Unhinged

As Obama's poll numbers plummet and liberals quake in terror at the prospect of a McCain-Palin administration, evidence amasses that the left in America is spiraling out of control. Extreme fits of behavior are often indicative of desperation. Exhibit A: Today, Whoopi Goldberg asked John McCain the following jaw-dropping question: "Should I be worried about being a slave, returning to slavery (that is, under a McCain Administration)?" Uh, Ok. Now, given that Goldberg never actually was a slave, her question about "returning to slavery" is a bit strange but I bet that McCain, given his 5-year stint in a POW camp, has better first-hand knowledge than Goldberg of what life as a slave is actually like.

Lately, Barack Obama is being directly compared, via his position as a "community organizer," to Christ and Governor Palin to Pontius Pilate. Is there a precedent for this degree of maniacal hatred and bile in American politics? That which was once viewed as an axiom, an inevitable Obama landslide, is now fading and Democrats are left to unleash self-destructive salvos of vitriol against Governor Palin.

Prominent Democrats are sounding off:

Susan Sarandon, Democrat: "Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor. That's all I have to say!"

Donna Brazile, Democrat: "Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor, and perhaps they should understand the role of a -- a community organizer to help people in distress."

Congressman Steve Cohen, Democrat: "I submit to you, Mr. Speaker, that the parties have differences, but if you want change, you want the Democratic Party. Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor."

Keep it up fellas.

Revolting as it is, this anecdote is extraordinary revelatory, as it follows the narrative of liberation theology to a tee, which translates orthodox Christianity into a quasi-Marxist cocktail of nothing more than the need for "social justice" and working against "the system." Liberation from sin is glossed over with an ideology of political liberation from an oppressive regime or class.