Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Georgetown Professer On Community Organizing And Pontius Pilate

CNN: Donna Brazile draws analogy of Obama/Jesus as Palin/Pilate
CATEGORY: SESSIUNCULUM — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf @ 5:34 pm

On CNN’s "Late Edition" Donna Brazile said this to host Wolf Blitzer about Gov. Sarah Palin.

BLITZER: Let me bring Donna in on the whole issue of [Sen. Obama] being a community organizer. Now we know a lot of those community organizers are in the big urban areas and there are some suggesting that when they—when the Republicans, whether Giuliani or Sarah Palin went after Obama for being a community organizer there was a racial overtone there. Do you believe that?

BRAZILE: First of all, I don’t think they understand the role of a community organizer, often to help people who are in distress, they’ve lost their jobs, they’ve lost their homes, they’ve lost their health care. And for many of us, it’s a time honored tradition to give back, especially those who have been rewarded with so much.

The Bible says to whom much is given much is required and it comes out of that tradition. So it was insulting to see both, you know, the governor as well as Mayor Giuliani criticize people. There’s some on the Internet now that Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer, do help people in distress.
Hmmmm…

Thank you Fr. Z.

Donna Brazille is Adjunct Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown University

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