I'm confused. Doesn't the MSM abhor the mixing of religion and politics? Isn't it quick to invoke the specter of theocracy and decry the crumbling of the [non-existent] "constitutional separation of church and state"? Well, yes, in general. But there is an exception to the MSM rule. Turns out it's OK to mix religion and politics, when it's Dems in general - and Barack Obama in particular - who are making the merger.
On this afternoon's Hardball, guest host David Shuster played a clip of Obama, in church, explictly calling for his Christian religious faith to "guide us to a new and better politics."
Asked Shuster of CNBC chief political correspondent John Harwood: "Your reaction - mixing religion and politics in that way?"
Harwood: "It's smart. Democrats need to do more of that."
View video of Obama's statement and Harwood's reaction here.
Fellow MSMer Dana Milbank of the Washington Post later chimed in, agreeing that it was a good move on Obama's part. Note that this wasn't Obama simply endorsing generic Judaeo-Christian principles. This was Barack explicitly calling for politics to be informed by "my Bible" in which "God sent his only Son to earth." Funny - I don't recall the liberal media elites being so enthused when it was Republicans invoking Christianity in a political context - do you?
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What a bunch of obvious hypoc
December 1, 2006 - 18:20 ET by bigtimerWhat a bunch of obvious hypocrites....anything to gain power for their big kahuna....'08. Nobody will call them on it...nobody.
Pathetically sad....disgraceful.
God knows...that's something the leftist don't understand at all, they are going to have to answer to him in the end.
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Phony Obama--how can faith ta
December 2, 2006 - 06:05 ET by Andrew H.Phony Obama--how can faith take us to a new political climate when the health of a mother is defined as inconvenience? You're part of te party of death and socialism, Mr. Obama, nothing else.
Never relent.
Faith and Leftists
December 1, 2006 - 18:40 ET by UnsaneVERY shocking. Remember, these are the same people who gushed endlessly about how Bill Clinton viewed faith.
Barack Obama is the next Clinton, but worse...note that Clinton did at least have 12 years as governor, whereas Obama hasn't even finished his first term in office.
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
Unsane...Yeah, but Osama want
December 1, 2006 - 18:53 ET by bigtimerUnsane...
Yeah, but Osama wants to be the real first almost 100% black Prez!
He wants it really, really, bad.... and he's got the media at his side, he better hope it doesn't go for his back just when he thinks it's smooth sailing....
MSNBC has been a real good job today on getting rid of Shrillary it seemed to me....they are sure downing her and her popularity and chances...hehehehee..
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Why do you keep calling him O
December 1, 2006 - 19:22 ET by balboaWhy do you keep calling him Osama?
Why do you keep calling him
December 1, 2006 - 19:24 ET by Jack BauerWhy do you keep calling him Osama?
If it's good enough forTedward Kennedy, surely the rest of us can too?
Proud member of the all-powerful and vast
militarist/industrialist/capitalist/zionist-bagelist complex
Maybe because Ted Kennedy did
December 1, 2006 - 19:28 ET by terrigTed Kennedy called him Osama so that would be good enough for me. Hey, where's my Powers whiskey? It's 5 o'clock somewhere just not out here in HI.
Geez boa haven't you ever hea
December 1, 2006 - 19:38 ET by bigtimerGeez boa haven't you ever heard of Osama Obama....you have really been out of the loop!
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
So there's no reason.
December 1, 2006 - 20:51 ET by balboaSo there's no reason.
A translation is needed!
December 1, 2006 - 20:54 ET by UnsaneTranslation of balboa's last post: "Stop picking on poor, defenseless Teddy Kennedy!!!"
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
I had actually never heard th
December 1, 2006 - 21:10 ET by balboaI had actually never heard that story about Teddy and Obama until now.
In Bal's defense, I only knew
December 1, 2006 - 21:27 ET by Free StinkerIn Bal's defense, I only knew about the Oboma/Osama/Kennedy thing from listening to Sean Hannity.
My guess is Bal doesn't tune in to Sean as frequently as the rest of us ;-) How could he have hear the audio clip?
Well, I archive audio of Hann
December 1, 2006 - 21:33 ET by balboaWell, I archive audio of Hannity, you know, to keep forever, but I'm a little behind in listening to the various episodes. ;-)
LOL! I actually had you peg
December 1, 2006 - 21:35 ET by Free StinkerLOL!
I actually had you pegged as more of a Limbaugh fan than a Hannity fan ;-)
FS and boa...I will try to se
December 1, 2006 - 21:46 ET by bigtimerFS and boa...I will try to see if I can get you a really funny clip of a song that Rush has with a great musician who does imitations from other songs to the same music but changes the word and he is imitating 'The Swimmer" as he is singing it...Osama Obama...it is funny! (Paul Shanklin I think his name is)
Btw...Kennedy was making a speech or such somewhere and was all perplexed trying to pronounce Obama's name as a member of the new Senate if I remember correctly, C-Span carried it and then the fun began..it has been all over the place for quite awhile....quite a joke, let alone hilarious! But true!
