Pharisee of the Day
This is the first in an ongoing series. Today's Pharisee (look it up, heathens) is my own fair Senator, Mary Landrieu, eldest daughter of former New Orleans mayor Moon Landrieu. During a November 2002 debate with Louisiana Republican Senate nominee Suzanne Haik Terrell, Mary responded to Terrell's assaults on her personal religious beliefs and loudly proclaimed that "I have a good relationship with my God and with my savior."

Here at WTG, we thought we'd compare the words of Jesus, as reported in the Bible (New International Version) with Mary's vote yesterday to confirm Alberto Gonzalez, torture proponent, as Attorney General of the United States, one of only six Democratic Senators to do so:***

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? Matthew 5:43-46

Do to others as you would have them do to you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ lend to ‘sinners,’ expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:31-36

A vote for Alberto Gonzalez, the architect of Abu Ghraib, is a vote for torture and a vote against the clear instructions of Christ to do good to one's enemies. (Much more on this topic in later posts.) Mary's religious beliefs are her own, but for using her Savior as a debate talking point and then ignoring his words in yesterday's vote, Mary is today's Pharisee of the Day.

Ask yourself, Mary, Who Would Jesus Torture?

***For a list of the traitorous cowards including photos and contact, go here .
- posted by TJ @ 11:09 AM