The short clip:
Washington Monthly has the entire clip:
Does it matter what Obama’s religion is or isn’t? Even if the Dems compare Obama To Jesus Christ, Palin to Pontius Pilate? You know, Jesus the community organizer, vs. Pontius Pilate the governor?
Moe Lane explores the Pilate/Palin analogy.
In other Obama news, Richard Fernandez looks back in nostalgia at Obama’s community organizing days, and finds (emphasis added),
Obama, however, wanted to be President. So his departure from community organizing is fair enough. What is slightly underhand is his practice of donning the romantic mantle of the organizer, the champion of “lost causes” and using the image of the quixotic loser he rejected in private as his badge of honor. Maybe the contrast can explained by the fact that “community organizer” sounds better than “lawyer” or “politician”. But the differences go beyond the use of misleading imagery. They are philosophical. If the ‘people’ are too weak to seize power in the first place, then maybe they are too dull to understand what is good for them. And maybe they need Obama to tell them that.
The rest of us don’t.
UPDATE
Steve has more on community organizers and why Jesus wasn’t one.
Hi Fausta, this is my first time posting but in response to issue of Sen. Obama’s faith, it does matter. Let’s say that Barack Obama had the same ethnicity as Tiger Woods, that is a mixture of black, a little white, Chinese, and native American, and half Thai. Would there be muttered whispers behind closed doors saying “You know he might be a secret Buddhist! Holy Crap!” or “didn’t he get educated at a school run by Buddhist monks? Better alert the press! He might make a Mandala at any minute!” Of course they wouldn’t. So why is it that one religion gets a bad wrap and the other doesn’t? It’s clearly not because of our imagination nor a skewed perception of the ‘other’.
However, I agree with the Asia Times columnist, Spengler, who nailed Obama months ago in his column, “Obama’s Women Reveal His Secret” in which he argued many things, but in regards to the issue of faith, he argued that the reigning faith of the Dunham household was not Islam, but radical anti-Americanism.
Regardless, thanks for the good work.
Jim
Maybe it might have something to do with the fact that Danny Pearl was being held only for ransom until his captors discovered he was Jewish? Buddhists may set themselves ablaze but none have yet to pilot three planes into famous American landmarks because their religion told them to!
Grat Post! Great Blogger, and a true patriot! Thanks for this and I will post it with a link to your site.
Keep up the great work!