God’s Official Party
The word out of New York is that GOP now stands for God’s Official Party. For those of you who are comfortable speaking for god, you can pick up this bumper sticker :
Before you pull out your wallet, let me remind you of something your God had to say :
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything–all she had to live on.”
Does this really jibe with the ongoing attempts by the Republican party to shift the tax burden from the rich to the poor? Make no mistake about it. When you lower income taxes for the rich and strive to eliminate capital gains and inheritance taxes, while leaving payroll taxes untouched, that’s exactly what’s happening.
Perhaps a Bible verse that would accurately describe the Republican party is this one :
[Jesus] replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’”
It’s hard to believe that any group of people who are more concerned with saving money than saving lives has any business speaking for Jesus.
UPDATE : Brad DeLong notices this interesting “coincidence” :
What is Hezbollah?Hezbollah is a Lebanese group of Shiite militants that has evolved into a major force in Lebanon’s society and politics. It opposes the West, seeks to create a Muslim fundamentalist state modeled on Iran, and is a bitter foe of Israel. The group’s name means ?party of God.?
Is it really a good idea for the Repubs to be stealing their party motto from a terrorist group?
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Damn Liberals in the media rewrote the Bible… so you can’t trust what it says any move
Comment by Mark Spittle — August 30, 2004 @ 3:34 pm
Clears That Up
The GOP is jumping aboard Hezbollah’s train.
Trackback by Oliver Willis — August 30, 2004 @ 3:42 pm
Jesus would have loved Bush–after all, he made that preemptive strike against the money changers in the temple. Plus, they both achieved fame via the death penalty.
Comment by dAnimal — August 30, 2004 @ 5:06 pm
GOP and Hezbollah Find Common Ground! Explained on Bumper Sticker.
Greg at The Talent Show, with the help of Brad DeLong, shows us what the Republicans have learned from Hezbollah. Hint: Our God is bigger than their God and our God votes Republican.
Trackback by Fact-esque — August 31, 2004 @ 1:27 pm
Here are a few bumper stickers I would like to see that more accurately reflect the essence of the Republican Party:
Gorging On Power
George’s Opulent Party
Greed Over Poverty
Goddamn Oppressive Prevaricators
Groovin’ On Profits
Gouging Our Poor
Generally Opposes Privacy
Gay Obsessed Prudes
Comment by Becky — August 31, 2004 @ 7:08 pm
GOP/Hezbollah Connection
The sheer arrogance of both groups is mind-boggling in it’s level of self-delusion and propensity for selectively ignoring vast sections of their respective holy books. Needless to say, one can find religous conservative zealots at the root of the va…
Trackback by Preemptive Karma — August 31, 2004 @ 7:26 pm