Posted on 08/13/2009 9:43:27 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
By on @ 6:07AM
Evangelical Left activist Jim Wallis of Sojourners is rallying liberal wayfarers for the Promised Land of government-controlled health care, announcing his "40 Days for Health Reform" crusade during an August 10 media conference call. The media and political pressure campaign by liberal religionists represents a "massive escalation" for Obamacare, a news release promised. Evidently President Obama himself will join Wallis in his next media conference call on August 19, creating a political Mount of Transfiguration moment, with both the figurative Moses and Messiah (or Elijah?) joining to save their people from the Egypt of private health insurance.
Naturally, Wallis is upset that there is murmuring among skeptics who prefer the safety of bondage back under Pharaoh. "I see lies being told, I see fears being raised, and I see violence even being threatened at these mob sessions," intoned Wallis about angry town halls where the Land of Milk and Honey has been denounced by critics of government health care. "This moral issue cannot be demagogued in the street," he insisted, according to a report by my colleague Jeff Walton. These untrusting murmurers "want to shut down democracy," Wallis complained. This critique from the old SDS campus and street activist, himself having invited arrest in dozens of angry demonstrations across four decades, is humorous.
Wallis's Religious Left coalition is targeting about 100 members of Congress across 18 states in its "non-partisan" campaign for Obamacare, starting with national television ads this week, followed by local "prayer rallies," and "large-scale meetings" in "key states," and call-in campaigns. "Every so often there is an issue so clear and compelling, or so alarming and disturbing that it galvanizes the faith community," Wallis opined about the present moment.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Read the entire article at the link above to get the full enjoyment of what Mark Tooley has to say about these religious hypocrits.
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