That Old Rugged, Neon, Explicit Cross
posted at 11:25 am on May 14, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Remember when Mike Huckabee offered an innocuous and pleasant Christmas ad, only to be accused of Christianism for supposedly having a floating cross in the background — which turned out to be a bookshelf? Well, apparently the cross has suddenly become cool for politicians. Barack Obama has made it the centerpiece of his appeal in Kentucky with literature that shows a golden cross beaming down as he speaks. Note the sublety of the message in this image, with light bulbs blazing light while Obama addresses the congregation from the pulpit. Also note how “Faith” has suddenly appeared ahead of “hope” and “change” in the Obama sloganeering department:
Given the hysteria generated by Governor Huckabee’s Christmas greeting, we should see at least three of the ten plagues of Egypt accompanying such a “Christianist” advertisement for a presidential candidate. I’ll await the Andrew Sullivan excoriation with bated breath.
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Sometimes the hypocrisy of the media takes one’s breath away.
Rightwingsparkle on May 14, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Faith. Marx. Hope. Wright. Change. Ayers.
JammieWearingFool on May 14, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Matthew 7:21
baldilocks on May 14, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Why wasn’t he photographed wearing a shoulder harness and gun with a bitter look on his face?
moxie_neanderthal on May 14, 2008 at 11:30 AM
I wonder if the Huckatrolls are going to comment on this thread?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Oh, and further into the literature Obama says “he felt the beckoning of the spirit and accepted Jesus Christ into his life.”
Imagine a Republican candidate for President putting this out in a brochure. It boggles the mind.
Oh, the best part? This happened “while he was visiting a local church one day.”
What local church could that be???? Hmmmm… oh yes, Rev. Wright’s Trinity Church. But let’s not mention that and hope the rednecks won’t connect the dots.
Good grief. I may be sick.
Rightwingsparkle on May 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM
If the Messiah is campaigning in a church, wouldn’t that church lose its “tax exempt” status?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM
No kidding Baldilocks.
Rightwingsparkle on May 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM
This is totally cool though since he supports Roe vs Wade and the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. He knows the lingo, RESPECT! He just wants to be the black Mr Rogers. Clean and Articulate. MmmmMmmmMmmm
ninjapirate on May 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM
baldilocks, I’ll see your Matthew 7:21 and raise you a
Jeremiah 1:0
moxie_neanderthal on May 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Experiment time: Have McCain make a speech in a churchabout his faith …..Watch the predictable results.
Now move along, this story is a distraction to honkeys!
ThePrez on May 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM
My bad knee feels better just looking at that picture.
Slublog on May 14, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Faith (in big government)
Hope (no one else springs out of the closet)
Change (left over in the rubes’ pockets when I’m done)
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Change you can bereave in.
ronsfi on May 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM
I like how the letters glow.
He really *is* Jesus H Barama!!!
HELP ME BARRY!
SAVE ME!
benrand on May 14, 2008 at 11:39 AM
I heard Kentucky has TV and radio and internet now. I don’t think they’re gonna fall for this crap. Another dope running for Pres.
JiangxiDad on May 14, 2008 at 11:40 AM
“My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and fantasize about jamming abortion and buggery down American’s collective throat, but unless I am president I can’t do it with the alacrity that Michelle demands.” –Barack Hussein O’Jesus
Akzed on May 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM
The Trinity of Propaganda: Rhetoric, Myth, and Symbolism.
RushBaby on May 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM
“I heard Kentucky has TV and radio and internet now.
JiangxiDad on May 14, 2008 at 11:40 AM”
At least you and Obama are in agreement in your stereotypes about rural people.
Bradky on May 14, 2008 at 11:43 AM
This will all be overshadowed by the PROFOUND
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Actually, FAITH has taught him that he can sit in church and hear unchristianlike racist messages for twenty years and HOPE it doesn’t CHANGE his prospects for winning the presidential election he is posturing for.
Dusty on May 14, 2008 at 11:44 AM
All hail the Messiah.
amerpundit on May 14, 2008 at 11:44 AM
I’m sure the thread will be filled with comments from either Huckabitetrolls, Pauliteiantards, McInsaniacs, Romneyites, Fredheads, and even Bushies.
Can we stop with all the name calling drama queen stuff for once? Sheesh. It’s so old.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 11:44 AM
How in the world are all those atheists on the left going to pull the lever for this guy? Answer: Because they know he only uses Jesus for Political gain just as everything else he does.
‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ Mark 4:12
kirkill on May 14, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Man, we lost power again. Someone go get the giant glowing cross.
Nethicus on May 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Where you there when they marketed my Lord?
mymanpotsandpans on May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM
You must live in Rio Linda.
JiangxiDad on May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM
baldilocks, thanks for the verse. I’d thought of that one as well and you saved me time looking it up.
Another one I thought of is John 6:28-29.
There’s also the passage about wolves in sheep’s clothing and knowing them by their fruits (See ninjapirate on May 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM. There’s also Obama’s opposition Obama, as an Illinois state senator, to a bill that defined “as a “person” a fully born baby who survived an abortion.”)
INC on May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Aw, look at Barry appealing to those Bible-thumping, gun-grabbing, bitter bigots. Amazing.
amerpundit on May 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM
OBAMALUJAH! I’VE SEEN THE LIGHT!!
robblefarian on May 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM
“You must live in Rio Linda.
JiangxiDad on May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM”
What do you think the ky in bradky might stand for?
Bradky on May 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM
It’s were you there, Mr. Potatoe Head…ohsh, that’s me!
mymanpotsandpans on May 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM
[ronsfi on May 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM]
That’s a good subhead for an Obama ‘08 t-shirt. I think I’ll get one made.
Dusty on May 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Crap! Hit the “submit” too fast.
Anyway…
This will all be overshadowed by the PROFOUND racism in Kentucky. There will more reports of young Barry O supporters having racial epithets thrown their way. Expect more of the “Hang that darky from a tree!” commnents, too.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM
So now he is even rewriting Paul?
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
rockmom on May 14, 2008 at 11:55 AM
I’ll go slow. Read carefully. Wasn’t picking on KY. Was making fun of Obama thinking KY people were dumb enough to fall for his religious posturing. Also, Rio Linda is a state of mind.
JiangxiDad on May 14, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Yeah. It’s too bad that he has to slum it with those people just to get their vote.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Ask Jeremiah Wright, that lighted cross is a black thing- you wouldn’t understand. ;-0
Seriously, I’m more offended by the quote than anything else. It certainly isn’t the Lord’s will that Obama continually votes to kill off unborn life. It certainly isn’t the Lord’s will to defend racist clergy. How can Obama get away with such hypocrisy?
highhopes on May 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Speaking of Kentucky having the internet, here’s the Kentucy Right to Life Association website.
And here’s their PAC 2008 Primary Alert with its take on Obama:
I guess he’s going to be kind of shocked that some people actually have the ability to look past the rhetoric to the reality!!!
INC on May 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Thank you, Ed, for being fair and balanced.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Gad – I feel like I’m riding the “vomit comet” every single day with this guy. Every day the Messiah does or says something that, metaphorically, I would punish my own children for doing. I mean, Obambi just has the behavior profile of a lying, petulant, self-absorbed 6th-grade girl that I simply wouldn’t put up with in my own house.
I sure hope he doesn’t turn out to be our first female president.
Aw F*** it! Vote McCain 2008
Fishoutofwater on May 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Mark 3:29
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
He is advocating abortion and “gay rights.” Both are evil. He is associating God with his advocacy of abortion and sodomy, not to mention his pastor’s affinity for Muslim extremists like Farrakhan, Qaddafi, and Hamas. I do not recall (aside from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton) any other political aspirant going this far in this direction on the national stage – that is, associating evil men and causes with the gospel.
I think it’s safe to say that this man is evil, and that the people he surrounds himself with are evil, and that their entire agenda for our nation is evil. And they wouldn’t be as bad if they were all atheists advocating the same exact agenda.
Akzed on May 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
At least Obama has the courage to put the cross out there as opposed to the Huckster who pretended it was a bookcase.
EJDolbow on May 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
It’s funny and sad at the same time.
The swap to put “Faith” first is an obvious pander to the “bitter” people after he lost WV so horrendously. Obama can’t afford to lose KY the same way, so he will pander as much as he has to.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
1 Corinthians 12:3
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Thanks for those John verses.
baldilocks on May 14, 2008 at 12:06 PM
That rule is only enforced on Republicans.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM
This election should be a blowout for McCain, what with the lefties deserting Obama in droves over his religiosity.
My gawd, the man prays and attends church…just like that religious simpleton Bushy Rovechimplerburton.
So is this to considered “clingy” or is Obama’s supposedly strong faith something to be admired?
Bishop on May 14, 2008 at 12:09 PM
God never said anything about taking money from one group and giving it to another. That was Karl Marx.
29Victor on May 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Yup.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM
sham
Pronunciation: (sham), [key]
—n., adj., v., shammed, sham•ming.
—n.
1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
2. a person who shams; shammer.
3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
—adj.
1. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
2. designed, made, or used as a sham.
—v.t.
1. to produce an imitation of.
2. to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.
—v.i.
to make a false show of something; pretend.
kirkill on May 14, 2008 at 12:13 PM
baldilocks on May 14, 2008 at 12:06 PM,
You’re welcome. :-)
INC on May 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
There are two implied statements in your question:
1) Huckabee supporters are trolls
2) Huckabee supporters should just shut up.
That kind of thinking is immature at best.
What’s sad is that Allahpundit thinks the same way you do.
I’m thankful that we have Captain Ed here to balance things out.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Very clever. It’s both funny and sad… we don’t want to bereave the death of our Republic.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM
LOL. This is already a classic thread.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Akzed, I know we’ve disagreed on things at times, but…damn, that was epic.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Personal lubricant?
James on May 14, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Amen, brother. Tell it.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:28 PM
I live in KY also, and I can say that at first glance, I had a similar reaction that bradky did. But I accept your explanation because you sound sincere. Also, I wasn’t born here anyway, so I don’t take that stuff personally.
Exit question: You know who Kentuckians make fun of? West Virginians.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM
“pretended”?
Dude, it was a bookcase. Get a grip.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:30 PM
What I want to know is why aren’t those CFLs on the cross?
James on May 14, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Just how is taking someone else’s money, to spend on your pet projects “Doing the Lord’s work”?
MarkTheGreat on May 14, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Great insights. Great post! The point about perishability of crops had eluded me until now.
Jelly?
RD on May 14, 2008 at 12:33 PM
OK. Next time I’ll make sure to put “/sarc” whenever I comment on a thread that mentions Huckabee. When the Google Alerts went off, I expected exactly the same thing would happen as the thread from a few days ago. I expect the anti-Barry comments as well as the pro-Huck as well as comments with antipathy towards Huckabee. It is what happens here.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM
He wants our love, but he’s looking at our wallets.
chriscoolc on May 14, 2008 at 12:35 PM
I read some comments the other day about how silly it was of politicians in the internet age to say one thing to one audience, and another to the next. The lies and contradictions all get played out on youtube and elsewhere.
Same with Obama and his silly church ad/pic playing in KY. It’s an insult to the people there. He is counting on them being uninformed, and having never heard of the south side of Chicago, or the Rev. WRight, or black liberation theology, or his muslim roots.
Barry is a fake phony fraud.
JiangxiDad on May 14, 2008 at 12:35 PM
We should be hoping Obama gets the nomination. If he wins, Michelle won’t let Barack pick Hillary as his VP.
If Hillary wins, she will offer Barack the VP slot. I don’t know whether Barack would accept the VP slot from her, but if he does, that’s the Gender Card + Race Card combo that would be difficult (but not impossible) to beat.
That’s another reason why I think Operation Chaos was a mistake. Republicans shouldn’t be giving their primary vote to a Democrat and helping Hillary Clinton.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM
OK, that one made me spit.
Buford Gooch on May 14, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Bah. He visited a local church one Sunday and realized these people were potential voters and thus found Jesus.
Bah.
ctmom on May 14, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Apparently keeping the posts straight has eluded me, too. Sorry – the comment about crops applied to this post.
RD on May 14, 2008 at 12:42 PM
I even predict Kentuckians will laugh out loud if he says that he’s campaigned in 57 states with one to go. We may not be able to do maths, but we can countz.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 12:42 PM
There is also a sizable Jewish community in Louisville that isn’t going to love this stuff either.
rockmom on May 14, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Aw shucks.
Akzed on May 14, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Bingo!
Obama is a follower of the “Social[ist] Gospel” the Rev. Wright preaches.
That applies to Barack Obama.
That applies to Hillary Clinton.
But who said it?
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 160 years ago…
1848 Manifesto of the Communist Party
Folks, we all need to understand that Marxists have infiltrated our Government. $10 million of our taxpayer money was sent to a Communist country so that a member of the Communist Party (who, by the way, claims that if you don’t want him to work on it, you are racist…sound familiar?) could create a Mao-like sculpture of “colossal scale and Social
Realist style” to become the centerpiece of a memorial in our nation’s Capitol!I’m glad this is being investigated. I want to know who is/are the Communist(s) in our government who intentionally gave this work to Communists instead of Americans. This is an outrage no matter how you look at it. Do you want a 28-foot high Mao sculpture just off the National Mall in Washington? And we paid $10 Million in taxpayer money to help make this happen?
Wake up, Neo.
Red Pill on May 14, 2008 at 12:51 PM
At least (as the Obamessiah) he didn’t try nailing himself to it.
its vintage duh on May 14, 2008 at 12:55 PM
In a shameless semi-self-plug, I note that Obama previously circulated similar religious mailers in South Carolina… and Glenn Greenwald and Atrios thought it was just peachy.
Karl on May 14, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Fixed it for you.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 1:00 PM
The bigger and brighter the cross, the easier it is to cling to.
Cicero43 on May 14, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Try this:
ChrisMatthew 4:11
He and shall cause a stirring in the loin, and a movement upon his leg.
right2bright on May 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM
_
Mwuhaaa!
SlimyBill on May 14, 2008 at 1:17 PM
The longlasting bombshell is this:
This is new info to me. Wow, he went to a Christian church for the first time in his life and suddenly accepts Jesus. Quite a sermon, huh?
faraway on May 14, 2008 at 1:22 PM
That cross looks like it was torn off of Michelle Obama’s vanity mirror and re-assembled just for that picture.
Buy Danish on May 14, 2008 at 1:24 PM
There is something for everyone here:
Atheists freak out over Obama with the cross.
Christians freak out because Obama accepted Christ on the first visit.
faraway on May 14, 2008 at 1:24 PM
fixed it
Cicero43 on May 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Didn’t Eddie Murphy already do that?
NeighborhoodCatLady on May 14, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Wow. “Go out and and do the Lord’s work” Go out and vote for me!
Yup he’s a new kind of politician!
aLoha Tim on May 14, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Ewwww! LOL
baldilocks on May 14, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Well, it all makes perfect sense, since the campaign is pretty much a living temporal incarnation of He 11:1–
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
…things, you know, like substance and experience and realistic policy proposals and honest debate and the like…
Horatius on May 14, 2008 at 1:30 PM
LOL, and it cured Slublog’s knee!
maverick muse on May 14, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Those will be future ads, I’m sure. Don’t want to shoot all their bullets at once.
Mallard T. Drake on May 14, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Buy Danish on May 14, 2008 at 1:24 PM
They’ll be sold on their website soon, lit cross:
“God for Sale: Obama ‘08″.
maverick muse on May 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Matthew 6:5
The more a politician thumps the Bible, the more I wonder how much of it he actually knows.
NeighborhoodCatLady on May 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM
What’s the difference?
NeighborhoodCatLady on May 14, 2008 at 1:39 PM
This ad is exactly why the Baptists wrote to T.Jefferson regarding the separation of church and state. The Baptists weren’t worried about the church invading the state, they wanted assurance that our Constitution protected the church from invasion from the state. And Mr. Jefferson gave them that assurance that freedom of religion meant that the state would stay out of the churches.
So which party is always using churches as campaign stops? The Dims, of course.
Who, on the other hand, complains the most about the separation of church and state and the “wall” not being high enough?
The Dims, of course.
Who gets away with using their faith as a reason to vote for their candidates, in a way that the other party never does?
The Dims, of course.
They are the party of hypocrisy and a retarded view of the Constitution.
Mallard T. Drake on May 14, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Horacious
FAITH
the conviction of things not seen–
SDS “not guilty” plea?
maverick muse on May 14, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Yes he did.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Where from?
Born in Hopkins county raised in Muhlenberg.
Oldnuke on May 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM
QFT for the WIN.
fossten on May 14, 2008 at 1:48 PM
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