Jesse Jackson: Bush Would Have Left Jesus Homeless

NewsMax ^ | Dec 24, 2004 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

President Bush has implemented economic policies that resemble those of the Roman Empire, which forced the baby Jesus into homelessness on the night of his birth, former civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson said in a pre-Christmas rant late Thursday.

"In the last [Bush] budget, we cut housing again, and that was Jesus' dilemma. In Bethlehem, his family ended up homeless," Jackson told MSNBC's Campbell Brown.

"Rome was a wealthy country that left Jesus and Mary and Joseph, in a sense, homeless," he complained. "He was born an at-risk baby."

The GOP bashing Democrat said that while Bush's reelection campaign had been successful in "marketing the language of religious values," the Bush White House isn't practicing what it preaches.

Jackson charged that under Bush's policies, the U.S. "appears to be indifferent toward the poor as we seek tax cuts and no-bid contracts for the wealthy; as we engage in wars of choice - driving our nation into isolation."

"Today we are celebrating the wealthy and war, not the poor and peace," he contended, while urging the Bush administration to "restore the Lyndon Baines Johnson vision where we wipe out poverty - not wipe out the poor."

[F.J. Mitchell]

Well, Jessie boy. If LBJ wiped out poverty, obviosly there is no homelessness left.

We all know that Clinton wasn't renting out the Lincoln bedroom to help the homeless.

As for celebrating war, LBJ was the first President to ever send our troops into battle with their hands tied behind their back.

You are an idiot opportunist Jesse, everyone on earth knows that except you.

[dasein64]

What irks me is that those liberals like Jesse Jackson have so much to say about homeless people and other poverty problems. At the same time, they themselves have multiple homes, cars, eat as expensively as they want, and indulge in whatever excesses they want without feeling guilty. Exploiting the circumstances of the birth of Jesus for possible political gain is typical of these mouthy politicians who want to use taxes to pay for their benevolence. And the Reverend Jackson is first and foremost a politician. He is shameless.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

"As a human on earth, Jesus was free to do what He pleased and chose to do His Father's will."

So, that made God dependent upon Jesus to fulfill His will?

Does that make Christ's crucifixion prophesy in the Old Testament completely invalid?

What Bible are you reading?

"As a human on earth, Jesus was free to do what He pleased and chose to do His Father's will."

Jesus asked for the Cup to be removed from His lips, but then followed by saying, "nevertheless - Thy will be done, not mine."

You're confusing free will with free ability, as well as trying to separate Jesus from God. Jesus WAS God incarnate on earth...they weren't separate people like you and I are separate people.

[Starboard]

and Reverend jackson is a "Reverand"????

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No, actually its Revvverrrrund. That's Rush's pronunciation which is a parody of Jesse's unworthy title.