too are supporting Trump and giving him a semblance of religious morality. This cheapens Christianity for all believers.  This is a shame that should follow them to their graves.</p>
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		By: GWInsida		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-98015&quot;&gt;Botswani&lt;/a&gt;.

He seems to be working through some of those issues professionally. If you notice, Morris has a habit of laughing at all of his own jokes. Even the ones he has told dozens and dozens of times. The problem is that when he gets carried away in the moment his laugh transitions into a full blown snort. Sometimes it&#039;s a lengthy series of snorting that he can&#039;t control. Unfortunately for the &quot;Doctor&quot;, this betrays his uneducated Longview roots, which is like torture to a man desperately seeking affirmation and respect. 



After this proclivity was pointed out a year or so ago online, Robert&#039;s latest &quot;world class speech coach&quot; apparently convinced him to loudly clear his throat every time he feels the urge to laugh at his own jokes. Clearing his throat requires expelling out, making it impossible to snort like a backwoods goober, which requires breathing in. 



Typically, clearing one&#039;s throat after one&#039;s own joke comes when the joke is off-color/inappropriate, so I&#039;m not sure Robert or the coach thought this one all the way through. The end result is that his sermons now sound like a mashup of someone making an annoying cough syrup commercial while telling dirty jokes. Since Robert tells jokes nonstop throughout his sermons, you get the loud AHHHEMM, HRRGHH,KKHUUUHHHRRHH every 30 seconds or so. I hear it&#039;s pretty annoying for the sound engineers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-98015">Botswani</a>.</p>
<p>He seems to be working through some of those issues professionally. If you notice, Morris has a habit of laughing at all of his own jokes. Even the ones he has told dozens and dozens of times. The problem is that when he gets carried away in the moment his laugh transitions into a full blown snort. Sometimes it&#8217;s a lengthy series of snorting that he can&#8217;t control. Unfortunately for the &#8220;Doctor&#8221;, this betrays his uneducated Longview roots, which is like torture to a man desperately seeking affirmation and respect. </p>
<p>After this proclivity was pointed out a year or so ago online, Robert&#8217;s latest &#8220;world class speech coach&#8221; apparently convinced him to loudly clear his throat every time he feels the urge to laugh at his own jokes. Clearing his throat requires expelling out, making it impossible to snort like a backwoods goober, which requires breathing in. </p>
<p>Typically, clearing one&#8217;s throat after one&#8217;s own joke comes when the joke is off-color/inappropriate, so I&#8217;m not sure Robert or the coach thought this one all the way through. The end result is that his sermons now sound like a mashup of someone making an annoying cough syrup commercial while telling dirty jokes. Since Robert tells jokes nonstop throughout his sermons, you get the loud AHHHEMM, HRRGHH,KKHUUUHHHRRHH every 30 seconds or so. I hear it&#8217;s pretty annoying for the sound engineers.</p>
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		By: GWInsida		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-97699&quot;&gt;Luke Thompson&lt;/a&gt;.

Although most readers have likely not spent a lot of time flying in private jets, I think most people can work out that those are seats in a really nice shuttle, not a jet. Nor would I expect anyone in that picture to IG pics of themselves in a private jet. Bragging is fun, but not on stuff that can trigger backlash. They do have donors (who are paying for this) to think about, after all. 



 The shoulder straps alone give away that this is ground transportation, plus the seating arrangement is not consistent with the luxury private jets used by the DFW televangelist set. But make no mistake, The Daystar Lambs fly via private jet and they do extend those privileges to various Gateway top leaders. Robert Morris has already declared to other pastors and staff that flying commercial will &quot;kill him&quot; so even when Daystar&#039;s jet isn&#039;t available Gateway does charter one for him and his entourage to use, at tithers&#039; expense.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-97699">Luke Thompson</a>.</p>
<p>Although most readers have likely not spent a lot of time flying in private jets, I think most people can work out that those are seats in a really nice shuttle, not a jet. Nor would I expect anyone in that picture to IG pics of themselves in a private jet. Bragging is fun, but not on stuff that can trigger backlash. They do have donors (who are paying for this) to think about, after all. </p>
<p> The shoulder straps alone give away that this is ground transportation, plus the seating arrangement is not consistent with the luxury private jets used by the DFW televangelist set. But make no mistake, The Daystar Lambs fly via private jet and they do extend those privileges to various Gateway top leaders. Robert Morris has already declared to other pastors and staff that flying commercial will &#8220;kill him&#8221; so even when Daystar&#8217;s jet isn&#8217;t available Gateway does charter one for him and his entourage to use, at tithers&#8217; expense.</p>
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		By: Botswani		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-97606&quot;&gt;GWInsida&lt;/a&gt;.

The irony for a pathological narcissist like &quot;Doctor&quot; Morris is that while he desperately craves respect, he isn&#039;t respected by the very people whose respect he craves.  Instead he is manipulated by them.  And the people who do respect him (and give money to him), he can&#039;t respect because he believes them to be stupid (by virtue of believing in him when he himself knows he&#039;s a fraud}.  And so, the perceived respect is fake and the falsely earned &quot;real&quot; respect isn&#039;t valued by him.  And thus the narcissist lives his life in empty torment, completely void of self-respect.  In other words he can&#039;t even respect himself.  It&#039;s &quot;Doctor&quot; Morris&#039; worst nightmare come true.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/08/31/court-evangelicals-in-attendance-at-the-august-27-2018-state-dinner/#comment-97606">GWInsida</a>.</p>
<p>The irony for a pathological narcissist like &#8220;Doctor&#8221; Morris is that while he desperately craves respect, he isn&#8217;t respected by the very people whose respect he craves.  Instead he is manipulated by them.  And the people who do respect him (and give money to him), he can&#8217;t respect because he believes them to be stupid (by virtue of believing in him when he himself knows he&#8217;s a fraud}.  And so, the perceived respect is fake and the falsely earned &#8220;real&#8221; respect isn&#8217;t valued by him.  And thus the narcissist lives his life in empty torment, completely void of self-respect.  In other words he can&#8217;t even respect himself.  It&#8217;s &#8220;Doctor&#8221; Morris&#8217; worst nightmare come true.</p>
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		By: Luke Thompson		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FYI - That picture is not of them in a private jet.  It&#039;s a shuttle bus.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FYI &#8211; That picture is not of them in a private jet.  It&#8217;s a shuttle bus.</p>
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