Tuesday, March 06, 2007

He's Getting in Touch with His Inner Preacher

Presidential candidate John Edwards said in an interview with Beliefnet.com,Jesus would be most upset with the selfishness of Americans and the country's willingness to go to war "when it's not necessary."

Actually, I think Jesus would be more upset at a slimy politician invoking his name to try to score bonus points on the campaign trail. More of that "Woe to you hypocrites" thing, you know.

UPDATE: Bryan at HotAir says,

Keep in mind that among the rationales for the Iraq war is that it would alleviate the Iraqi people’s suffering under Saddam. Keep in mind that Edwards chides America for ignoring the suffering of others. Keep in mind that Americans are consistently the most charitable people on the planet. And keep in mind that Edwards thinks the Iraq war, for which he voted, was unnecessary. America ignores suffering even though it leads the world in charity, but goes to war unnecessarily to alleviate suffering, and that’s also bad. Keep all that in mind. Congratulations! You have cognitive dissonance just like John Edwards!