Old Testament wing vs. New Testament wing of the Democratic party

[ecstatic]

Mark Whitaker joked about that on 1600 tonight:

The New Testament wing wants to show mercy if not forgiveness for the abuses of the Bush administration; the Old Testament wing wants justice, if not vengeance.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28698684#28698684

[grantcart]

1. And the Buddhist wing wishes that Bush would soon enter his next reincarnation so that

Karma delayed won't be Karma denied!!!

[chill_wind]

2. !! That was Gooood! :- ) n/t

[scarletwoman]

3. Isn't there anyone in the Constitutional wing? The wing that says "no one is above the law"?

The wing that says "a nation of laws, not men"?

I want to live in a Constitutional Republic, not a theology seminar.

sw

[chill_wind]

4. Even BETTER! n/t

[scarletwoman]

5. Thank you. I'm a bit disappointed that no on else is saying the same. (nt)

[anonymous171]

7. It's called a metaphor. nt

[scarletwoman]

16. Well, DUH. Golly gee, I had no idea.

:eyes:

[Occam Bandage]

13. How about the "let's not pretend our every whim is a Constitutional mandate" wing.

I want one of those.

[kenny blankenship]

15. +1

[Fire1]

6. I heard that too. I can't decide.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. Jesus can forgive Chimpy if He so chooses

But I want the bastard to pay for his crimes as long as he's in THIS world.

[AtomicKitten]

9. Put me down for Old Testament style justice. n/t

[Enrique]

10. i'm in the Revelations wing

:crazy:

[The Magistrate]

11. Count Me Among The 'Old Testament' Types, Ma'am....

[IndianaGreen]

12. There is the matter of the Nuremberg precedent

We sent to the gallows or to jail people for just planning wars of aggression. The day we start extraditing former Presidents to The Hague to face justice is the day that America will be cleansed from her sins.

[Occam Bandage]

14. I don't really care either way.

I just don't like when people point to the Constitution and claim it mandates something it clearly does not.

[OwnedByFerrets]

17. Justice has nuthin to do with either book.....its our laws Im concerned about

[IndianaGreen]

18. Earth would be better off if all holy books were burned

As the old saying goes, men will not be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

[BlueMTexpat]

19. Sorry, I'm with the Constitution wing ...

and I would like to see justice done. Those who deliberately break laws, as has been the case with BushCo and friends during these past eight years, deserve to be held accountable for their actions.

I find the Old and New Testaments used poorly as metaphors here for many reasons. And even if one did follow the New Testament bit, there would have to be some evidence of repentance before mercy could be shown.

There has been no evidence of repentance so far and I firmly believe that there never will be. BushCo and their apologists believe that ethics, taking responsibility and accepting the consequences of one's deliberate behavior are for everyone else ... and they judge "everyone else" very harshly. Why else does the US have the highest prisoner population in the world?