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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) compares Obama to Jesus on the House floor
And it gets worse. Watch the video here.
Here’s the transcript:
“Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus…Pontias Pilate was a governor.”
Cohen, who is Jewish, should know better than to make such an off the wall comparison. And no, I won’t even get into the debate on Pontius Pilate, but Cohen knows what he was saying by the remark and he should be ashamed of himself.
Sounds suspiciously like what Obama surrogate Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Obama spokesman Mark Burinski strongly implied when they 1) falsely asserted that Pat Buchanan was a “Nazi sympathizer” and 2) falsely accused Gov. Palin of guilt by association for “supporting” him (she didn’t), though, doesn’t it?
Do I detect a pattern of desperation here on the part of the the Obama campaign in trying to win over a majority of Florida’s Jewish voters at a time when Florida polls show McCain and Obama in a close race? Hmmm.
Sadly, Cohen’s not alone when it comes to making the community organizer=Jesus=Obama comparison:
Amy Chozick reports from Lebanon, Va., on the presidential race.
Democrats are asking Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin: What would Jesus do?
The Alaska governor, a Christian, has come under fire for criticizing community organizers, but according to labor leader Cecil Roberts, Jesus was a community organizer.
“I used to be a community organizer and I’m in good company” Roberts said as he introduced Barack Obama at a town hall event here Tuesday night. “Martin Luther King was a community organizer. Listen, Sarah, Moses was a community organizer and yes, Jesus was a community organizer.”
Sigh. Sound familiar?
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Without Pontius Pilate, there would have been no Resurrection. Everyone has a part to play, people shouldn’t demonize governors.
In case anyone’s interested, I put together a brief examination of the “Jesus was a community organizer” school of thought on my blog referencing a book devoted to the subject.
They might want to try listening to what she actually said. She did not put down community organizers. She did exactly what Obama has been doing, talking about his original job (in the way he keeps saying she was mayor of a small town.) And frankly, from what I’ve read of his work as a community organizer, the only thing he seems good at is organizing. He sure didn’t accomplish much with the Anneberg funds.
CNN tries to peddle fake Palin-in-a-bikini photo as authentic.
If I may synthesize a response to this that I saw at NRO’s “Corner” and several other blogs, the meme is scripturally bankrupt, because Christians acclaim Jesus as priest, prophet, and king. He is also (of course), rabbi and — as Peter answers for himself and the other 11 apostles in response to the question from Jesus Himself — Lord.
If there was a “community organizer” in the early church, it was Paul.
As for Pilate being used to cast aspersions on governors two millennia later, well, Pilate voted “present” rather than “yes” or “no” when it counted, and who does THAT remind you of?
Isn’t a member of the PTA a community organizer? Far more so, I would have thought than somebody who is appointed from outside to do the work.
Cohen is about a week late. That line was among the Romper Rumor Talking Points long ago.
Steve Cohen is a career politician with a J.D. and a million-dollar stock portfolio. Yet, he seems to have a screw loose.
Take a look at him SHOVING a journalist:
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I am shocked that a Politician would compare Obama to Jesus Christ. Mr. Cohen is obviously lacking any real knowledge of the life of Jesus Christ.
I am sure of one thing that Jesus would not allow the murder of the unborn babies that Obama so willing supports up to 9 months and born alive!
Abortion is surely not in line with anything Jesus Christ would stand for! Obama is a mockery of Jesus Christ.
OBama is more like the Anti Christ.
Obama spent 20 years with Rev. Wright and anyone that knows the word of God knows that Mr. Rev. Wright is not following God. Rev. Wright is hateful and angry man that tears apart anything good and right.
Obama is self serving and America will be in serious trouble if people elect Obama! Only God can help us then.
Other wildly successful community organizers:
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Mao Tse-tung
Kim Il-Sung
We could keep adding to the list.
Jesus, was not a community organizer, He was a Teacher. Look in the bible and see how many times you find community organizer. And how dare Cohen compare Obama to ” Jesus “