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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Jesus is just alright with me….
DeweyWins on September 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Jesus responds: “What? Why are you dragging me into this mess.”
baxtrice on September 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM
This Cohen moron is the same tool who wasn’t allowed to join the Congressional Black Caucus because he wasn’t black, even though he represents a majority black district.
What a moron.
progressoverpeace on September 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Good point, I’m sure that’s what Cohen meant to say. After all, Cohen’s a Democrat, you can’t expect him to know the difference between “Judas” and “Jesus.”
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Well said! [clap clap]
fossten on September 10, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I like where you’re going with this…
“Well everyone, As a Governor, I have no problem running against a junior senator, but Rep. Cohen’s savior might be a bit of a stretch. I guess in that case, I’ll have to crucify him.”
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Obama isn’t even Jesus Abreau…….
Techie on September 10, 2008 at 1:58 PM
I’ve heard liberals with the, um, audacity to say that Jesus was a liberal.
jgapinoy on September 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM
The big problem with this is that Jesus was NOT a community organizer – he was a religious leader. ALL of his activities were centered around God and the worship thereof, NOT the community.
PJ Emeritus on September 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM
…excellent…just excellent….
Jesus was the Word, the incarnation of God on earth, the personification of truth. When Pilate asked “What is truth?” (a very modern quetion), it was literally standing flat-footed in front of him.
…so…just what is the honorable member (2-3-4-rimshot) saying? Jesus=community organizer=Obama? Is Obama, then, second appearance of the Incarnate Word?
…explains the whole messiatic complex….
Puritan1648 on September 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM
There are 50 Governors in this country (or 57 for the Community-Organizer-in-Chief), most of whom are Democrats right now. Are they all like Pontius Pilate?
Steve Z on September 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Hey Dims,
Keep it up. It will make our victory that much more savory, and the case of beer I bet more tasty.
macummings on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Senators were Community Organizers, but Presidents mostly come from Governors.
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Doesn’t Jesus work down at the local public access station? Let’s go ask him.
Bishop on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Obama should be crucified for that one.
Cicero43 on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
The “community organizers” were the Pharisees – you know, the ones who backed Pilate into the corner in the first place?
PJ Emeritus on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Che Guevara was a community organizer. Ronald Reagan was a governor.
csufbomb on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Instead of “Change We Can Believe In”,
The Messiah should change his slogan to “Evolution”. It would win over the atheists.
What is the definition of Evolution? Change over time.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I liked the left’s old “community organizer” argument – that the Republicans risked creating a “community organizer” backlash. Now, that was funny stuff.
progressoverpeace on September 10, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Oh, by the way, most of Jesus’ Apostles were fishermen. Like Sarah Palin’s husband.
Steve Z on September 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Jesus chased the corrupt money changers from the Temple and ended his ministry by attacking the same as thieves.
Hussein has whored his soul to the worst money changer (among other things) in Human History. See George Soros.
The password Is, Projection. Projection.
Back to the drawing board Rat’ Party.
Teddy on September 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM
You’re thinking of the other Jesus, the one that sits in a Home Depot parking lot.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM
So Obama is Jesus, that helps. FYI his bio says he is not Christian.
koolbrease on September 10, 2008 at 2:03 PM
If the Jesus thing doesn’t work out for him; Wright has it covered by working the Virgin Mary angle
tehd on September 10, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Remember, this is the same party that claims that massive welfare programs, where govt takes by force money from one group of people, to give to another, is equivalent to the personal charity mentioned in the Bible.
MarkTheGreat on September 10, 2008 at 2:03 PM
And Bozo was a clown.
And Bingo was his name-oh.
Idiot.
Spanglemaker on September 10, 2008 at 2:03 PM
…then again…maybe what the honorable member (2-3-4-rimshot) is saying is that Obama=community organizer=Jesus (pron. “Hey-SUS”)…he just pronounced it incorrectly….
He’s going for the Hispanic vote. Yeah…that’s the ticket….
Puritan1648 on September 10, 2008 at 2:04 PM
That kind of describes our team, doncha think?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Al Capone – greatest Chicago community organizer evah!
J.J. Sefton on September 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM
Marines for Mccain on September 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Really?
Well, Jeremiah Wright went to Trinity Church (like Obama), while Billy Graham went to a Baptist church (like McCain).
jgapinoy on September 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM
I know Jesus and Obama, sir, is no Jesus.
