On Jan 13, 11:29 am, Ramon F Herrera <
gopos...@jonjay.com> wrote:
> Your hateful comment has been duly noted.
Now now; both political parties indulge in racism. Outliers like this,
among elected officials, are just the exception:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/13/403911/kansas-gop-house-speaker-prays-that-obamas-children-be-fatherless-and-his-wife-a-widow/
Kansas GOP House Speaker ‘Prays’ That Obama’s ‘Children Be Fatherless
And His Wife A Widow’
By Marie Diamond on Jan 13, 2012 at 12:00 pm
ThinkProgress reported last week that Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal
(R) was forced to apologize to First Lady Michelle Obama after
forwarding an email to fellow lawmakers that called her “Mrs. YoMama”
and compared her to the Grinch.
Earlier that same week, the Lawrence Journal-World was sent another
email that O’Neal had forwarded to House Republicans that referred to
President Obama and a Bible verse that says “Let his days be few” and
calls for his children to be without a father and his wife to be
widowed.
Nick Sementelli at Faith in Public Life notes that Psalm 109, which is
a prayer for the death of a leader, became a popular conservative meme
after Obama’s election. The “tongue-in-cheek” prayer for the president
was seen on bumper stickers. The relevant part of the psalm reads:
Let his days be few; and let another take his office
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their
ruined homes.
May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of
his labor.
May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless
children.
O’Neal forwarded the prayer with his own message: “At last — I can
honestly voice a Biblical prayer for our president! Look it up — it is
word for word! Let us all bow our heads and pray. Brothers and
Sisters, can I get an AMEN? AMEN!!!!!!”
O’Neal’s office refuses to apologize for the email, insisting that the
message was only referring to Obama’s days in office. Sementelli notes
the response of a Rockford Register Star columnist who explains why
this excuse won’t do.
Speaking to a reader he writes, “You say that verse 8 of Psalm 109, as
applied to President Obama, does not suggest a wish for his death. But
the first five words of verse 8 are: ‘Let his days be few.’ And verse
9 says: ‘Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.’…You
suggest yourself that scripture should not be ‘taken out of context.’
Well, the context of Psalm 109 is a wish for someone’s death.”