State GOP Chair: 'McCain is Kind of Like Jesus'

Sue Everhart, Chairwoman of the Georgia Republican Party, made a rather kind comparison of John McCain. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
"John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross," Everhart said as she began the second day of the state GOP convention. "He never denounced God, either."
I know, that seems like a pretty low bar to set for Christ-like-itude, but she went on to clarify that McCain hadn't denounced the US while a POW, which makes America the Yaweh of this analogy.

Even so, the quote lends itself to some unavoidable questions. Just how well does McCain stack up against the great Emanuel?

On healthcare, Jesus clearly has McCain beat. Laying hands on the infirm is about as cost-effective as you can get, and the results speak for themselves. McCain's combination of tax cuts and good advice to states can't really compete.

Sure, there will be some who say, "Well, what if I want to go to my own savior for treatment?" but there will still be private insurance for that.

On economic policy, I'd have to give it to admitted novice McCain, just because Jesus' record here is so abysmal. He took a perfectly viable workforce, and turned them into "fishers of men," at best a niche market. Plus, his idea of economic stimulus was to flip tables over in the marketplace. Not great for business. He almost single-handedly devastated the Israeli wine industry with his conversion, for free, of water into Cabernet. It never really recovered.

McCain wins again, by default, on taxes. While he might devastate the economy and our nation's infrastructure by making Bush's tax cuts permanent and continuing to gush money into Iraq, at least he has a plan. "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's," might sound pretty in a speech, but where are the specifics?

On foreign policy, it gets a little bit complicated. The texts are open to interpretation. To hear some scholars tell it, McCain intends to continue the war in Iraq for 100 years, while others explain that we will stay in Iraq for 100 years only after it's not like a war anymore.

Jesus, similarly, asks his followers to have faith, and to be content to receive their rewards much later, but his plans, like turning the other cheek, are decidedly non-military. Although idealistic, in today's dangerous world, Jesus' views seem somewhat Pollyannish. Point: McCain.

It is difficult to compare them on energy policy, since conditions were very different in Jesus' day. They really knew how to stretch out the oil back then. Still, it stands to reason that He would have favored a more proactive renewable energy effort, as opposed to a gas tax holiday.

Jesus does poorly against McCain on judicial philosophy, as well. McCain has said he will make it a priority to appoint judges who will overturn Roe v Wade. Jesus doesn't even mention Roe, instead insisting that we "let he who is without sin, cast the first stone."

Great, so we'll have one guy on the Supreme Court.

Perhaps Jesus could round out a McCain/Christ "Dream Ticket," but that's about it.



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