Gods Come Cheap These Days
Friday, June 12, 2009
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
When
President George W. Bush was first elected back in 2000, I well remember
the way Christian conservatives went gaga over him. They would deny
it, of course, but it was more than hero worship: they acted as if he
were a god. Life-size posters filled Christian bookstores. Religious
broadcasters and televangelists swooned over him like 16-year-old girls
used to swoon over Elvis Presley. Pastors invoked his name almost as
a prayer. The Religious Right acted like they had died and gone to Heaven.
In the minds of Christian conservatives, G.W. Bush could do no wrong.
The result of all this sophomoric silliness was that the Religious Right
became blind, impotent lackeys to a Big-Government, big-spending, Orwellian,
and inept administration--maybe one of the worst in U.S. history.
And
all of this was not lost to the political left. They called Christian
conservatives "dupes," "buffoons," "gullible,"
and a whole lot more. But now it is the liberals' turn to take a voyage
in the vehicle of villainous vulnerability.
First,
there was the major media's "anointing" of President Barack
Obama. Yes, I use the word "anointing" on purpose. Make no
mistake about it: in the minds of the major media, Obama was not inaugurated;
he was canonized. No pope, king, or potentate of history received the
coronation that Barack Obama received. To the liberals who dominate
the news media and entertainment industry in this country, Obama is
not a President: he is a god.
For
example, did readers see the way NBC newsman, Brian Williams, bowed
to his majesty, Barack Obama? (If
you missed it, see it here).
Where
are Keith Olbermann's eloquent rebukes of the Military Commissions Act
(MCA), the suspension of Habeas Corpus, and many other Big-Government
intrusions into the private lives of the American people that were first
instituted under George W. Bush and that now continue under Barack Obama?
When he wants to, Olbermann can be a very convincing, articulate defender
of constitutional liberties. However, it seems that Olbermann is only
interested in constitutional government when it is a Republican trampling
it. Since Obama became President, Olbermann has not only muted his criticism
against unconstitutional policies emanating from the White House, he
has joined the chorus of mindless worship of the new President.
(Here
are Olbermann's
trenchant comments on President Bush's support for the Military
Commissions Act and denying Habeas Corpus--something we will not see
from Olbermann regarding the same policies emanating from the Obama
White House)
The
list of ways that media and entertainment lemmings fawn over Barack
Obama is almost endless. And just when one thinks he has heard it all,
out comes the blathering balderdash from Newsweek editor-at-large Evan
Thomas.
Appearing
on last weekend's Inside Washington, Thomas lauded President Obama as
a "brave," "great teacher" who "stands above
everybody." But Thomas saved his most outrageous oratory for last
Friday's Hardball program. On Hardball, Thomas gushed, "I mean
in a way Obama's standing above the country, above--above the world,
he's sort of God."
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There
you have it: according to Newsweek's Evan Thomas, Barack Obama is "sort
of God."
Well,
now that God is in the White House, I suppose we don't need the Constitution;
we don't need the Bill of Rights, we don't need Congress; we don't need
the Supreme Court; we don't need individual sovereign states; we don't
need the media; and we certainly don't need Evan Thomas, do we?
There
it is, my friends: because Barack Obama is the President, the major
media now worships toward 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Goodbye resistance;
goodbye objectivity (if they ever had it); goodbye fairness; goodbye
investigative reporting; goodbye accountability (at least for Obama);
goodbye professional journalism; and goodbye free and independent press.
Hello propaganda; hello favoritism; hello yellow journalism; hello socialism;
hello "monarchalism"; hello globalism; hello elitism; and
hello Pravda.
What
in the world has happened to us? How is it that otherwise intelligent
and educated people can so quickly forget virtually everything their
principles and values taught them, and become little more than clumsy
chumps for a Presidential administration--any Presidential administration?
Are we that slavish? That childish? That foolish? Apparently so.
As
bad as it was under Bush, it will be twice as bad under Obama. Only
because, at least with Bush, the major media's natural liberal bias
tended to want to keep Bush somewhat honest, which meant that Bush would
often face criticism from the media for some of his unconstitutional
policies (such as Olbermann's eloquent repudiation of Bush's policies
regarding the MCA and Habeas Corpus referenced above).
Forget
it with Obama. The liberal bias of the major media will tend to cause
them to support anything this guy says or does, and to always look the
other way whenever unconstitutional or illegal activity surfaces.
For
eight years, Christian conservatives had "Lord Bush." Now,
liberals have "Lord Obama." Seems to me that gods come pretty
cheap these days.
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Chuck Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985 the church was recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and influence.
Dr. Baldwin is the host of a lively, hard-hitting syndicated radio talk show on the Genesis Communications Network called, “Chuck Baldwin Live” This is a daily, one hour long call-in show in which Dr. Baldwin addresses current event topics from a conservative Christian point of view. Pastor Baldwin writes weekly articles on the internet http://www.ChuckBaldwinLive.com and newspapers.
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