TV comedian and commentator Bill Maher is known for his irreverence in making sharp political points. He's at it again, as reported by Egberto Willies on Daily Kos, Following Pope Francis' popular U.S. visit, Bill Maher called out right-wing supply-side Republicans for their anti-Jesus model.
"They talk about the Pope like he's gone rogue . . . [like] He
is off the reservation and inventing his own brand of socialist
Christianity. No—he is just quoting Jesus. . . ."
He then further made his point, saying "how little these so-called Christians of the far right believe in what Jesus actually said. . . .
"How could they?
There is not a tent . . . big enough to fit both Jesus and Ayn
Rand. In order to be both Republican and Christian they had to create an entirely new Jesus. We don't only have two Americas, we have two Jesuses
now. It's true. Liberals have the traditional Jesus who hated rich
assholes and wouldn't shut up about how they should give away all of
their money. And conservatives made up a completely new Jesus. A small
businessman from Galilee whose main gripe is big government and who
wants to make Nazareth great again. I call him supply-side Jesus. He'd
love to help the less fortunate but he's got investors to think about.
Like the time supply-side Jesus performed a miracle and created a bounty
of loaves and fishes and then gave them all to the top one percent so
they can trickle down to the takers. ..."
As I often say: Listen to the comedians if you want to hear the truth.
Ralph
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