It Depends on Which Church You're In
Barack Obama has declared Jihad on what he calls "the so-called leaders of the Christian Right," who, he tells us are "all too eager to exploit what divides us."
Obama got great coverage (all the way to Australia which you can read here) and, as usual, that coverage in the Popular Press ranged from fawning to uncritical.
The notion that the Religions Right has the corner on the use of religion to drive politics was ignored - at is most obvious level - ignoring the fact that Obama, according to Campaigns & Elections Magazine "spoke to the United Church of Christ in Hartford, Connecticut."
Wait. What? He was complaining about religion in politics at a religious event? I must have come in late.
But that is not, by far, the most glaring rhetorical inconsistency in Obama's argument. That both sides have used Religion to divide us is most easily described in four words:
Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton.
Obama got great coverage (all the way to Australia which you can read here) and, as usual, that coverage in the Popular Press ranged from fawning to uncritical.
The notion that the Religions Right has the corner on the use of religion to drive politics was ignored - at is most obvious level - ignoring the fact that Obama, according to Campaigns & Elections Magazine "spoke to the United Church of Christ in Hartford, Connecticut."
Wait. What? He was complaining about religion in politics at a religious event? I must have come in late.
But that is not, by far, the most glaring rhetorical inconsistency in Obama's argument. That both sides have used Religion to divide us is most easily described in four words:
Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton.
posted by Rich Galen | 5:15 AM
6 Comments:
Rich,
Isn't it interesting that when a Liberal Democrat campaigns in a church, there is no comment from the mainstream press, yet when any Conservative or Republican even talks to any religious leader, or speaks at an institution of higher learning, such as Bob Jones University, the Liberal media falls all over itself to denounce the "mixing" of politics and religion, separation of church and state, etc., etc. Is the IRS looking into the tax-exempt status of the church in Hartford? Is the ACLU up in arms, ready with a lawsuit? No, and no. The flagrant hypocritical double standard is just amazing to watch.
Chuck
www.libertycall.us
Exactly. Hence the title.
Thanks, Chuck.
r.
I belonged to the UCC, or as my family called it, "The First Church of the Democratic National Committee."
It is headquartered in Cleveland and has threatened to leave town several times unless the Indians changed their name. The Tribe brings in a lot more revenue than the church so they haven't had the impact that they'd like.
My own church has been ripped apart and I have since left. Something about your average lesbian pastor seducing a parishioner's wife does that kind of thing...
So anything you hear in the pulpit of a UCC church is suspect from the beginning.
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