1.0Jesus Creedhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreedScot McKnighthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/author/smcknightObamacare: Political Rhetoric - Jesus Creedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Hnwu3VHzFD"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2009/08/obamacare-the-rhetoric.html">Obamacare: Political Rhetoric</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2009/08/obamacare-the-rhetoric.html/embed#?secret=Hnwu3VHzFD" width="600" height="338" title="“Obamacare: Political Rhetoric” — Jesus Creed" data-secret="Hnwu3VHzFD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The recent inflagration in rhetoric, comparing Obama to socialism or Hitler and the like, is a lazy, morally inexcusable way of getting an emotional response and often carried off in the absence of concrete evidence or knowledge of actual policy. But it works, and so both sides have tried it — from Nancy Pelosi to…http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/files/import/imgs/ObamaGrav.jpg