[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Comparisons

[Herb Parsons]

I couldn't believe it when I saw some on the left talking about how 
"Jesus was a community organizer". It immediately hit me that Jesus was 
doing his "organizing" for free, not for money and fame.


pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
> Herb - Good point. - Paul
>
>   
>> The one "correction" I'd recommend -
>>
>> I wish everyone that writes about Obama being a "community organizer"
>> would add the important descriptive term "a government paid community
>> organizer"
>>
>> It's not as if he was doing some kind of volunteer work.
>>
>> pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
>>     
>>> Do you do your own thinking?
>>>
>>> Listening to the mainstream media these last few days I've learned a few
>>> things about the GOP's VP nominee but also had to learn a few things on
>>> my
>>> own. To wit:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. From the media I learned Sarah Palin's husband has a DUI conviction
>>> from 22 years ago. On my own I learned that Ted Kennedy (hero of the
>>> tribute at the DNC) was drunk while driving a car off a bridge in
>>> Chappaquiddick. That same crash killed a young campaign volunteer with
>>> whom he was having an affair. Oh, and that woman was pregnant with his
>>> child.
>>>
>>> * Mr. Palin's (who is not running for office) DUI came a mere 4 years
>>> after Barack Obama (who is running for president) stopped using cocaine
>>> and marijuana (by his own admission in his autobiography).
>>>
>>> Shocking - it's OK for the presidential candidate to use drugs or the
>>> party patriarch to kill someone while driving drunk yet the husband of a
>>> VP candidate should be demonized for something done 22 years ago.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant.
>>>
>>> * On my own I learned that Joe Biden's (the other VP candidate) son was
>>> paid a large amount of money as a consultant to credit card company
>>> MBNA.
>>> That same company had business before Senator Joe Biden concerning
>>> regulation of consumer credit practices. After the company paid a hefty
>>> sum to Mr. Biden's son, he voted in favor of legislation to help that
>>> company.
>>>
>>> * That same son, Hunter, is also engaged in a legal investigation and
>>> suit
>>> for defrauding a former business partner.
>>>
>>> Shocking - it's a crime for the Republican VP candidate to have a child
>>> who's pregnant even though it's irrelevant to how she performs her job.
>>> It's ok, however, for the Democrat VP candidate, while a senator, to
>>> vote
>>> in favor of a company who paid his son over a quarter of a million
>>> dollars.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin should be considered
>>> 'selfish' for agreeing to run for VP knowing about her daughter's
>>> condition. Knowing that her public role would bring extra scrutiny on
>>> the
>>> family is selfish and she should have declined to protect her child
>>> (actually heard this on ABC).
>>>
>>> Strange - the same people who said Sarah is selfish for running for VP
>>> did
>>> not seem to care about any impact on Chelsea when Bill Clinton had his
>>> dalliance with Monica Lewinsky. That was a private, personal matter you
>>> see.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 4. From the media I have learned to be 'concerned' that Sarah Palin
>>> probably won't be able to manage her family and do an effective job of
>>> being VP at the same time.
>>>
>>> Funny - I never heard anything about Hillary's ability to support
>>> Chelsea
>>> while re-doing healthcare or any of the other feminist icons who say you
>>> can balance work and family. They also never mention that Barack will
>>> have
>>> to balance time with his children while meeting with heads of rogue
>>> nations.
>>>
>>> 5. From the media I have learned that Sarah Palin is 'too
>>> inexperienced' to be a heartbeat-away from the presidency.
>>>
>>> * Apparently taking on corruption in your own party and running a state
>>> that's the same size people-wise as Delaware (hint hint: that's where
>>> Joe
>>> Biden is from) is not really experience.
>>>
>>> * However, time spent as a 'community organizer' and less than 180 days
>>> in
>>> the U.S. Senate where you've authored no significant legislation is just
>>> the type of 'change' we're looking for from the top of the ticket.
>>>
>>> Funny - inexperience at the top of the ticket is a mantra for 'change'
>>> and
>>> 'hope' while strong practical everyday experience as the #2 is cause for
>>> concern.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 6. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin's husband once got a ticket
>>> for fishing without a license.
>>>
>>> * I haven't heard much about the fact that if he were still a practicing
>>> attorney, the VP candidate Joe Biden could be dis-barred for plagiarism,
>>> not once but multiple times.
>>>
>>> It's ok to break the rules if you're a Democrat candidate, but not Ok if
>>> you are the spouse of a Republican candidate.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 7. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin doesn't know much about
>>> Iraq;
>>> in fact we wonder if she even knows where it is.
>>>
>>> * Sarah's son volunteered into the US military and is now deployed in
>>> Iraq. I guess that doesn't count.
>>>
>>> Sarah has spent more time with troops in Iraq (as commander of the
>>> Alaska
>>> National Guard she visited Iraq last year) than Obama has even while
>>> running for president. In fact, when Sarah went to Iraq she spent
>>> time with the troops. When Obama went there, he skipped a base visit to
>>> instead go work out at the Ritz Carlton.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 8. From the media I learned that Sarah Palin is a 'lightweight' and she
>>> better be a 'quick study' to keep up with this team.
>>>
>>> Funny, nobody is talking about how, after Barack Obama had 'visited 57
>>> states' according to him he only had '5 more to go' or endless other
>>> stupid gaffes that expose who he really is.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 9. From the media I have learned that (gasp!), Sarah Palin's husband was
>>> once a registered member of a 3rd party that favored states' rights
>>> (man,
>>> this is really bad stuff).
>>>
>>> * That same media has been silent to the story that when Barack Obama
>>> announced his first senate run, he did so in the home of William Ayers.
>>> Mr. Ayers is an un-repentant terrorist convicted for bombing the
>>> pentagon.
>>> This same Mr. Ayers said on 9/11 that he and his group did not
>>> do enough to harm our military and he wished he had done more. During
>>> the
>>> same time as that comment, he was serving on a board with Barack
>>> Obama.
>>> All notes and information about their serving together is now locked up
>>> by
>>> the corrupt Chicago machine and reporter access to those records are
>>> being
>>> blocked by the Obama campaign.
>>>
>>> If we've had any doubts about the bias of the media, it's pretty clear
>>> now
>>> where they stand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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