Jindal and Haley accusing Kasich for “hiding behind Jesus.” Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle . . . well, you know. Are these right-wingnuts starting to devour their own?
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They only hate Dirty Fucking Hippy Jew-Commie Gospel Jesus. They lurvs them some Angry Killer Jew-Damning Second Amendment Revelations Jesus. Only Jesus they recognize.
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So they would most likely cross over to the other side of the street if they saw this guy walking toward them?
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As Peggy Noonan says, “It would be irresponsible not to speculate.”
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I can’t believe a Republican officeholder would try to justify a political position by citing “Jesus.” Haley and Jindal were right to severely chastize Kasich: If someone doesn’t put a stop to this right now, soon every GOP candidate will be claiming to do things because of Jesus.
Besides, everyone knows Jesus would never want poor people to have their needs attended to.
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I wish Graham Chapman would rise again. I could get behind that.
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How dare a Christian, in a Christian-leaning party, in a predominantly Christian nation, defend his Christ-mandated efforts to care for the poor by playing the Jesus card?
Has Kasich no shame?
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The christianist always hate when someone points out that the faith they believe in bears little to no relationship to what Jesus actually preached and lived. Their carefully contracted world cannot take the incongruity someone like Kasich creates with claiming Jesus actually would want to HELP the sick and not punish them for being poor.
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And undoubtedly blame his parents for the large crowds and lawbreaking he did in Rome.
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It appears that God (if you believe in such a thing) has a sense of humor…
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Browsing the TPM RSS feed, I almost skipped by this article; the title didn’t immediately make sense to me. Then I thought, “wait a minute - there is no freaking way Kasich is being attacked for giving medical aid to poor people with the attackers characterizing it as ‘hiding behind Jesus’.”
I mean, that couldn’t possibly happen outside of The Onion, right? Not with so many Biblical stories specifically showing Jesus helping poor sick people?
But there it is. Hooooooly crap.
Assuming Jesus comes back as they hope, he sure as hell is going to be pissed. Just not at the people or for the reasons these so-called Christians think.
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Jindal criticizing Kasich for “hiding behind Jesus?” Really? Really?? Now that’s audacity!! Jindal cites his religion all the time in his policy prescriptions!! Jackasses, all of them!!
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Actually Kasich might be signing a new anti abortion deal if the Ohio legislature passes it. He can always bring that up about how anti abortion he is.
John, it’s the Lord. I want you to retire.
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Is this the first time that a Republican has been accused of hiding behind Jesus to help poor people? It may well be.
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He has already done the anti-choice thing signed in the middle of the night after a midnight session of the legislature.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) was criticized by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley ® for “hiding behind Jesus to expand Medicaid”
I’m glad that a Republican governor publicly witnesses that expanding Medicaid is the Jesus thing to do! Maybe it will change more minds about what Christian charity requires, and that it will encourage other politicians to go and do likewise.
The New Testament is not the Old Testament Lite!
He has a Teavangelical excuse for everything he does.
He plays the Jesus card daily.