Because only religious fanatics pray to God.
Via BuzzFeed:
The Virginia Democratic Party often goes after Virginia Lt. Governor candidate E.W. Jackson for his history of controversial statements. But the Democrats’ latest knock on Jackson, a pastor, seems to be only that he asked for God’s help in solving the government shutdown on Capitol Hill.
On Thursday night, Virginia Democratic Party spokeswoman Ashley Bauman blasted out an e-mail to reporters titled, “Jackson calls for ‘divine intervention’ in budget crisis.”
“Good evening — I wanted to make sure you saw the latest E.W. Jackson comments from earlier today,” Bauman wrote. What followed was a blog item from the Times-Dispatch newspaper reporting that Jackson said “divine intervention” was needed to bring Democrats and Republicans together to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown.