Scenes from the House floor: Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor, says Dem
posted at 1:31 pm on September 10, 2008 by Allahpundit
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It’s Steve Cohen, longtime practitioner — and victim — of the sort of guileless liberal nuance conservatives have come to know and love. Anyone recognize the pedigree of this bon mot? That’s right, it comes from Kos, who fortuitously plucked it from the obscurity of a teeming inbox and devoted a whole post to it the day after Palin’s speech, with credit to an unnamed reader for the brilliance of his insight. Six days later, after a detour through the Internet (a lefty friend e-mailed yesterday to say her circle of liberal colleagues was quite taken with it), it’s being parroted by Democratic backbenchers for safekeeping in the Congressional Record. Is Cohen just another dKos fanboy like the “journalists” who harvested the Trig smear from the site, do you suppose? Or is this a case of David Axelrod doing what David Axelrod does best?
Ah well. Having Barry O’s surrogates compare red-state America’s new favorite politician to Pontius Pilate is bound to work wonders in winning over those evangelical voters the left now pretend-respects and fake-esteems. Too bad McCain blew all of his outrage money on Lipstickgate. Exit question: In fairness to Kos’s analogy, she has put Obama through a terrible ordeal over the past 10 days, hasn’t she?
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And as I remarked at the time, Bull Conner was a community organizer, and George Wallace was a governor.
Bob Owens on September 10, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Go ahead, run with that, leftist idiots.
cryptojunkie on September 10, 2008 at 1:34 PM
I hate to be all historically accurate but Jesus was considered a rabbi. Is this guy saying ‘church and state = good bedfellows’? That doesn’t sound quite right.
Then there’s if Jesus was a “community organizer”, at least he was an effective one (unlike Obama). Do they really want to open that door?
mjk on September 10, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Sarah needs to sick Piper on that ‘do!
Darksean on September 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
I also know a POS who’s a Democratic Congressman…ah…er…my bad, that’s an oxymoron…
Dale in Atlanta on September 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Jesus was a commie tool of Saul Alinksy? I missed that part of the story…..
bbz123 on September 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Well, if my choice is The Messiah or Barabbas……I’ll take Barabbas any day. “Crucify Him!” Put the stone in front of the tomb extra tight. I don’t want anyone rising from the dead until November 5th.
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Since when is being a campaign surrogate in the halls of Congress doing the “work of the people”?
How are Michelle’s kids going to benefit from this?
BacaDog on September 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
HAHAHAHA Congrats on such a flimsy talking point, Dims. Opens the door right into your face, again.
Fishoutofwater on September 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
I Know Jesus, and Barack is NO Jesus.
originalpechanga on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
anyone with that type of hair should say nothing
spacekicker on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
…and the McCain/Palin numbers will continue to rise.
awake on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
“My kingdom is not of this world.” John 18:36.
Wethal on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Maybe America’s first Jewish congressman should take a good long look at which of those two he’s referring to will back Israel’s continued existence.
MadisonConservative on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
And as I’ve said, Jesus was always moving from place to place. He never stood still long enough to be a community organizer.
Ellen on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Or conversely, Jesus’ life was ended by the Roman government. Is this guy claiming that Obama is going to be killed by the government? Plus, in my limited theological studies, didn’t Jesus constantly downplay what he did? You know, the curing and raising the dead and junk? So maybe Obama should follow that too.
mjk on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Let’s list Jesus’ accomplishments as an organizer and
COMPARE them to Barack’s as organizer.
originalpechanga on September 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
At least Jesus saved souls. Senator Obama? Not so much. After his “work”, his constituents were left with less hope.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
So…um….Palin is supposed to crucify Obama?
nailinmyeye on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
…and they wonder why their numbers are at an all time low.
BacaDog on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Ugh, I meant Tennessee’s first.
MadisonConservative on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Ah. What a fun campaign this fall is going to be!
TheNolan on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Right – Sarah Palin = Pontius Pilate.
rich.
Fishoutofwater on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Yeah the metaphor doesn’t exactly work like you want there Honorable one…..
1) God has plans
2) Obamessiah has to be sacrificed for God’s plan
3) thereby as people we are doomed to back Barabbas to allow Pilate to drop the hammer on Obamessiah for your salvation…..
thanks for the endorsement
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
I guess this means:
Jesus came to organize our community for us.
and
Greater love hath no man than to organize his community for him.