Pcoop on September 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Obama failed as a community organizer, Palin succeeded as a governor.
Lenin was a community organizer, too.
Right_of_Attila on September 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM
And you’re a piece of fu**ing shit whose mother shouldn’t have been able to make change for a twenty the night you were conceived.
I am so sick of this political haggling.
RWLA on September 10, 2008 at 2:06 PM
You imply that people were speaking out against the anti-Semitism for some tangible gain rather than speaking out against anti-Semitism because it is wrong.
baldilocks on September 10, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Plus, Jesus was a Jew, so if you’re opposed to commoonity organizers becoming POTUS you’re anti-Semitic.
Akzed on September 10, 2008 at 2:06 PM
But the power of the One was so complete, that whenever the One was in the building, sanity returned to Rev. Wright and he only said good and joyfull things.
The hatefilled things said by the good Reverend only occurred when the One was not close enough to heal the Reverends pain.
MarkTheGreat on September 10, 2008 at 2:06 PM
The libs like to tear down the Son of God until He is simply a person JUST LIKE THEM.
Hence the popular “Jesus was a liberal” meme (Really? He was against same-sex marriage, appealed for people to help each other instead of depending upon the government, had no problem working with people of ‘lesser stature’ than He, and that people are to be held accountable for their actions)
And now we have “Jesus was a community organizer.”
-sigh-
He was SUCH a good ‘community organizer’ that after His death His ‘community’ ran and hid in a room!
Religious_Zealot on September 10, 2008 at 2:06 PM
RACIST, SOCIALIST, RADICAL ,COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
Marines for Mccain on September 10, 2008 at 2:08 PM
If Jesus was a “community organizer”, did His followers claim victim status after His ascension?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Not true. His bio says he is, but his life–i.e. his voting record–says he isn’t.
jgapinoy on September 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Did you see him with O’Reilly last night? Bill totally had him when Barack claimed to have NEVER heard of read a hateful statement from Wright over a period of 20 years. O’Reilly scoffed and told him that he was selling his sermons in the lobby, and Barack kind of smiled and said something smarmy claiming he must have missed it all those years. Anyone who believes Obama didn’t know the core of Wright’s consistent message is either dishonest to the extreme or dillusional. Fact is- Obama just never had a problem with racism and anti-Americanism until the national media found out about it.
TheBlueSite on September 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM
I know things are bad with Barry O these days, but are they really crucifixion bad?
CornFedBeauty on September 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM
If Jesus was a “community organizer”, did His followers claim victim status after His ascension?
Yes, but the National Enquirer of the day besmirched his name anyway.
RWLA on September 10, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Democrats’ 2008 Campaign: McSame! Jesus was a Community Organizer!
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945): If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924): A lie told often enough becomes truth.
American voters, November 4, 2008: Prove once again that Goebbels and Lenin and Democrats were wrong.
Loxodonta on September 10, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Obama, the ‘community organizer’, is an Alinsky acolyte.
Alinsky was a radical straight out of the Gramsci playbook.
— Revolution you can believe in, The Spectator.co.uk
I urge anyone unfamiliar with Alinsky and ‘community organizers’ to read the article.
HT: MarcusBrody on September 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM
petefrt on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
OBAMA=JESUS PALIN=PONTIOUS PILATE HUH?
Marines for Mccain on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
jesus is coming over later today to cut my grass. i’ll ask him, but i don’t think he does much community organizing. but he’s hell with a weed whacker.
DrW on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Isn’t it funny how the libs hated the Messiah comparisons until the community organizer thing took off?
Pcoop on September 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Ha! Yes, and Adlai Stevenson was governor of that same state.
(Bill Clinton was a governor too. One wonders, would Gov. Schwarzenegger crucify Obama? “…I vash mine hands!”)
Tzetzes on September 10, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Was that hair?
tgillian on September 10, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Steve Cohen, I doubt Jesus will be amused by your attempt to reduce Him to a “community organizer.” I pray that He forgives you.
Maxx on September 10, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Thanks for sharing.
That bothers me too. They’ve got Jesus all wrong. Jesus was a revolutionary who scared the government of his time so much due to the message he preached, that they not only killed him but also every one of his followers.
Community organizers generally HELP the government. They’re not general considered outlaws.
Jesus didn’t do anything to help the government.
