Comments on: Obama saves! http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dave http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71705 Dave Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:07:09 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71705 <p>I meant no analogy between Jesus and Kennedy in the way you think. My analogy has to do with the way both were saviors who died “in office.” Jesus never administered his kingdom. Kennedy’s administration was truncated by his death. Their policies were then carried out by people who are despised today. Perhaps it is an exaggeration to put Johnson and Nixon in the same class as Pilate, though I really think some partisan liberals do, but it is ironic that Johnson and Nixon who put into effect Kennedy’s plans did not receive the many hosannas. Perhaps they were more comparable to some of the more corrupt popes. My real point was that political reality makes electing saviors a process that is likely to result in disappointment. We need to do without saviors. Now what will happen if the Democrats elect a new one?</p> I meant no analogy between Jesus and Kennedy in the way you think. My analogy has to do with the way both were saviors who died “in office.” Jesus never administered his kingdom. Kennedy’s administration was truncated by his death. Their policies were then carried out by people who are despised today. Perhaps it is an exaggeration to put Johnson and Nixon in the same class as Pilate, though I really think some partisan liberals do, but it is ironic that Johnson and Nixon who put into effect Kennedy’s plans did not receive the many hosannas. Perhaps they were more comparable to some of the more corrupt popes. My real point was that political reality makes electing saviors a process that is likely to result in disappointment. We need to do without saviors. Now what will happen if the Democrats elect a new one?

]]> By: Curt http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71625 Curt Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:27:05 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71625 <p>I'm not really sure I see how the relationship between Jesus and Pontius Pilate really parallels that between Kennedy and Johnson unless you're one of the conspiracy-mongers who think that Johnson ordered Kennedy's assassination. Nor do I really see him as an unfairly neglected model of exemplary statesmanship, unless you count ignoring your own conscience and caving in to an angry mob as exemplary statesmanship.</p> I’m not really sure I see how the relationship between Jesus and Pontius Pilate really parallels that between Kennedy and Johnson unless you’re one of the conspiracy-mongers who think that Johnson ordered Kennedy’s assassination. Nor do I really see him as an unfairly neglected model of exemplary statesmanship, unless you count ignoring your own conscience and caving in to an angry mob as exemplary statesmanship.

]]> By: Dave http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71600 Dave Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:08:05 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71600 <p>I have got to admit Obama presents great imagery. Note the long supple fingers and hands and the way he uses them to drive home his platitudes. He is the most inspiring candidate since Kennedy, but remember that the first thing Kennedy did was get us into the Bay of Pigs. His civil rights program was stymied.</p> <p>The hated Johnson brought about real change. The civil rights laws were honed and enforced in the Nixon Administration. The administrations that did the heavy lifting went down in discrace, and get no credit. The moronic public yearns for the imagery of a savior( Jesus) not the filthy political work of the governor ( Pontius Pilate) who actually effect things.</p> I have got to admit Obama presents great imagery. Note the long supple fingers and hands and the way he uses them to drive home his platitudes. He is the most inspiring candidate since Kennedy, but remember that the first thing Kennedy did was get us into the Bay of Pigs. His civil rights program was stymied.

The hated Johnson brought about real change. The civil rights laws were honed and enforced in the Nixon Administration. The administrations that did the heavy lifting went down in discrace, and get no credit. The moronic public yearns for the imagery of a savior( Jesus) not the filthy political work of the governor ( Pontius Pilate) who actually effect things.

]]> By: cb http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71273 cb Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-71273 <p><a>Is Obama the Messiah?</a></p> Is Obama the Messiah?

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-70961 shonk Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:17:22 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2008/02/05/obama-saves/#comment-70961 <p>Nicely done.</p> Nicely done.

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