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A Pass On the Religious Left

by Hal_10000

He has a point:

When Mike Huckabee sent out a Christmas campaign ad with a bookshelf that looked like a cross in the background the left recoiled in horror.

But now Barack Obama is campaigning in Kentucky with this:

Here’s the image:

First thing’s first.  The Huckabee objection was more that it was a subliminal message.  This is not subliminal—it’s the decorating scheme of the church he’s speaking in.  Second, the theocratic tilt of Obama’s platform is far less pronounced than recent Republican vintages—especially the Christian Reconstructionist Huckabee.

But the larger point is completely valid.  All the liberals who roll their eyes anytime Bush so much as peeps “Jesus” have been awfully quiet about Obama’s faith talk.  Like the Religious Right, Obama is perfectly happy to ignore parts of his faith that disagree with him, such as Leviticus 19:15 (emphasis mine):

You shall not render an unfair decision: do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your kinsman fairly.

Or the Tenth Commandment.

But this is a consistent pattern.  When was the last time you heard a liberal complain when the Pope spoke out against capital punishment? Religion is OK when it’s used to advance a left-wing agenda.  It’s only when it’s advancing a right-wing agenda that it’s evil.

Me.  I would prefer that everyone left their Bible at home.  That’s where mine is and where it stays.

Comments

Posted by Hal_10000 on 05/15/08 at 05:51 PM from

Also:

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huh huh huh huh.  huh huh huh huh

Posted by on 05/15/08 at 06:03 PM from

I’m with you Hal.  I have no problem with faith, but I really don’t see what the hell it has to do with running for President.  Faith is supposed to be private.  Jesus didn’t seem to get along with politicians very well ...

Posted by dwex on 05/15/08 at 07:24 PM from

Keep religion out of it. Personal faith is one thing. Campaigning on it is something different.

Posted by on 05/15/08 at 08:04 PM from

Alright, why I can’t I see the picture? All I get is an empty box with a little red “x” “image” next to it.

Posted by Loud on 05/15/08 at 09:37 PM from

Alright, why I can’t I see the picture? All I get is an empty box with a little red “x” “image” next to it.

Same thing happened to me.  The website probably blocks external links to it’s images.  If you visit the article, you can see the image, and then when you come back here, its cached and it should look right.

Posted by Hal_10000 on 05/15/08 at 11:41 PM from

picture is fixed

Posted by HARLEY on 05/16/08 at 04:07 AM from

WOW, imagine the uproar if Mccain did this…

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