PackerBronco on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Is he saying Jesus was black? lol
ballz2wallz on September 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
The guy looks like Ed Grimley’s scary uncle.
wise_man on September 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Oh looks it’s the guy you were all defending a few weeks ago. How’d that work out for ya?
TheBigOldDog on September 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM
New McCain ad in the style of Lloyd Bentsen!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Do they SERIOUSLY think this line will impact a single voter? Honestly, in a campaign full of silly statements, this one takes the cake.
HawaiiLwyr on September 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Half black. Olive skin makes good kin.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Jesus was a teacher. He never tried to organize anytihing, he tried to organize anyone.
BuckNutty on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
DUDE that is the funniest play on the MESSIAH theme I’ve seen
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Marine_Bio on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
So… let me get this right.
Palin prays for troops in church= bad thing
but
Democratic Representative who has never heard of a comb compares Barack Obama to Jesus on House floor= perfectly acceptable?
Ladies and gentlemen, this is truly the end of times. Elected officials are spewing HuffPo talking points on the House floor and calling Obama, Jesus.
Someone, please kill me.
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Republican landslide in November.
meci on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
In the words of Olberdouche, “Get a shovel.”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Hmmmm… Another liberal IDIOT who gets his talking points directly from the pages of Daily Kos.
BostonBeatnik on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
So are they now admitting she is a Governor and not a “small town mayor?”
Well, one thing we do know, Jesus never won any election on earth, so………….
Rightwingsparkle on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Barack Obama wristbands for Democrats:
“What Would Our Misogynist Jesus Do?”
econavenger on September 10, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Do they really want Rezko to enter onto the Campaign?
Chakra Hammer on September 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM
And picking up on mjk -
I actually am pretty sure that Jesus wasn’t a community organizer. He didn’t organize too many communities, in fact, he said that he came to split them.
And, to be honest, I wouldn’t actually refer to Pilate as a “governor” in the modern sense of the term, either. In fact, he was little like a modern governor.
What a stupid analogy.
nailinmyeye on September 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Jesus was a community organizer
Moronic. If the left wants to go around saying that the physical embodiment of God, sent because the Lord so loved us that He sent his only Son to die for our sins was a mere community organizer, then I guess that’s their business — but you’d really have to work to find a more inept manner in which to approach evangelicals.
Blacksheep on September 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM
it’s been said on here before..
Lenin was a community organizer..
DaveC on September 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM
You said it Darksean! LMAO! Looks like it wasn’t Cohen’s week to stop sniffing glue…
fitzsweetpea on September 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Umm, perhaps yes. But not in the manner that he hopes, would be my guess.
Looks like McCain’s got a new ad. But hopefully he doesn’t run it … you know … because McCain and Palin are the victims and all …..
wise_man on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Yeah, Jesus the Christ won in the greater sense.
But Jesus the man was crucified by Pontius Pilate.
Thing is Dems, Obama ain’t no Messiah.
Lawrence on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
And Obama’s supporters want to acclaim him emperor.
Tzetzes on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Has to be the dumbest comparison ever.
One teeny tiny problem with this…
Let’s say for the sake of argument we’ll give Jesus the community organizer title. You either fall into two groups- if you’re a Christian, you believe he was a community organizer and that other small thing- oh yeah, he was God in human form. If you’re not a Christian, you’re left with the argument that he was a great community organizer, but there’s that tiny problem of him being a stark raving mad lunatic who claimed to be God.
Obama is certainly not God. Lunatic? Well, he did sit in the pews of a racist anti-American church for 20 years…
TheBlueSite on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Jesus wasn’t a community organizer. You might make that argument for John the Baptist, but that’s a comparison the Obama campaign hasn’t cultivated.
And the record would indicate that Gov. Palin hasn’t exactly washed her hands of much of anything. Unlike a guy who voted “present” 100+ times.
Maybe these guys really are that dumb.
Mr. D on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Do they STILL want to compare Obama to Jesus?
DaveC on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
A Cohen is talking about Jesus and Pilate? Hmmm…
As a Jew, all I want to tell this tool is “sit the f&*@ down you moron”.
AlexB on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
You could say that Charlie Manson was an informal street organizer in San Francisco. It’s how he assembled his tribe of followers.
RBMN on September 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
The Democrats are devolving into incoherence. When they have nothing intelligent to say the just babble and hope for the best.
rplat on September 10, 2008 at 1:42 PM
LOL
ospurt on September 10, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Slightly off topic:
Is this a conversation you might have heard this morning, or the day after Palin’s acceptance speech, or does it sound like something a member of the pure Arayan race may have said over coffee and struedel?
The quoted passage is from one of HA’s top links. This is what Obama and his cohorts mean when they speak of Palins’ judgement concerning her lovely son.
It’s just dispicable.
BobMbx on September 10, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Do you think that this outstanding democrat came up with this all by himself?
Maybe he gets the daily briefs emailed to him by the huffington Post.
.
They certainly seem to be doing everything they can to make this a distinct possibility.
wise_man on September 10, 2008 at 1:42 PM
I cannot believe this caliber of legislators. There has to be better somewhere in this great country. I don’t care what party, most need to be wrapped in newspaper.
Farmer62 on September 10, 2008 at 1:43 PM
So Jesus was a ‘community organizer’ and Pilot was a govenor?
These are the same guys who said that Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Wrong! Robin Hood robbed from the government and rebated the tax money from whom it was wrongly taken.
I am waiting for Obama to appear with lipstick.
The Rock on September 10, 2008 at 1:43 PM
If this were a Republican, he would be being trashed for claiming Jesus was just a Community Organizer.
Sadly, I saw a bunch of left wing nuts saying this exact same thing after Palin’s comment on the ‘Community Organizer’. It’s clear where this clown gets his speech material
cntrlfrk on September 10, 2008 at 1:43 PM
“I hate to be all historically accurate but Jesus was considered a rabbi”
sheesh, there you go with facts in the first post!!!!
/and a massive LOL to the piper hairstyling reset …
Buckaroo on September 10, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Ah, an attack on Jesus now, I think the Dems just lost the Christian vote, that is, the very few of them they had.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Awesome! I may have to use that!
CP on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Obama was A Community Organizer in order to get Votes and Campaign Cash from a slumlord that couldn’t pay to heat the projects in the winter that he ran.
A little different I would think.
When did Obama ever take a lashing for anyone?
He has thrown EVERYONE under the bus, in order to GAIN POWER!
Chakra Hammer on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
The brightest minds in the democrat party are on daily kos?
*shivers*
lorien1973 on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
What is Steve Cohen doing in our metaphors?
Sorry, channeling Nikki Tinker there for a second.
DrSteve on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
So, Jesus went around as a community organizer, aka, talking to the Roman Government about the people, while getting PAID to do so?
Hm, the only one I remember talking to the government, and getting paid for it, was Judas…
Romeo13 on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Jesus was a hippie?
I thought this goofy bumpersticker slogan sounded familiar. They’ve just repackaged this concept to suit their current candidate.
Asher on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
From old school Chicago, Sing a mean tune kid
“nail him the the cross yeah,yeah,yeah!”
dmann on September 10, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Here’s hoping that they’re dumb enough to tick off the majority and end up as the MINORITY in congress and not hold the white house.
Marine_Bio on September 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM
I guess that makes Daley God, no?
robblefarian on September 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Barry’s latest ordeal isn’t over yet.
Heh.
notta_dhimmi on September 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM
LOOK AT THE HAIR!!!!!!
nickj116 on September 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM
On another note…
Isn’t there a prohibition against Campaigning from the House floor?
Romeo13 on September 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM
I don’t even know where to start on how offensive this is.
How dare that liberal POS take time from Congressmen that I’m paying to spit out his extremely biased liberal filth during congressional meetings. And filth that spits in the face of my Lord and Savior.
Jesus wasn’t a community organizer, he was God in the flesh. He was a prophet. He never called his enemy’s pigs…he prayed for them, and loved them. He told us to do the same.
Mohamed was a community organizer. He ran around killing anyone that chose to worship whom they pleased.
leetpriest on September 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM
ROFLAMO!
Quick, get him some PiperGel!
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM
There they go again, comparing Obama to Jesus. Somehow, I don’t think Jesus believes in infanticide (or among many other issues Barry believes in).
Rick on September 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
“Enough is enough. Steve Cohen needs to drop this fake outrage and to get back talking about the issues.”
CanadianGuy on September 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Jesus plainly told Pontius Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world”. He wasn’t organizing the kind of communities Senator Obama and the Left are interested in. And, I would add, He’s had quite a bit more success than they have.
