Brit Hume tells Tiger Woods to "Turn to Christianity"

[scheming daemons]

Unbelievable.

This quote, from someone who held an anchor position on a major news network:

"He's said to be a Buddhist," Hume said. "I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. ... Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery."

Video clip here:

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1001/hume_to_tiger_choose_christianity_.html



I hate being in a position to defend Tiger Woods in any way, shape, or form... but Brit Hume needs to suck on it, big time.

I have no idea whether Tiger is a buddhist or not, and it is none of my business. But for an anchor on a news network to directly attack another persons belief system like that....



That quote could have easily come from Ann Coulter. For it to come from Brit Hume says ALL that you need to know about the Fox News Network.

[Skittles]

1. Skittles tells Brit Hume to fuck himself

yes INDEED

[RedCloud]

33. With a prickly pear cactus?

[liberal_at_heart]

2. Brit Hume doesn't know what he's talking about

I don't know if Tiger is buddhist or not. If so it would be good for him to try to look to Buddha's teachings on self control, mastering one's mind and behaviors, and looking for peace from within. But Buddhism also teaches compassion. As a buddhist I wish him nothing but the best. I hope that he can learn how to control his behavior and concentrate on his relationship with his children and I hope that he and his soon to be ex wife can learn to have a civil relationship. They share children and therefore will be connected to one another for the rest of their lives. I admire what he has done professionally. I think he is a good golfer and hope he can get back to playing after he straightens up his act.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Anyone wonder anymore why his son killed himself?

[greenbird]

17. He did? How awful.

When did that happen?

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. About ten years ago; here's the wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hume

[greenbird]

26. Thanks for the link.

That's terrible.

[Guilded Lilly]

4. Ignorant...

and somewhat desperate comment.
Maybe Mr. Hume is looking for some kind of personal forgiveness or redemption...but this was not in the least bit professional at all. If he wants to continue to be taken seriously, perhaps he should stick to the news.

My New Year's wish is that news returns to being NEWS.
Yeah, I know. CRAZZZZZY me.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Reflective Of Plunging Ratings, Perhaps

Have we all seen the ratings for Faux lately? It just gets worse and worse for Rupert and his minions.
GAC

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Sorry for the Dupe

Connection glitch.

[roguevalley]

37. this is the freak that said the first thought that crossed his pin head

mind when he heard of the 9-11 thing was "its a great time to buy stocks." He said so in the teevee. He's hopeless. Consider that his kid found it easier to be dead than to be his son.

[Fridays Child]

5. Hume appears to be intoxicated in that clip. Does he drink?

In any case, he is offensive beyond description and terminally cretinous.

[Tabasco_Dave]

10. He's always like that

The same old miserable constipated looking Brit. I think i'll bake him some bran muffins and send them over to Fox News.

[KamaAina]

32. Send him a new rug while you're at it

that old bird's nest ain't foolin' nobody. :eyes:

[Initech]

6. Thou shalt praise our lord and savior Rupert Murdoch.

:sarcasm:

Seriously why do the fundies always have to meddle in other people's affairs?

[tulsakatz]

7. if Hume knows so little about Budhism, he shouldn't be talking about it....

....it's almost like he's saying 'my god is better than your god'! And really he doesn't know anything about it so he shouldn't be offering advice when he obviously knows so little about the subject!

[Control-Z]

8. Should a political analyst

be preaching any religion on national television? Absolutely sickening. It should be illegal unless it is part of actual religious programming, imo.

I am atheist, however, I do respect those who have an honest spiritual belief system and practice it appropriately (quietly and privately!). My experience has been that the truly spiritual have no need or desire to prove/preach/flaunt/vocalize their beliefs.

[tulsakatz]

12. I agree 100%!!!

Anyone who truly loves their religion and practices it on a daily basis, they honor that religion by the way they live not by what they say they believe.

I don't consider myself an atheist but I'm closer to that than considering myself a christian!

[Clintonista2]

9. Buddhism is the one faith out there that actually walks the walk

[Ignis]

34. +1

In my work with Buddhists, I've found a surprisingly low percentage of them to be hypocrites.

