Good Lord. What a day. First we find ourselves defending CNN’s Rick Sanchez and now we find ourselves agreeing with Howard Fineman and Chris Matthews.
Does anyone have any smelling salts handy? We’re feeling a little faint right now.
But back to the story. Fineman made one of his regular appearances on Hardball and made the point that Obama caused his own “Is Obama a Muslim” problem by not going to church.
Fineman: Can I say something here that’ll probably get me in trouble? But I’m going to say it anyway. Barack Obama probably should have joined a church here. OK? Now, I’m not excusing any of the hatred or nasty language or any of the dirty strategy that we’re talking about. But some things in politics you have to do at least for the symbolism.
Matthews: Yes.
Fineman: Now, he quit the Jeremiah Wright church. OK? But he hasn’t joined any other.
Matthews: Yes.
Fineman: And had he done so and if he’d done so, but especially if he’d done so…
Matthews: Yes.
Fineman: … after he came to town, a lot of this stuff would never have arisen, in my view.
Matthews: Yes.
So there you have it. Fineman and Matthews making sense and us agreeing with them.
But it’s not something we’re proud of.
H/T: NewsBusters.org
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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Him joining a church and attending regularly would make it harder for people to comment about him being a Christian or not that is true, however intelligent people would know that it is probably not real... well depending on the church he would have chosen.
I for one would be soooo convinced if obama was to join a church! I really believe that pelosi's favorite word is "The Word", also.
Well duh! Didn't have to be a PhD to figure that out.
Aren't Lib "pundits" just so cute when they finally get around to stating the obvious.
Another thing he could do to dispel the rumors that he is a Muslim. Quit acting like one, and taking their side in every dispute. Even when he tried to fool people into believing he was a Christian by going to a "Christian" church, maybe he could have chosen a better one? Maybe?