Posted on 04/14/2016 1:04:43 PM PDT by Nachum
JTA — If Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s visit to Hasidic Brooklyn this week had yielded only one amusing moment, Dayenu – it would have been enough.
But, thank God, there were many in the Republican presidential candidate’s visit to a Jewish bookstore, shmura matzah bakery and Hasidic school in Borough Park on Tuesday.
“It’s a wonderful, wonderful holiday for our friends in the Jewish community – the Passover,” Kasich told reporters after emerging from the matzah bakery, a box of the fresh-baked stuff in hand.
Yes, Jews are known to love The Passover, almost as much they love The Pre-Election Drop-By from vote-seeking politicians.
Flanked by Hasidic publicist Ezra Friedlander, Kasich then launched into a brief appraisal of the links between Passover and, um, the blood of Jesus Christ.
“The great link between the blood that was put above the lampposts” – er, you mean doorposts, governor — “the blood of the lamb, because Jesus Christ is known as the lamb of God. It’s his blood, we believe …”
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Hoo boy..
lamp posts?............Electric?.......................
“In cringe-worthy moment, GOP hopeful says ‘blood of the lamb above the lampposts’ was Christ’s, as he’s known as ‘the lamb of God’”
Time to get a ruling from the good people at the Book of Making Shit Up As You Go Along to see if this tops the all time list.
Obviously a big fan of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion...
Kasich is correct about the way Christians put that story together as we tie the Old Testament to the New Testament.
We do view the blood of the Passover Lamb as a preshadowing of the blood of Christ.
This is not a new thought. It is millennia old, all the way back to the Apostles.
The Apostle Paul said: “1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”
ping to #5
If Donald Trump has botched something like that up that bad, the media would go into instant feeding frenzy.
Maybe he meant Lamb Posts?
I’m not theologist, but the lamb’s blood represented the sacrifice that saved the Hebrews, and it is Christ’s blood that saved me. Plus, I don’t need to go sacrifice any animals. So there’s that.
See #5
Yeah, no kidding - “lamp posts”?
Oy vey (pun absolutely intended)
I think he’s hurting himself even more, but he still may come in 2nd according to some of the numbers. Guess we’ll know next Wednesday or late Tuesday if the margins are wide enough.
I agree with you. Saying it in a Jewish setting may have been the cringe worthy part. :)
Yeah. Some people say there is a privacy clause in the Constitution, too.
Don’t pick on ol John...He is a future museum piece....the only outright SOCIALIST Republican candidate ever!
Lost in the ozone...John Kasich was a big Dead Head fan while in congress....just saying
see #5
He meant doorpost and lintel....probably some kind of mental ellipsis going on there
Yep, it was probably bad timing.
NO borders.
FREE trade!! (to about 6 multi-billion dollar multi-national corporations
Free everything!
One wonders if it was Freudian or if he’s not thinking too clearly. Let’s hope for the latter that it was misspoken but it will likely cost him. All he’s doing is pandering, anyways. Would he be interested in Glenn Beck dropping by?
oy vey ! what a schlemiel ....
lol - wait until he finds out Guam is in danger of tipping over!
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