Rep. Cohen Compares Obama to Jesus, Palin to Pontius Pilate

[BlueJessamine]

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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.):


"The parties have differences, but if you want change, you want the Democratic Party," Cohen said. "Obama was a community organizer, like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor."

[skycordia]

1. They're both for change,

But do we want to see a better more progressive future or something out of Fahrenheit 451?

[FLAprogressive]

2. Sort of funny seeing as Cohen's Jewish....

I like him...and it really speaks volumes about his district that he beat racist Niki Tinker so overwhelmingly. Keep speaking the truth Steve!

[SemperEadem]

3. Oh. my. god. No. He. Di'int!!!

and that, my friends, is in the record.

[firedupdem]

4. Love it! n/t

[alfrankenaynrand]

5. get back on the issues!

That's what we need..... our Party to keep fanning the flames of personal destruction. Do we want to win this race or do we want to win the contest of name calling? Obama will win if we get above this crap and stay on the message. If we don't, it will sink us! Do it now, before it's too late!!!

[SemperEadem]

8. we want to win this, but we need to bring knives and baseball bats

because the other side is certainly using their knives and baseball bats.

[wysimdnwyg]

6. Where's Palin's youngest daughter when we need her?

Somebody lick their hand and fix Steve's hair, will ya?

[raystorm7]

7. Ooooh...SHNAP!

[kmdemqueen]

9. So true

[organic]

10. This Guy Is More Of A Hindrance Than A Help

Sorry, but the last thing Obama/Biden need is this kind of allusion and comparison to a deity and the governor who ordered that deity's crucifixion. Remember all the trouble John Lennon got into for making an innocent and much misconstrued statement that he was more popular than Jesus? Anyone w/any brains knew that he was making a social commentary as to how ridiculous it was for people to be so obsessed with a singing group and elevate them to such importance so as to make them more significant in the scheme of things than a respected, much-believed and honored deity. Lennon would have loved Jon Stewart. :)

Seriously, anyone w/a voice to be heard by more than a handful of people, and who happens to support Obama, should chose their words carefully. After all, didn't Obama just make a statement this afternoon about how words can be misconstrued, misunderstood, taken out of context or plain twisted and played ad infinitum by the conservative talking heads? **See "lipstick on a pig", a reference tossed around Washington for years. Uh..."Hello"...even McCain used it towards Hillary. **

Along comes this guy and hands a statement to those pinheads that even they don't have to misinterpret. He should leave the metaphors, analogies and sarcasm to those who can do it better. Did I mention Jon Stewart???