Monday Morning Media Madness
By Wyatt Earp | July 13, 2009
President Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI last week, and it is truly a miracle that His Holiness – the Pope, not Obama – did not run him out of the Vatican on a rail. I’m sure it took every ounce of “What Would Jesus Do?” in him to not strangle the POTUS for his radically-despicable abortion stance.
Any hoo, the Obamania Media – in this case, Newsweek – published a story which suggested that Obama knew more about American Catholic doctrine that Pope Benedict. As if. Obama isn’t even Catholic. It’s a funny read, though, courtesy of Hot Air.
It seems as Barack Obama’s polling numbers increasingly come down to Earth, his media apologists get more desperate to hail him as the secular Messiah. Perhaps no effort gets quite so embarrassingly sycophantic as Newsweek’s decision to print this mash note from Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on the occasion of Obama’s first visit with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican this week. Townsend argues that Obama is literally more Catholic than the Pope. Here are Newsweek’s alpha and omega:
For the record, you should probably get the duct tape and the barf bags. You’ve been warned.
In truth, though, Obama’s pragmatic approach to divisive policy (his notion that we should acknowledge the good faith underlying opposing viewpoints) and his social-justice agenda reflect the views of American Catholic laity much more closely than those vocal bishops and pro-life activists. When Obama meets the pope tomorrow, they’ll politely disagree about reproductive freedoms and homosexuality, but Catholics back home won’t care, because they know Obama’s on their side. In fact, Obama’s agenda is closer to their views than even the pope’s. …
Catholics know that Obama is on their side? Townsend must not be Catholic. I am, and I know his views on Catholic doctrine should be shunned, not embraced.
Notre Dame awarded the president an honorary degree because it saw the need to highlight the best of Catholic teaching as applied to politics: the ability to open the eyes of those who would prefer to keep them closed, and to open the hearts of those who would prefer not to know the pain that their actions cause. The pope has a lot to learn about Catholic politics in America. Barack Obama can teach him.
That is complete and utter b.s. The protests on campus are proof of that. Notre Dame awarded him an honorary degree because they wanted the publicity and the gravitas of having a sitting president make the commencement speech.
At least Obama doesn’t claim to be Catholic, even if Townsend thinks he’s more Catholic than Benedict. Townsend wants a church that bends to the will of the mob, which isn’t a church at all but a social club or a political party. Let Obama remain the head of his political party, and perhaps Catholics like Townsend should pay more attention to the church’s teachings — or find a social club to join instead.
Can I get an Amen?
Topics: Politics | 8 Comments »
July 13th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I’m not Catholic and I agree with you. This whole thing is a huge barf. Next thing you know, they’ll be saying the president was born in Bethlehem and can bring back people from the dead.
July 13th, 2009 at 11:00 am
It’s not that he can bring back people from the dead, it’s his choice of who he would bring back:
Che , Goebbels, and Jimmy Carter!
(What? Jimmah’s not dead??? Coulda fooled me!)
July 13th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Amen, brother. I’m a cake eater, but I married Catholic–so that’s what the kids are learning.
But as for bringing back dead Dems.–bring back Harry Truman or JFK, either one would beat the living shit out of that scrawny ass Obama, just on gp.
July 13th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
But but i thought he was the one therefore god to all religions (snark off).
July 13th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
When he starts living in a manner/making choices that reflect the Bible and what it teaches as God’s Word, then I’ll call him a Christian.
He follows men.
July 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Dude WDF?
We all know he can’t raise the dead but as the messiah Obama can surely walk on water? Or turn rope into weed right?
Duct tape…fast!
July 13th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
The author is the oldest daughter of Bobby Kennedy – she is a fallen Catholic – should know better but thinks the Pope is not the Vicar of Christ – in her family we have a murderer, rapist, adulterer, and bootlegger – and that is only four of the family – that we know of.
July 13th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Kim – Well, he did revitalize Joe Biden’s career.
Proof – No, it’s just his morals and common decency that are deceased.
cbullitt – Yeah, Truman would scare the Hell out of the Russians and the NorKs.
ajdshootist – Don’t think al Qaeda thinks of him that way.
RT – And terrorist men, to boot.
Captain – Well, definitely rope into weed. Lousy hippie.
Tom – Didn’t know that’s who she was. Splains a lot.