Republicans: Still Delusional
Some filler for the transition:
“While we may never know the answers, Scott McClellan alone will have to wrestle with whether it was worth selling out the president and his friends for a few pieces of silver.” - comment from Republican Lamar Smith to Scott McClellan over his book chronicling the corruption of the Bush Administration during his time as a White House aide.
The important phrase here is “for a few pieces of silver.” This is what anchors the whole statement–a biblical reference to the betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas for thirty pieces of silver.
I’m not bothered by the comparison of McClellan to Judas. From the Administration’s view that one is easy to understand. What I find troubling is the equation of Bush to Jesus in the same reference. WTF?
People, this is the kind of batshit mindset we’re up against.
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Things are coming along with the redesign. Once I get a handle on this whole theming process, everything else should fall into place.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
“for a few pieces of silver.”
I agree with you that the reference in his statement was meant to describe the biblical account of Judas. But seeing an opportunity to point out and educate on a Constitutional issue I must point out that silver IS and always has been the only Constitutional form of money in America. Even when we were on the gold standard, gold was referred to in how much silver it was worth. Thought you’d like to know.
June 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Wow. Actually, I did not know that. I do remember that bills could be redeemed for their worth in gold, though, back in the day. When was the standard changed?
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I started to answer and as it got longer I decided to make my response into a blog post of my own. Go here to read it: http://www.carter4freedom.com/blog
Also, I was sure I’d get a response from you about my Gitmo detainees post, perhaps I’ve not been posting enough to keep you visiting my site.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:45 am
Actually, I didn’t see the gitmo one until you pointed it out. I saw “Papers Please” and “Top 100,” but must not have checked between the times they were updated. I’ll give it a look in a few.