My take on the whole thing.
When Sarah Palin pronounced as being the Republican choice for VP, a joke started shortly after her acceptance speech about the differences between a community organizer and a Governor. The noise made and the explanation did not go far enough, as far as I am concerned, simply because most of the noise came from Liberals attempting to show righteous indignation toward Sarah Palin and her being selected. What it really showed was a lack of concern for Christian values by Liberals in general and their serious disregard for Christians, conservative or liberal and I would like to explain my position as far as this one point out of the many.
The so-called joke went something like this; “ . . . Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a Governor.” To me the comparison is a slap in the face and turning the other cheek has gotten it slapped over and over again.
Let me set the record straight, because this can be taken several ways and none are correct and as a Christian, saved by the blood of Jesus, I have to make a stand.
1. Obama is ordained by God, Palin is appointed by man. (sacrilegious statement at best.)
2. A very sick joke. (VERY!!! Still enough to make devout Christians cringe.)
3. Very poor analogy that plays on name value rather than what the individuals stood for then and now.
Community Organizer:
These are people that get groups of individuals together to support their pet projects for changing perception, financial standing or moral values within a community. (My definition.)
Community organizing is a process by which people living in proximity to each other, are brought together to act in their common self-interest. Community organizers act as area-wide coordinators of programs for different agencies in an attempt to meet community needs for various services. Community organizers work actively, as do other types of social workers, in community councils of social agencies and in community-action groups. At times the role of community organizers overlaps that of the social planners. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing
Governor: (First two are mine.)
Old World; Appointed to do the will of the ruler, king, or emperor.
New World: Elected by the will of the people to do what is in the best interest of the people, not for career building.
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor
To be scripturally correct let me guide you through a brief look at both of these individuals as they are described in the political bantering.
Jesus – Individual Salvation Giver. Most of the Jews of the time where not looking for personal salvation but for someone to kick the Romans out of their land. They were looking for a community organizer and got Jesus, the source of personal salvation. Jesus never preached, taught or implied anything about changing the government, but changing individuals. When sufficient change would take place, the rest may or may not come to change the communities we live or they lived in.
Pilate – Old World Governor. Appointed by Caesar to do what Caesar wanted and was good for Rome, without consideration for the rights of anyone. Pilate knew that the death of Jesus was wrong. That is why he washed his hands of the problem. He wanted to be ‘politically correct”.
Let me share a short list of Community Organizer and Governors that fit the appropriate definitions and personalities of the individuals involved.
Community Organizers
Genghis Kahn * They all started small, with big ideas, that ended with dead people.
Attila the Hun *
Adolph Hitler *
Mussolini *
Stalin *
Marx *
Vladimir Lenin *
Chairman Mao *
Obama Hopefully the jury of historical facts will never have to decide on this CO.
Meger Evers *
Jim Jones *
David Koresh *
Charles Manson *
Governors
FDR – Had some good ideas till politicians got involved.
Reagan – Did all the Right things
Clinton – Always Politically Correct.
Carter – 50/50 most of the time
Johnson – Right ideas, wrong reasons.
Rockefeller – Just plain wrong
Bush – 50/50 mostly right for the right reasons.
Schwarzenegger – Good heart, means well
Pilate – Afraid not to be Politically Correct.
Sarah Palin – Not concerned about Politically Correct, just wants to do what right by the people that put her in office.
Mario Cuomo – “If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law.”
Dixie Lee Ray – “The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation”
Ann Richards – “I’m really glad that your young people missed the Depression and missed the big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we’d have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.”
You know, after putting this whole thing together there is something else that has come to mind. Why are the Liberals comparing their Presidential candidate to the Conservative Vice Presidential candidate? Could it be because they see Sarah Palin as the only weak link? OR, is she that much of a threat to their victory?
I like the quote of Mario Cuomo, “If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law.” Our media is being manipulated and our judges are making laws. It is time to stop the Bleeding Heart Liberals and the Death they bring (Spirit, Moral Values, Trust, Financial Stability, Peace of Mind). It is Time for Christians to stand up and be counted with a Bible in your hand and scripture on your tongue.
