A politician wears his/her religion like a decoration, showing it off at every opportunity. And why not? Polls tell them they could never get elected without an acceptable religion.
A politician needs to have a good church for a background shots and most do a fair job of picking that setting. But obviously Barack Obama might need some help avoiding crazy preachers.
So as Easter Sunday approaches, this is one of an seldom occurring series of posts directed at politicians advising them how to be better politicians. Specifically, how they can tell if their preacher is crazy. Some examples.
- If the preacher preaches the ten commandments in one breath then violates one of them in the next (the one about using God's name in vain), he could be a crazy preacher.
- If the preacher seems unable to distinguish between good and evil, i.e., justifying ruthless terrorists bent on killing innocent civilians in the name of religion because the United States' fought for survival in World War II, he could be a crazy preacher.
- If the preacher seems bent on trying to convince white people that all of their efforts over the past five decades to improve race relations have been a total waste of time, he could be a crazy preacher.
- If the preacher wants to indoctrinate the children in racial hatred, he could be a crazy preacher.
- If the preacher sounds more like bin Laden than Billie Graham, he could be a crazy preacher.
Finally, Mr. Obama made a speech attempting to justify his loyalty to his preacher, and in doing so, he pronounced that his grandmother is a "typical white person." Some people may be confused by that wondering just what is a typical white person. So here's a helpful site that identifies characteristics of the stereotypical white person. It's stuff white people like (via Pajamas Media).
Hope this helps.