The Coming Obama 'Theocracy'

People mocked Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney for their religious backgrounds often during the presidential campaigns, but at least they never claimed to be on a mission to save the souls of Americans through government action….
Michelle Obama gave a speech at UCLA earlier this month in which she told supporters that her husband was the only man who could fix American souls—if we elect him President first. Here's the transcript:

"In 2008, we are still a nation that is too divided. We live in isolation, and because of that isolation, we fear one another. We don't know our neighbors, we don't talk, we believe our pain is our own. We don't realize that the struggles and challenges of all of us are the same. We are too isolated. And we are still a nation that is still too cynical. We look at it as 'them' and 'they' as opposed to 'us.' We don't engage because we are still too cynical....

"We have lost the understanding that in a democracy, we have a mutual obligation to one another—that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we have to measure our greatness by the least of these. That we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things done. That is why I am here, because Barack Obama is the only person in this who understands that. That before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation."

Government doesn't exist to save souls; it exists to ensure domestic tranquility and provide for the common defense….

This, though, is the religion of statism distilled to its essence. Only a government can rescue people from the consequences of their own decisions. Only government programs can provide for your every need, and only government can use your money wisely enough to ensure that your needs get covered. Individuals cannot possibly manage to help their neighbors through their churches or community organizations, let alone encourage people to do for themselves.

By esanch36 on Feb 21, 2008, 08:20 in Off Topic.

podborski says on Feb 21, 2008, 08:44:

Exactly esanch. I suppose at least she doesn't try to hide what she believes in: "we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another"

which means: 'don't do what you think is right, do what I want you to do '(compromise) and give up what you think is valuable to people like me who deserve it more' (sacrifice)

esanch36 says on Feb 21, 2008, 08:48:

yeah...obama is fricken scary...can anybody say " 1984,, big brother????

All right, I'll ask: How come it took three seconds to euthanize Eight Belles, but the Womens NBA is starting Year 12???

aztec says on Feb 21, 2008, 10:59:

The only way to keep freedom alive is to limit the jurisdiction of governments.

scotty says on Feb 21, 2008, 11:11:

Obama is scary and his wife is even more scary. these two will make the Clintons and Bushs look like rookies.

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