Esthier on September 10, 2008 at 2:15 PM
That guy, Cohen, obviously doesn’t know the Scriptures.
Jesus was NOT a local activist for Communism – exactly what the term “community organizer” actually masks. He was an itinerant preacher with twelve close apprentices and many others who believed what He preached.
And unlike certain “community organizer” we all know, He never wanted worldly power, nor did He seek it. Remember that the Devil himself offered Him “all the kingdoms of the world” in exchange for allegiance to the Evil One – an offer which He flat-out refused.
Of course, Obama wants that power…
newton on September 10, 2008 at 2:16 PM
oh great, people ignorant of the Bible misusing it to make a stupid point…
jcrue on September 10, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Well let’s let God decide Obama’s claim to deity.
But in the strickly worldly power sense. The story didn’t end well for the “community organizer” now did it? Hmmm
If I didn’t find the whole idea blasphemous and horribly irreverent and vain…. I mean if the story was a Greek hero story or something I’d say Palin’s chances are pretty good.
petunia on September 10, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Pilate in effect vote present and allowed mob rule to kill an innocent man?
Hmm voting present and allowing innocents to die. I swear I’ve heard something like this before.
hump1201 on September 10, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Wright’s message of hate could also be found in the church newsletter that was sent to every home. I guess Obama must have just thrown that away without looking at it for 20 years.
MarkTheGreat on September 10, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Typical Dem/liberal misinformation.
Jesus was not a community organizer. The Bible is more than clear about why Christ was here and it wasn’t that!
highhopes on September 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM
I’m offended that these creeps seem to believe that using Jesus to pander for votes is a) going to work or b) not obscenely ridiculous.
Stop using Jesus’ name! If you think he was rough on the money changers back in the day, imagine the reckoning you will face over this.
SimplyKimberly on September 10, 2008 at 2:20 PM
I don’t remember Jesus organizing the community into a frenzy to overthrow the Romans and radically transform the Middle East.
I don’t remember Jesus associating with rabbis that cheated on their wives with Romans.
I don’t remember Jesus associating with radical Jooooooos that bombed Roman aquifers.
I don’t remember Jesus conspiring with a Syrian to buy land a cut rate price.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Mao, Lenin, Marx, Hitler and Jim Jones were all Community Organizers.
Star20 on September 10, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Jesus’ brand of community organizing
Matthew 10:34-38
medguy on September 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM
The left has been treating him like he is the 2nd coming for months now, who is surprised when they come out and say it? Not me. And it’s really dumb of them to do it, but they can’t help themselves.
Spirit of 1776 on September 10, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Yeah, but Sarah has taken on all corrupt comers, Republican and Democrat alike, and cleaned house in Alaska. Or done her best to anyway.
So if the Rats’ want to compare which of the two is more “Christ-like”, there IS no comparison.
Teddy on September 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM
How dare he try to push his religion on me!!!!
/s
PappaMac on September 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Start stammering over drilling, chump.
marklmail on September 10, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Exactly! Those smug jerks who go around spouting stuff like “Jesus would have driven a Prius” clearly don’t take their faith seriously. When He returns, it is not going to be with high fives for the masses but as the Son of God- worthy to be feared.
highhopes on September 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Jesus Christ was God made man. Of course the Democrats would not have known that.
Hening on September 10, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Indeed!
Lawrence on September 10, 2008 at 2:34 PM
*applauds*
Damiano on September 10, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Only legitimate thing to compare Jesus with any politician: both are fully human.
My guess is that Cohen has likely spoken against Christ and his followers in the past but now it suits him to speak well of Him for the sake of his smear.
Typical hypocrite.
shick on September 10, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Jesus: turned water into wine at a wedding.
Obama: turned his water over and whined at a wedding.
carbon_footprint on September 10, 2008 at 2:40 PM
I heard Jesus was a Maverick.
Bicyea on September 10, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Oh, and I’m sure Jesus would be standing at the doors of abortion clinics and in the delivery-infanticide rooms singing “bring them in”.
The very thought of Jesus’ name being whispered in the same paragraph as that of Senator Infanticide infuriates me.
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME, AND FORBID THEM NOT, FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
stenwin77 on September 10, 2008 at 2:41 PM
You know, Clinton was a governor too. Dems self destruct sequence is under way…:lol
dec5 on September 10, 2008 at 2:46 PM
So are governors evil? Should every Dem governor resign? Would be great!
