Here’s What Jesus Wouldn’t Do
Posted on September 9th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Do we REALLY know who Jesus would vote for? One politician seems to know the answer. Tells his opponent, “Jesus would not vote for you.”
(CBS/AP) In the latest in a series of controversial remarks, Illinois GOP Senate candidate Alan Keyes said Jesus Christ would not vote for his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, because of Obama’s position on abortion.
“Christ would not vote for Barack Obama because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved,” Keyes said. He referred to Obama’s votes against anti-abortion legislation.
Keyes has made opposition to abortion the centerpiece of his campaign. His choice of words on gay marriage and abortion has stunned Illinois Republican Party leaders.
On Tuesday, Keyes complained about a remark Obama made while campaigning downstate.
“I don’t want to just win, I want to give this guy who is running against me a spanking,” Obama said of Keyes.
Keyes asserted that Obama’s use of the word spanking was “the language of the master who, when he is displeased with the slave, gives him a whipping.”
Both men are black.
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It amazes me that the race card is played for political gain even when the race of the people involved are the same.
If 2 white guys were saying that it would not even be in the news. Is it not time for people to stand on the merits of their accomplishments and not on ancient history ties (whether it is slavery or Vietnam as in the Presidential race).
They are irrelevant in both instances.