Best slam on Eric Cantor's sudden defense of Christianity against the Smithsonian - Steven Colbert

[ehrnst]

On Cantor's threat to "revisit the budget" of the Smithsonian because of the "Fire in My Belly" video installation with the ants crawling on the crucifix.

"Of course, this drew all kinds of fire from Art Critics who - no surprise - just don't get Cantor's work. This defunding threat isn't some cheap exercise in mindless censorship, it's an anti-paradigmatic, revolutionary work of conceptual art banning."

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/367852/december-08-2010/tip-wag---art-edition---brent-glass

Clip starts at 2:55.

[xchrom]

1. great god almighty -- but i love the way that man thinks. very funny. nt

[Creative]

2. I thought Cantor was Jewish...

[ehrnst]

3. The only Jewish GOP house member, in fact. (nt)

[Raster]

4. Cantor is Jewish, and is also a rethuglican power-monger, and will jump on anything

...or anyone that will curry favor with the knuckle-dragging masses. The man is a tool and a fool. Plain and simple.

[BonnieJW]

5. Agreed.

He is a Jew in name only; he never practices any of the Jewish commandments such as those pertaining to charity. I am Jewish and I am ashamed of him.

[HopeHoops]

6. I trust it was just a missed joke when he put up Gallagher's picture w/Sledge-O-Matic.

[progressoid]

7. Yep - that was some good artspeak.

He could have written a couple papers for me back in the day.