Grafted on September 10, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Better to respond to an Obama gaffe than one from an unknown surrogate.
Glad you aren’t in charge of McCain’s campaign AP. Nothing like an armchair quarterback as strategist.
Montana on September 10, 2008 at 2:49 PM
What a buffoon.
Winebabe on September 10, 2008 at 2:50 PM
So, he wasn’t here giving the middle class breaks while punishing the filthy rich? Someone have access to lightning strikes on people from that time period?
SARCASM
Rick on September 10, 2008 at 2:51 PM
The gospel according to Obama. Barackahu Akbar.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 10, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Jesus was a Rabbi, a teacher, not a community organizer. He never went into the streets and organized anything. People followed him…he never had a website, never had a campaign manager (maybe God). When was the last time you saw a “community organizer” walk into a church and turn a few tables upside down.
But the big difference, Jesus never took Government money, that is why he could not be a community organizer.
right2bright on September 10, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I thought democrats didn’t like mixing religion and church..
DaveC on September 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM
2/10 for stealing a line from the Daily Kos.
and 1/10 for delivery – he could have put some feeling into it, some righteous anger, but his delivery was terribly boring.
Overall: Very poor.
Ares on September 10, 2008 at 2:59 PM
I called the Washington office and got a smug guy who was not affected by my comments. I also call the Memphis office where I got a young women who was astonished of what I told her. She apoligized for such a remark from the Congressmen. She’s in flyover country, probably a bible clinger too.
Mercy4Me on September 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Jesus is the Lord of Glory! Not some sinner politician. How dare they even try to make the claim of comparison. OUTRAGED!
Mercy4Me on September 10, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Well, if Obama can fill the stadium again, then feed the crowd with loaves and fishes… without using Other People’s Money, I’ll start to be convinced.
(Oops… maybe he better stay well away from anything having to do with fish in the future)
LegendHasIt on September 10, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Jesus was agitating the people in his community so that the community would get angry enough to come together and demand more money and services from the government?
Gee, that’s not the story I heard in Sunday School.
AZCoyote on September 10, 2008 at 3:04 PM
… says nasty little Jewish liberal.
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha!
Jaibones on September 10, 2008 at 3:07 PM
These are liberals. You forget that. You have to reverse everything. Liberals believe that everything is centered around THE STATE and the PARTY is the vehicle on which to do so.
TheHat on September 10, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Jesus as community organizer? Did he file form 990s? I don’t recall seeing grant proposals in the Gospels. How much money did KIng Herod Antipas contribute to Jesus’ community organizing?(or Pontius Pilate, they were after all the government, and the government feeds all those community organizer people).
eaglewingz08 on September 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Christ didn’t organize any community, unless you count a band of 12 disciples and various other attendants. Jesus trained his disciples to the ways of The Word and Truth. They are the ones who went out and “organized the community” into the Christian church.
Forgive me the following comparison: if you follow the libtards metaphor, Saul Alinsky was the Jesus as Hillary, Barry, and other libs were to the 12 disciples.
The libtards would come up with better religious metaphors if they actually understood religion and Christianity before talking about it.
Mallard T. Drake on September 10, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I wonder. Is it possible that “The Audacity of Hope” was the only sermon Obama ever went to? I’ve read that he only signed up with a church so that he could tell the preachers he was trying to organize that he belonged to one.
Which would be worse?
Count to 10 on September 10, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Nice hair!
sheesh on September 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Good. We have it digitally recorded that Barack Obama is considered, quite literally, the Democratic Party’s Messiah.
By the way, Christians, I can tell you, don’t pray about Jesus. Get a comb, sir.
emailnuevo on September 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM
So when Obama loses on Nov 4th, is he going to rise again three days later?
AverageJoe on September 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I remember one time on a message board some lefty said, “Jesus wouldn’t be for war and torture!”
My reply?
“I have two words for you. Armageddon and Hell.”
ynot4tony2 on September 10, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Great, now we will be hearing about the virgin Michelle…
right2bright on September 10, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Jesus was a MAVERICK, baby
clnurnberg on September 10, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Cohen look like he’s one banjo string from staring in a remake of Deliverence…and isn’t he one o’ them thar Joooz’s what the hell does he know about Jeeezuz?/s
PatriotPete on September 10, 2008 at 3:49 PM
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