BREAKING — Jonathan Miller: “God has called me” to run for Congress

The RP swore that he wasn’t going to run for office again any time soon. But it looks like he’s falling off the wagon after only a month of political sobriety.

Of course, he has a helluvan excuse: The Ultimate Authority has pushed him into a race for the U.S. Congress.  As Alison Knezevich of the Charleston Gazette reports (h/t Aaron Ament):

Jonathan Miller, a Berkeley County Republican,  announced online today that he plans to run for Congress in 2012.

Miller told me he would run in the 2nd District, for the seat now held by Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito.”I firmly believe that God has called me to run for this office now,” he said when asked why he made the announcement today. “The reason I’m running is because I’m tired of seeing Washington politicians put themselves before you.”

He wants to cut federal lawmakers’ pay in half, eliminate their benefits, and enact term limits.

Miller, first elected in 2006, said he rededicated his life to Christ in 2009, and prayed about whether to stay in politics.  He said he received his answer in May 2010 and is responding now by announcing his future candidacy.

Read the whole article here.

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UPDATE:   An alert reader noticed that Congressowman Capito represents a district in West Virginia, and the RP hails from Kentucky.  The RP Staff understands, obviously the reporter made a small mistake. The two states are contiguous.

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UPDATE 2: Another reader commented: “The article says that Jonathan Miller ‘rededicated his life to Christ.’ I’m pretty sure the RP is Jewish.  Otherwise, this post about Jew-ish Gentiles is pretty offensive.”  The RP Staff agrees:  the RP is pretty offensive.

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UPDATE 3: Um…It turns out that there are actually two Jonathan Millers.  The new candidate for Congress and the RP.  The RP obviously is too busy to run for Congress:  He blogs at The Recovering Politician;  serves as Senior Advisor to Wellford Energy; practices law at Frost Brown Todd; has been a British theater and opera director; has served 20 years as Senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham; has been President and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., a leading real estate appraisal and consulting firm;  is a photographer; has gone to prison due to misdeeds during Iran-Contra, and runs a ministry where he “miraculously” has healed “countless” people.

Take that, Jeff Smith!