Fred Clark shared the image below<\/a>\u00a0promoting the Father, Son, and Holy Candidate \u2013 or is it the GOP that is the third member of this Trinity, with Romney as its incarnation?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/files\/2012\/09\/votejesusbillboard11.jpg\")
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I liked Fred\u2019s quip about the image: \u201cJesus\/Romney is the answer. What was the question?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Fred Clark shared the image below\u00a0promoting the Father, Son, and Holy Candidate \u2013 or is it the GOP that is the third member of this Trinity, with Romney as its incarnation? I liked Fred\u2019s quip about the image: \u201cJesus\/Romney is the answer. What was the question?\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,11,42,75,101],"tags":[3592,4005,4079,5677,7560,9305,10240,12921],"class_list":["post-9426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","category-christology","category-humor","category-politics","category-theology","tag-fred-clark","tag-god","tag-gop","tag-jesus","tag-mitt-romney","tag-politics","tag-republican","tag-trinity"],"yoast_head":"\n
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