Ky. Hopeful Uses Jesus on Billboard Ad

[Rose Siding]

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A City Council candidate is protesting a billboard put up by his incumbent opponent that proclaims "Elect Jesus Christ Savior" and includes a box stating "Jacques Wigginton for Council."

Wigginton, a preacher, said the sign, which went up Thursday, was intended not to promote his candidacy but to support the "Elect Jesus" campaign, a local initiative he started to promote faith and community involvement. He said he had the "Wigginton for Council" box printed as small as possible.

But Tom Blues, his opponent in the Lexington council race, said Wigginton appears to be likening himself to Christ.

"He's certainly putting his name on the same level and in the same context (as Jesus)," Blues said. "The implication is clear that if you elect Jesus, then you'll elect Jacques. Not only is it sacrilegious ... it's a kind of desperate, even hysterical sort of appeal."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-jesus-billboard,0,4659307.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[JohnLocke]

1. Un-fucking-believable.

:wtf:

[saigon68]

11. THE LORDS PRAYER was sung before last nites NECKCAR RACE

Just wait til the Christian Crusade fully blossoms in Rag head Land

[enki23]

2. as small as possible?

had i been the sign painter, it would have been microscopic. of course, he didn't *actually* request any such thing.

jesus motherfucking christ, the nerve of some assholes. that one's just beyond the pale. some days i wish these assholes could have just enough afterlife to learn there was no such thing as an afterlife. or better, that their hell existed, and was reserved for those who believed in it.

[gmoney]

3. Saw a big sign "Vote the Bible" outside the Solid Rock Church

This is the church with the tasteful 42-foot tall fiberglass "Jesus in quicksand" statue.

[expatriate]

4. That's not quicksand! Jesus is signalling

that a touchdown has just been made!

[Dem2theMax]

6. lmao! nt.

[chenGOD]

8. rotflmao...

thank you, that's what I needed to start my day....

[Occulus]

13. Ah, the Touchdown Jesus

There's a mural at a midwest college of that, I think, but I can't remember which one it was. We all got a big kick out of it, though...

[ilovenicepeople]

17. GOD BET'S AMERICA!!!!

[sandnsea]

20. Jesus is laughing.

That there's funny! rotflmao

[Roland99]

24. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAALLLLLL!!!!

[alfredo]

5. Wiggington has always been somewhat

"special." A strange bird.

[dddem]

10. Well gosh, he must be special

If he's being endorsed by The Son Of God! I'm impressed. I'd sure vote for him.

[alfredo]

19. The real local problem is the German water company RWE buying

our city council.

BTW, his sign was mentioned on Le Show tonight.

[Dem2theMax]

7. I'm actually quite stunned.

Stunned that Rove didn't think of this first. :evilgrin:

[Voltaire99]

9. Hysterical

Is it the 21st century yet in Lexington?

[trogdor]

16. It's about 1950 in Lexington.

And about 1960 in Louisville. Elsewhere in the Bluegrass State, it's about 1890.

[Laelth]

21. 1960? 1890?

If only we were so lucky! Sounds more like the 16th and 17th centuries in England to me ... on the verge of a bloody, religious civil war. We seem to have forgotten why our Founding Fathers insisted on a strict doctrine of separation between Church and State. We forget the lessons of history at our peril!

-Laelth

[struggle4progress]

12. These wingnuts really do need to study that commandment ...

... against taking the name in vain ...

[Yunaleska]

14. A church has a sign here

That says "Kerry may be ahead in the polls, but God is always behind in the polls" Bush = God to them.

[FlemingsGhost]

15. Pimping their "lord and savior," like a $5 whore. (n/t)

Dems

[sr_pacifica]

18. How pathetic!

I'm thinking that would be considered blasphemous. Guess it depends which party it comes from.

:puke:

[Unstuck In Time]

22. Not only does he put the billboard up, then he lies about why he did it.

[StupidFOX]

23. It would be awesome if the right-wing-nuts...

Wrote in "Jesus Christ" and cost Republicans the election there :evilgrin:

[daleo]

25. I didn't know Saviour was an elected position

This will come as a surprise to most theologians. I wonder who else is running?

[VegasWolf]

26. Rampant stupidity explains the repugnant brain. On Leno last

nite this guy identified himself as a Repug. Asked
what his job was, he replied tree trimmer. Yea,
the Repugs are looking out for you!

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