After suggesting Obama was "running for Antichrist," KSFO's Sussman now says if Obama "were on trial for being a Christian ... I think [he] would walk"
SUMMARY: While guest-hosting The Lee Rodgers Show, Brian Sussman said: "If Barack Obama were on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence for a jury of his peers to pronounce him guilty? I doubt it. I think Obama would walk." Sussman had previously said of Obama's speech in Berlin, "I could have sworn he was running for Antichrist."
Claiming to have been "lampooned by the left" for comments he made July 28 about Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, Brian Sussman, guest-hosting KSFO's The Lee Rodgers Show, said: "And I, of course, said, 'Gee, what's the guy doing, running for Antichrist?' " Sussman made no effort to explain or apologize for attacking Obama for referring to himself in the Berlin speech as "a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world." Instead, he questioned Obama's Christianity: "Now I'm going to get into something that is probably equally as offensive to some, especially those listening in on KSFO.com from around the world. If Barack Obama were on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence for a jury of his peers to pronounce him guilty? I doubt it. I think Obama would walk."
From the July 30 broadcast of KSFO's The Lee Rodgers Show:
SUSSMAN: Now, we also need to talk a little bit more about Barack. Of course, I'm being lampooned by the left for my comments regarding Barack, his speech in Berlin. And I, of course, said, "Gee, what's the guy doing, running for Antichrist?"
Now, I'm going to get into something that is probably equally as offensive to some, especially those listening in on KSFO.com from around the world. If Barack Obama were on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence for a jury of his peers to pronounce him guilty? I doubt it. I think Obama would walk.
Several key pieces of evidence here, ladies and gentlemen. I'll go through these quickly. First of all, you know, he says, "I've always been a Christian." That's what he said in December while campaigning in Iowa, asked about his faith: "I've always been a Christian."
First problem that the jury would have: his name. Barack Hussein Obama. Distinctly Muslim. Barack -- Arabic for "blessing from God." Hussein -- of course, that's also a translation for dictator. Well, I'm being funny here. A man was executed with the name Hussein. Isn't that -- come on, lighten up a little bit here, people. Oh, I forgot. All together: We're not supposed to call him by his middle name.
What's in a name?
Christian or Muslim, I haven't seen him make his faith a guiding force for his campaign.
Why do you choose to smear Obama by saying "Christian or Muslim"?
He's not Muslim. He's Christian. Why do you act like there's some potential that he's Muslim? And don't even try to suggest that what Hillary said is evidence of doubt. She didn't have doubt. She only said that since we can't see into his soul, we can't know everything about him, but given what he's said and done, there's no doubt he's a Christian.
I know, I know... Quit reminding me.
To be rejected just because I wasn't "buxom" enough was heartbreaking.
Mary already said he'd be caucasian.
Sheez, pay attention...
Nah. He'll be a stud.
But he won't be a playa ;-)
"Jesus" is not a christian name...
It is when it's pronounced "hay-SOOS".
"Why do you choose to smear Obama by saying "Christian or Muslim"?"
"Daw- He is not a Muslim he is a Christian. Typical GOP smear tactic."
The point I was trying to make is that he doesn't emphasize what religion he is, and TBH it really shouldn't be an issue. If I was smearing Obama by calling him a Muslim, I was smearing him just as much by calling him a Christian.
If I was smearing Obama by calling him a Muslim, I was smearing him just as much by calling him a Christian.
Wrong. A smear is a falsehood or an insinuation of a falsehood. It would not be a smear to call Obama a Christian.
It would not be a smear to call Obama a Christian.
However, calling people like Pastor Hagee, Rod Parsley, James Dobson, and Pat Robertson "Christians" is a smear to Christianity.
How Christian-like of Sussman. I wonder if he's ever heard of the whole take the speck out of your eye to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye deal? Ahhh! What does it matter? The ends justify the means. Right?
Conservatives. . .
... Hussein -- of course, that's also a translation for dictator. Well, I'm being funny here.
If Sussman were on trial for being funny, I think he'd walk and recover court costs.
"knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President"
"if the other side had done this" type of argument, to wit:
If a liberal had alluded to the prospect of a Republican's State initiated demise the Right-wingers would be apoplectic with outrage.
Try as he might, it's fruitless for him to confess to a crime he could in no way commit.
Not only does the glove not fit, it doesn't have enough fingers.
That is eliminationist rhetoric. I hold people like Sussman in contempt for their participation in right-wing violence.
I bet Sussman would like to execute some Unitarians for not being the right kind of Christians.
Sussman can't be a Christian.
My proof is that he has a Jewish name...
I looked it up, too. Sussman comes from the Yiddish Zoosman, meaning one who engages in 'relations' with zoo animals.
But, hey, what's in a name?
one who engages in 'relations' with zoo animals.
I heard he was looking for someone gnu.
That was my next one, dammit.
But it's an elephant accusation, anyway. It could have a major effect on the media (bonus points for spotting the animal in the last sentence - but don't be a cheetah!)
"First problem that the jury would have: his name. Barack Hussein Obama. Distinctly Muslim. Barack -- Arabic for "blessing from God." Hussein -- of course, that's also a translation for dictator. Well, I'm being funny here. A man was executed with the name Hussein. Isn't that -- come on, lighten up a little bit here, people. Oh, I forgot. All together: We're not supposed to call him by his middle name."
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MUSLIM NAME.
Once again, it's time to refute the brain dead, right-wing professional liars with my favorite bucket o' fun facts:
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. was born and named after his father in 1961.
This was 18 years before Saddam Hussein assumed power in Iraq and began his maniacal dictatorship,
26 years before the founding of Hamas,
27 years before the founding of al Qaeda,
25 years before the founding of Hezbollah,
10 years before the founding of Palestinian Islamic Jihad,
and 33 years before the Taliban inflicted its reign upon Afghanistan.
During the same year that Barack Obama was born, Osama bin Laden was 4 years old, and Ayman al-Zawahiri was 10.
Perhaps a lambasting of those who _listen_ to this buffoon is in order.
Dang, name-calling again, sorry, not to mention that buffoons are, by nature, actually funny.
Sussman aka Zusman is yiddish for "nice man" or "sweet man"
Way to talk, Sweety
Sussman said, "Now I'm going to get into something that is probably equally as offensive to some."
Sussman thinks that telling lies shouldn't be offensive to us? Sussman thinks that saying that someone is the Antichrist, when there's no behavior to back that accusation up (yes, it's hyperbole when anyone says it, but there are some people who are truly evil, and Obama isn't one of them), shouldn't be something that causes people to be offended?
The guy is morally bankrupt.
Now I think you two are confusing this with the test for witches. However, it may work for trans-plutonian dwarfs* also
*(new name for Michael Weiner/Savage)
How does a moron like this get to host a radio show? Even if you don't like Obama, spreading this kind of unsubstantiated, slanderous drivel on the air is inexcusable.
The media in this country has sunk to an unbelievably low level. What worries me is that we're nowhere near the bottom yet.
"How does a moron like this get to host a radio show?"
The majority of FCC licenses and radio stations are owned by wealthy corporate control freaks who control the message by flanking markets with right-wing professional liars and smear artists.
Intellectuals and scholars need not apply. If you're a right-winger who with a penchant for saying incredibly stupid things, there's a microphone with your name on it.