Ingraham mocks the "ridiculous" "sob stories" Democrats mentioned at health summit

I think your Biblical reference brings up a very good point. The religious right calls itself "Christian", but attacks with vehemence ANY humanitarian expression that more properly resembles the overall message of the Gospels.

I think the recent tragedy in Haiti offers a clear example. After the terrible earthquake, people like Pat Robertson (and those who think like him) openly bashed Haiti, its people, religion and culture. They did so by quoting Biblical passages which condemned idolotry, and accused Haiti of arousing God's anger. (I actually had a fierce argument with an old college school-mate about that very issue.)

As John Stewart rightly pointed out, these people had volumes of Biblical references to cite in relation to the actual event, and most of those references highlight compassion or neighborly love. It's very telling that Robertson and the rest of the right chose themes dealing with vengeance or righteous anger as their departure points.

They happily traded the sublime humanity of the Sermon on the Mount for the deranged hallucinations of the Witch Hammer... that totally shows what their "theology" is truly based in.

I am not a Christian, but I have worked with, and volunteered for Church groups in efforts where I feel we have common cause (eg, urban relief... many Churches have a very well-developed infrastructure for dealing with that problem.) About 10 years back, I was participating in an ecumenical forum aimed at reconciling gays and the Church. The meeting took place in a Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a great discussion, but was interupted by some angry wierd, right-wing, youth group (one whose style, methods and rhetoric were astoundingly a lot like those of the modern TeaBag movement.)

I didnt know much about that youth group, nor do i remember their name. All I know is that it was bankrolled by Tom Monaghan, and was active in buttressing the institutional prejudices which seem so important to the religious right.

Now, mind you, we were in a Church, and these kids were harassing participants in the discussion with an obscene, cuss-laden harangue against all things liberal.

The pastor who i had accompanied made a point that these young people, though calling themselves Christian, were screaming and shouting the most obscene things in a house or worship. A rebuttal was made that Christ drove out the money-changers. Rev Gloria (the pastor who I accompanied) had deftly pointed out that Christ threw out Money changers (who she called "the archaic equivalent of the modern capitalist"), while Christ's message arose in the fine rabbinical tradition of open debate... which was precisely what the reconciliation forum was encouraging.

But for people like Igraham, the Monagham group, Pat Robertson etc... the Gospel isnt about being a good person, its about thinking that one is better than everyone else. Rather than a humble deferment to the sacred, the religious right has twisted the Gospel into nothing more than a prop in a drama where the story is nothing more than their own superiority complex.

It was sarcasm,and the voice of the character with "downs syndrome" has it herself. It was a dig at Sarah Palin and her hyprocrisy. While we are on the subject you must have really been upset by this:

"... a Republican legislator named Bob Marshal, as Josh at RightWingWatch reported -- declared that God punished women who've had abortions by giving them disabled children later:

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.

“In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.” ---Crooks and Liars