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The sheer number of people running for governor in the California recal election(200?!!) got me thinking. Can you imagine Jesus running for President in the 2004 election?
How would He fare? My guess is that He wouldn’t win. In fact, I don’t think He would get more than a small percentage of the vote.
Here are some of the reasons why:
He would be branded as a left-wing, ultra –liberal on all the cable-TV and commercial radio talk shows, influencing tens of millions of voters to question his ability to make the hard, no-guts/no-glory decisions concerning the security of our nation and keeping the lifestyle Americans have grown accustomed to intact, yet his presumed stand against the legitimacy and legality of gay marriages, and abortion would be strongly supported by the right.
His views on sharing wealth with all people-including “the meek, the tired, the hungry, the sick and the poor”- would be considered by right-wing, conservative Bush boys as too open handed to lazy, uneducated people and labeled as just another example of welfare gone wild. Rush Limbaugh would have a field day.
The wealthiest people of our nation-a small minority controlling the majority of our economic resources-would consider Him a hostile candidate intent on upsetting their private monopolies, their long-term investments and their vast riches. We can’t have someone like that sitting in the Oval Office, can we?
What about His positions concerning peace on Earth and the brotherhood of man? Are you kidding? During the current climate of war, revenge, homeland security and pre-emptive strikes, Jesus would be crucified as an unpatriotic sissy who is detached from the reality of the dangerous and hostile world that we live in, and as unwilling to play along with the corporate mentality this country has adopted. Major decisions based on Christlike, spiritual integrity seem to have no place in the way we want our country run.
Simply, in today’s political atmosphere Jesus would in all likelihood be viewed by the majority of the voting public and the mainstream media as a candidate with an unrealistic platform. He wouldn’t stand a chance. Even our country’s rather large Christian voting bloc would not embrace his goals and vision for the future, especially if it meant a dent in their financial portfolios-and neither would I.
Let’s imagine, though, a debate between Jesus, and King George Bush:
“That crap-uh-or that stuff about the unification-ality of the world, to me is a bunch of,, uh, hogwash that doesn’t cut the mustard when you’re dealing with the axis of evil. The only way to win this darned thingy is to do what our real saviour, John Wayne, would do. Go out there with both barrels loaded and kick some you-know-what.”the King would say.
All you Democrats out there, don’t laugh. Jesus could be your only hope in the upcoming election year.
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posted 15 August 2003 03:27 PM