[elocs]

11. This was posted yesterday morning here as well as last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x419086

64 Responses, 9 Recs.

[Th1onein]

15. Why is it that Christians always have to make asses out of themselves on national TV?

These people are beyond arrogant.

[spoony]

30. Uh, can we at least say RW Christians

or are you into whole-cloth condemnations?

[Th1onein]

38. Is it only right wing Christians, do you think?

I don't know.

[gleaner]

16. I am not surprised ...

It is just about what I expected. Maybe Woods could go on a retreat with a good Christian like Sanford. They could go to Argentina.:evilgrin:

[quaker bill]

18. It is not what you say you believe

that matters. There is nothing about "becoming a Christian" or for that matter anything else, that will cure this problem. If the man wants to consort with folks he meets in bars and restaurants, that is his business. It is a legitimate concern for his wife, as I expect he promised her he would behave differently. It is also a problem for his sponsors, in particular those who were banking on his squeaky clean image in their marketing.

For me, I have occasionally enjoyed watching him play golf as he has done some fairly amazing things. This is the only use I have for the man. What he does the rest of the time is his business and if Elin ends up with half of all his stuff, justice may well have been served. But that is a matter for them and the courts to sort out. Christian, Buddist, or whatever is not going to change any of that.

[DrDan]

19. c'mon- it's not bad advice . . .

Christianity has worked well for Larry Craig and David Vitter.

[peekaloo]

21. Great way to win back some of the lost sponsorship money.

:sarcasm:

[Brewman_Jax]

22. Go back to sleep, Brit

sorry excuse for a commentator on a sorry excuse for a news channel. :eyes:

[nomaco-10]

23. UNFUCK'N BELIEVABLE ......

I only saw it this morning.

"Religion", that was supposed to be the common denominator for all these idiots, has become the common denominator for HATE in the world.

I can only imagine the history books that will come to light in the next one hundred years, will illuminate the idiocy of our so called generation.

Brit Hume has even been quoted this weekend as saying, that if Tiger Woods wasn't a Buddhist, he could be forgiven by the murikan public. Are you kidding me, are you fuckin' me?

[Mari333]

24. Hey!! Than, he can Fuck anyone he wants and be forgiven

[UTUSN]

25. Yip, Britt forgot his own affair(s), never said he SINNED, but finds "redemption" in Xtianity, NONE

in Buddhism. Oh, has anybody mentioned his affair(s) before?!1

[LynneSin]

27. Because that has worked so well for 'Christians' like Sanford, Craig and Ensign

:eyes:

[Ignis]

35. It sure did.

They got to diddle about and have since been "forgiven." Problem solved!

:eyes:

[Soylent Brice]

28. lol

:popcorn:

[Toasterlad]

29. 2010, And Christians Are STILL Allowed To Say the Most Ridiculously Hypocritical Shit On Television

Yes, Mark Sanford, David Vitter, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Jim Baker, Ted Haggard, and Mark Foley can tell you all about the awesome redemption offered through christianity. Every one of those fine men was completely forgiven by Christ for their despicable actions, and is now morally above reproach.

Christ is like donuts...there's nothing he can't do.

[guitar man]

31. He probably should

It would probably work out well for Tiger, a lot of the big megachurches are teeming with miniskirt wearing hotties these days. :evilgrin:

[smoochpooch]

36. Tony Kornheiser mentioned this today on Pardon the Interruption.

They were talking about some other golfer who criticized Tiger and Tony said, "It's o.k. if another golfer wants to question Tiger's golf performance, but I have a problem when some newsperson tries to convert Tiger to a different religion." Mike Wilbon also nodded in agreement with the statement.

[Sensitivity]

39. Tiger should perhaps MOVE to a Jurisdiction tolerant of his "Buddhist" lifestyle of sexual freedom

Let's not forget that the wisdom of the Buddha was promulgated in the midst of societies that
accepted multiple sexual partners and wives. Indeed, many parables refer to "wives" not "the wife"