On Route to the Concert, the Day's Joyous Vibe Goes Off Message

[MountainLaurel]

Should have known the fundangelical whack-jobs would make an appearance . . .

"You feed the rest of your world with your filth!" screamed the man with the bullhorn.

It had all been going so well.

Tens of thousands of spectators were bundled up and making their way to the Mall for the inaugural concert when their joyous pipeline of humanity ran smack into -- how should we say this? -- a contrarian spirit.

Four men who called themselves street preachers had taken up occupation at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street, a strategic location for maximum impact. They used a bullhorn to shout to the passing crowds.

"Obama, he's only a human," said one of the preachers. "Don't make a human being your lord and master. Your messiah. It's very simple. You return to the Bible or you return to the jungle."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011802822.html

[tridim]

1. That preacher should call Limbaugh..

Since he's the only one who claims Obama is the messiah.

[MountainLaurel]

5. I'm not sure about that

In the comments section of the local paper, it seems that term comes up fairly frequently in reference to the PE.

[tridim]

6. Dittoheads regurgitate what ever Rush tells them to say.

[liberalmuse]

2. Wait one minute!

Godless commie liberals do not need a messiah. I can't tell you how many times Christians told me W was a man of god. They practically worshipped him for years after 9/11, and some still do. Why don't they read that Bible they like to obnoxiously shove in people's faces? Jesus specifically told them to take the big log out of their own eyes before trying to pull a toothpick out of someone else's (or something like that). They make me sick!

[EraOfResponsibility]

3. That's funny

[lonestarnot]

4. Did you boooooooooooooooo?

[stillcool]

7. street theater..

there was one lonely dude at the rally I attended. I felt sorry for him as he made his way along the long, long, lines of people spewing his bullshit. They sure love the attention, and the guy where I was got no more than a side-ways glance.