In case you missed it, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) compared presidential nominee Barack Obama to Jesus Christ and made a thinly veiled comparison of vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin to Pontius Pilate, whom authorized Christ’s crucifixion.  Here’s what Rep. Cohen said from the House floor today:

“If you want change, you want the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister just prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor.”
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn) Story on foxnews.com

 This was a fairly uneventful election cycle prior to the introduction of Palin as McCain’s running mate.  Who would have thought that the Governor of Alaska would have energized the Republican Party and caused democrats to resort to offensive religious rhetoric such as Cohen’s.  Unbelieveable and inexcusable.  This follows right on the heels of South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler’s description of Sarah Palin’s qualifications:

“whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” 
- South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler  Story on politico.com

A Democratic Party Chair attacked a candidate on the basis of her moral decision NOT to kill her child!  With Obama already on the defensive for his “lipstick on a pig” comment, it will be interesting to see what reprecussions the Democrats are bringing on themselves.  I can’t remember any elections in which a presidential campaign has focused so intently on a vice presidential nominee.  It seems that the Obama camp has been rattled to the core by Sarah Palin.

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