Of course if a republican had done this and it was a black member of the Senate and he was introduced as Osama we would of never heard the end of it and he/she would of had to resign now and apologize forever...talk about hypocrisy...the liberal media will always support The Lyon (LYIN') of the Senate as they call him and little as possible was said about it in the MsM....talk about hypocrisy!
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Osama Obama
December 2, 2006 - 15:23 ET by bigtimerboa this is for you especially on why I call him Osama Obama....FS if you are around you will get a kick out of it I think. (I explained about the snafu last night in one of the posts around here....lol!
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
It has been explained to you
December 1, 2006 - 20:55 ET by bigtimerIt has been explained to you boa already here....read and retain or go play elsewhere....Teddy Kennedy...the Swimmer look it up....put his name plus Osama Obama in and you will read about it okay if you do not get it by now, which I know full well you do.
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Out here in the People's Republic of HI, he's their 3rd senator
December 1, 2006 - 19:22 ET by terrigI am so sick of this guy. They call him "the third senator" from HI. I think the Hildabeast may be on her way out too. What has this guy done besides write a couple of books, give a few speeches and go to Africa. I've been to Africa, think that qualifies me to run as well.
On seeing more red flags than on 7 Nov at Red Square
December 2, 2006 - 18:59 ET by UnsaneAll I know is that if the media starts gushing uncontrollably about someone out of the blue like this, I suddenly begin seeing more red flags than at a 7 November parade at Кразни Пложед (Red Square) back in the day...
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
I wonder what they would say
December 1, 2006 - 19:27 ET by idahoguyI wonder what they would say if Mitt Romney were to suggest using his Mormon religious faith to "guide us to a new and better politics." I doubt the word "smart" would be in the sentence.
Same for Harold Ford, as well.
December 1, 2006 - 19:50 ET by Gary HallSame for Harold Ford, as well.
Freedom of speech @mixing politics@ religion only for left!
December 2, 2006 - 00:11 ET by sandy1157Its like freedom of speech and freedom of expression religion and politics are only for democrats why else are Republicans forbidden to mention religion or campaign in churches without a trip to court or the media and democrats attacking them but democrats anything goes. look at Ford, he did a campaign ad in a church without one attack from democrats, the media/ACLU. Do you think a Republican would have gotten a pass? NO WAY! Look at democrats campaigning, they do loads in black churches and thats just fine the media even shows them in front of the church menbers giving political speeches and its just fine. Maybe its time Republicans started setting democrats and the media up and make it public what their reaction to a Republican campaigning in church then we should show their reaction to a democrat doing the same thing, Americans need to know whats going on under their nose because the media will never tell them the truth. We need brave Republicans young and older people to go out there and prove we're being robbed of our freedom of speech and freedom of expression and we need to start taking them to court for discrimanation, its not just race in this country being discrimanated against!
AMEN to that sandy!The repub'
December 2, 2006 - 00:26 ET by bigtimerAMEN to that sandy!
The repub's need to start speaking out about this over and over until they make the point! I do not care what it is or how they do it...I am past tired of there wimpy ways.
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
"...it was a good mo
December 2, 2006 - 08:50 ET by bulletproof"...it was a good move on Obama's part."
This statement was undoubtedly meant to inform the less "sensible"
Liberals that Obama has no real regard for Jesus and His "only-ness";
it is merely a clever political move (call it, "jumping someone else's
train") and he will be employing it in various forms around the country, and
perhaps the world (to the coming kudos of the holy and sacrosanct AP and New
York Times--can I get an Amen?) so that the ever stunningly clever Liberals can cheat their way
into the Whitehouse (again) and the hard-hitting “journalist-like people” on
Hardball can take credit for paving the way for the dawn of the New Democracy…
Or I suppose that David Shuster could just honestly be
a real underachiever as I’ve heard, and it has seriously impacted what neurons still remain faithful to the sinking ship he has for a brain.
Never use your gun to pistol-wip a Liberal. That could mar the finish.
O'Bama
December 2, 2006 - 11:27 ET by iveseenitallSince I'm someone whose profession has been listening to words, I hear what people say and how they say it. Two examples from the Dems lately:
O'Bama, at a rally with African -Americans--- Pandering to them,he kept saying "fo" instead of "for", as in "Who you gonna vote fo".
Senator Chris Dodd about adhering to the 9/11 recommendations : "We're not going to just make sure they dot all their 't's' and cross all their 'i's'." Amazing.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
So really, either Obama's pan
December 2, 2006 - 15:00 ET by bulletproofSo really, either Obama's pandering (in both cases) is a gaff along his own cultural and social DNA (careful, this is satire), or Chris Dodd was subtlely trying to include all the morons and illiterates in his voting demographics by appearing to be one himself. Amazing, indeed!
(Disclaimer: Nothing in the above statement should be construed to imply any superficial blanket judgement toward any human who holds a similarity with another. It is merely straightforward ire for individual stupidity in collective thought.)
Never use your gun to pistol-wip a Liberal. That could mar the finish.