PS: McCain won’t have to spend a nickel of outrage money on this. With today’s technology, it’ll promote itself.
tgharris on September 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
She needs to come out and destroy this all in a fell swoop:
“Well I’ve been compared to everything from a pig to pontious pilot. That’s how you can tell they’re nervous…”
Something like that. Or “Jesus is the son of God senator, let’s not get too cocky here..”
Dash on September 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
So in the magical fairy-tale world of Steve Cohen, where all your rock and roll dreams come true, all Governors are like Pontius Pilate.
Guess that includes Governors who are Democrats, right Steve-o?
Democratic Party, where in the hell do you get these assclowns from anyway?
pilamaye on September 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
The Democrats finally found when they are comfortable bringing up Jesus in public.
Chuck Schick on September 10, 2008 at 1:47 PM
OBAMA CAMPAIGN’S MESSAGE OF HOPE:
“Now this pig is trying to crucify your beaten and bruised messiah! Help, I need your vote!”
econavenger on September 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Heh.
When the left try to speak “religiously” they always wind up with both feet firmly implanted in their esophagus.
BTW, I think Rick Moore at HolyCoast has one of the best rejoinders to this inane comment:
Religious_Zealot on September 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Hitler was a community organizer also.
Marines for Mccain on September 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM
“What’s Steve Cohen doing in our churches?” The same thing as Saul Alinksky, community organizing…
Does Cohen really want to talk about (Garlic Nose)Pilate and (black)Jesus?
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a community organizer…
Lenin was a community organizer…
ninjapirate on September 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM
I guess Rev’run Wright would be a community organizer too.
Bishop on September 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Richard NIxon was a Quaker.
mymanpotsandpans on September 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I wonder if they still think the book of Job is in the New Testament?
Religious_Zealot on September 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Yep, Obama will be lucky to win his home state.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 1:51 PM
I’ll see your analogy and I’ll raise you a far more impressive analogy:
Jesus made Lazarus rise from the dead. Anybody wanna’ guess what Sarah Palin did for the Republican party?
My collie says:
CyberCipher on September 10, 2008 at 1:51 PM
The bad thing about B. Hussain Obama is he is a cult leader.
And after he is crucified in the polls then the meme will spread that he is some sort of holy man.
TheSitRep on September 10, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Now if Jesus would heal his hair…
Squarestate on September 10, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Jesus mows my neighbors yard.
TheSitRep on September 10, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Thats Jesus Garcia from Michoacan Mexico.
TheSitRep on September 10, 2008 at 1:54 PM
I want a t-shirt
tehd on September 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Tales from the Dark Side # 3:
Two honest to goodness true stories, from just today, in my office; which makes me thing, that THE ONE, the new Marxist-Muslim Prophet, Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH); is in deeper Do-Do than he and his clueless enablers in the MSM even can begin to fathom!
Example #1: the resident Liberal Lesbian Democratic Hillary supporter in our office today, came up to me about 2 hours ago, and said: “Do you know how dangerous Obama is? I’m just PISSED off how he treats “women”; I will not vote for him this year!”
She didn’t promise to vote for “McCain”; but she definitely ain’t voting for Obambi!
Example #2: the othe resident Lefty in the Office, the guy who actually thinks John Kerry is a “Hero” and a “Patriot”; and we’ve been fighting about Politics for 5 years, just told me he’s so “fed up” with Obama, McCain (to be expected!), and the whole campaign, that he’s just going to sit out this year, not vote at all!
WOW!
These are dyed-in-the-wool Clinton supporters, who voted Clinton (2 times); Gore (once); Kerry (once); and who despise “Republicans”; “Bush”; etc.
And both, just volunteered this info to me, today, within hours of each other, totally unsoliticited, and were very serious about it too!
I think THE ONE is in deep Do-do, and doesn’t have a clue; though they’re beginning to sense it…
Dale in Atlanta on September 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Al Capone – greatest Chicago community organizer evah!
J.J. Sefton on September 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Jesus just called. He wants his reputation back.
JammieWearingFool on September 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM
They already had t-shirts & stickers with that slogan when I ordered my McCain/Palin sticker at CafePress last week.
jgapinoy on September 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM
I am perfectly delighted that those words are part of the congressional record and that this video is associated with them. The Absurd-o-Meter just rang the gong!
RushBaby on September 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM
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