Comments on: I Told You This Would Happen

By: SB

SB — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:47:25 +0000

Re: Clarence Thomas: In a more literate age, perhaps putative Catholics wouldn’t have acted as if “self-loathing” is some sort of sin. They would have been familiar with St. Paul’s lament over the weaknesses of the flesh, St. Augustine’s Confessions, and many of the great saints who were forthcoming about their weaknesses and faults.

By: Henry Karlson

Henry Karlson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:11:51 +0000

If one actually read the context of what Obama says, it’s not as if he is saying when elected, fairy dust will sprinkle across the earth and everything will be fine. He is saying that if he is elected, he will bring in an administration which will be concerned about things such as the environment, and through work (yes, he has said through work; he doesn’t preach sola fidei) the factors behind the environmental crisis (or others) can be overcome. That’s all.

If he said “Tomorrow, there won’t be any trash in my home” would you act like he was saying something magical is happening, or would you imagine that — maybe he will take it out? The second is implied with the first. If you read the contexts, the implications of his words are just like this.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:07:43 +0000

I am most cynical in the face of flat out lies. Your party’s legendary for that sort of thing.

Obama hasn’t made utopian claims about himself. About America, yes, but not about himself.

By: SB

SB — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:59:48 +0000

That’s odd — you’ve certainly shown yourself to be cynical and iconoclastic when it comes to many other politicians and the very idea of the United States, so I’m not sure what makes you so naive when it comes to Obama the planet-healer.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:30:59 +0000

Heard in context, no I don't think it's over the top. Do you have any sort of media awareness whatsoever? Or are you nothing but a simplistic soundbyte kind of guy? You don't have to answer that if you don't want to.

By: SB

SB — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:10:42 +0000

So you think “this is the moment the earth began to heal” isn’t over the top in any way? Again, you have awfully weird sensibilities.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:34:43 +0000

I’ve heard all of those quotes before SB.

By: SB

SB — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:33:57 +0000

Aha, you’re in luck. Just watch the new video linked above. Then your ignorance of Obama’s words will be remedied.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:26:03 +0000

I have not heard Obama make utopian claims about himself. It’s an invention of the McCain backers… who then “poke fun” at their own construction.

By: SB

SB — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:22:00 +0000

So it’s OK for Obama to make utopian claims about himself, and for his followers to swoon with delight, but it’s a “new low” for someone else to poke fun at it? You guys have a weird sense of propriety.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:57:28 +0000

New low indeed.

By: SB

SB — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:54:49 +0000

Wait, you believe this?

Sorry folks, all politics is soteriological; everyone promises some kind of salvation.

Some politicians say, “I’ll do a better job at promoting economic growth.” Other politicians say that, just because they’re in the race, “this is the moment that the world began to heal.”

And I am sorry, the “messiah” meme does make a mockery out of Christ.

I couldn’t agree more. It’s a mockery of Christ when people like Gerald Campbell claim that a mere politician has ability to reshape our souls, etc.