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Scaramouche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:12 AM
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Could Jesus beat George Bush?
This funny bit is from: http://18minutegap.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_18minutegap_archive.html#107144791710926110

...I know a lot of democrats think nominating Jesus Christ is a sure thing, but they are dead wrong. Sure, he's got the most supporters and is a fundraising powerhouse, not to mention a miracle worker son of God, but let's look at the facts in post-9/11 America.
Fact: Jesus Christ has NO foreign policy or national security experience.

He was a great man, and did a lot for the world, but did he ever have to deal with trade issues? Did he ever visit Rome? Does he have any military experience? The answer is a resounding NO. He spent most of his adult life as a carpenter or wandering around Israel preaching to people. He never had to hash out trade deals or bust an Al Qaeda cell. Bush clearly has a tremendous advantage here.

Fact: Jesus Christ is a loose canon. He has temperament problems, is unscripted, and shoots from the hip.
For example, he went into a temple and went into a tizzy against the moneychangers. He will be too easily attacked for his temperament problems. Bush will attack this repeatedly. I can see it now: "Jesus is all anger and will blow his top the minute things get tough"

Fact: Jesus Christ is soft on terrorism!
I mean, what's with this "turn the other cheek" stuff? He's just inviting another devastating blow against innocent Americans! That will not play well AT ALL in the post-9/11 world. He'll lose all 50 states.

Fact: Jesus Christ has a wimpy message and hung around shady characters.
Will the South go for someone who preached about loving your fellow man and hung around prostitutes and tax collectors? Hell no! The day before the election Bush will just send out phone messages saying he fathered a black baby, or something like that. His message won't play well in the south, and we NEED the south!

Fact: Jesus Christ is too religious for the left.
They will abandon the Democratic Party and vote Green. There's a whole host of church/state issues that will turn them off, and too many of his followers have an anti-gay message.

Fact: Jesus Christ has... ahem... kooky followers.
I mean, the KKK backs him, those Waco nuts, and those fundy preachers... Pat Robertson! What will the average voter think? They'll be turned off! Just think, Bush will run an ad of slow-motion shots of the KKK, with the message: "The KKK supports Jesus Christ. Do you?" The African American population won’t back him up. Instant defeat.
Fact: Jesus Christ will raise your taxes.
How will his "render unto Caesar" message resonate with middle class voters? He will be too easily attacked as a tax and spend liberal. We cannot win with that message.

Fact: Jesus Christ has never held elective office!
He will never be able to pass his agenda through Congress. He would have to just have direct intervention from God, which I'm sure the Supreme Court will rule unconstitutional. And what is his agenda, anyway? Just a lot of rhetoric with no details. These post-9/11 times are way too tough for a rookie to handle.

Come on, fellow Democrats, Wake up. Jesus Christ is a nightmare for the Democratic Party! This election is too important to put up a candidate like Jesus Christ. He's unelectable. Too liberal in some places, too conservative in others. We will lose in a landslide. This election will all be about national security. And Bush has him dead to rights on national security experience.

Don't drink the Christ Kool-aid.

:thumbsup: Go read the rest: http://18minutegap.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_18minutegap_archive.html#107144791710926110
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:19 AM
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1. are you kidding, a jew can't get elected president in america
yes, i know, only on his mother's side, but that's the side that counts.
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:27 AM
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2. LOL
He would not be considered TV photogenic either.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:31 AM
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3. He would lose in Texas
In fact, if Texas held a Recall election for the job of God, Bush would likely be elected as the replacement candidate.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:32 AM
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4. He's a pacifist hippie!
and I hear Jesus is also a traitor...the skinny blonde chick told me so.
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progressiverealist Donating Member (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:56 AM
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5. no... definately unelectable
plus he's got no money and he's a tradesman... probably a unionist
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 02:03 AM
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6. Hello! Not born in the US, people.
Jesus is a foriner.
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corporatewhore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 02:06 AM
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7. Jesus is anti war mid easterner w/beard must be a commie/terrorist
Edited on Tue Dec-16-03 02:07 AM by corporatewhore
didnt jesus say something like if you have two cloaks and your neighbor has none to give your friend the other cloak welcome to the Peoples republic of the usa
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Blade Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 02:34 AM
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8. Jesus can beat George...
right into the fucking ground. :)
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 04:12 AM
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9. Music by Billy Bragg & Wilco... lyrics by Woody Guthrie
Let's have Christ for President.
Let us have him for our King.
Cast your vote for the Carpenter
that you call the Nazarene.

The only way we can ever beat
these crooked politician men
Is to run the money changers out of the temple
And put the Carpenter in

O It's Jesus Christ our president
God above our king
With a job and a pension for young and old
We will make hallelujah ring

Every year we waste enough
to feed the ones who starve
We build our civilization up
and we shoot it down with wars

But with the Carpenter on the seat
away up in the capital town
The USA would be on the way prosperity bound!
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