{"id":133,"date":"2008-07-22T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T22:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/22\/jesus-and-obama-robbin-in-da-hood\/"},"modified":"2008-07-22T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T22:24:40","slug":"jesus-and-obama-robbin-in-da-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/22\/jesus-and-obama-robbin-in-da-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus and Obama, Robbin’ in da ‘Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fine bit of satire at A Vote for Barack Obama is a Vote for Jesus : Jesus Manifesto<\/a>. It’s all pretty funny; here’s a sample.<\/p>\n

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\nA vote for Barack Obama is a vote for Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6not that I agree with everything he stands for. I mean, I am an independent sort of thinker. I am firmly convinced that God is neither a republican or a democrat. But Barack Obama transcends such distinctions. He flies high over such petty concerns on shimmering gossamer wings. Golden light emanates from his perfect form. His smiling eyes looking down upon me with a look that pierces my soul! I get lost in his smile, and long for one of his chiseled arms to hold me close while the other smites a damning blow to poverty and oppression.
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\nI encourage you to vote for Obama too. I’m not saying that voting for McCain would be a sin. Nor am I saying that it would be a horrible, disgusting sin for you to not vote at all. But I am saying that to vote for Obama is to vote for Jesus. And to NOT vote for Obama would mean that you don’t love Jesus, the poor, or your own mother. To NOT vote for Jesus would be to render Jesus’ life and message meaningless. That’s all I’m saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus… and Robin Hood ethics. I like it. It reminds me of all those scriptures of Jesus and his posse holding up rich people on the road and taking their money at sword point and giving it to poor people. Robbin’ in da ‘hood<\/a>, but all for a good cause. Of course, later on in, oh, the 32nd chapter of Matthew, we read about Jesus getting the ear of King Herod, and getting him to have the soldiers take the money from the rich and give it to the poor. All perfectly legal.\u00a0 Same difference, and saves Jesus and his posse from having to do it themselves.<\/p>\n

Personally, I’m encouraging all twenty and thirty somethings to vote for Obama<\/a>, since that will selfishly be best for me… he’ll make sure they pay for my retirement and medical care, even though I’ll have more money than them at the time.<\/p>\n

The way I see it, I win either way. McCain gets elected, in which case things are better for my children, and their children… or Obama gets elected, and things are better for me. Who knows: maybe I”ll decide to pass along some of the largesse from you and your kiddies to MY kiddies, if I’m feeling extra generous at the time.<\/p>\n

Can’t beat that.<\/p>\n

hat tip: Aly at Addison Road<\/a><\/p>\n

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