More TD Jesus ...Obama Should Punt

So says Kathleen Parker, wanna-be doyenne of the Right Wing Freak Show, in today's WaPo, last seen here on The Garlic, when she crassly wrote about the Homo-Erotic Edwards endorsement of Obama, playing her her head.

She intones, so seriously, numerous Flying Monkey Talking Points, in her "The Principle At Stake at Notre Dame", particularly hammering abortion and stem cells, painting the selfish invitation-accepting President, as "radical";

One needn't be a dedicated pro-lifer to understand the consternation Obama's invitation has caused. He is more radical than all previous presidents on the life issue, with his loosening of federal funding for abortion and embryonic stem cell research, as well as his campaign promise to pass the Freedom of Choice Act

[Snip]

Nevertheless, his abortion stance is in direct conflict with Catholic teaching. And no place symbolizes Catholics in America quite the way Notre Dame does.

Offering this backdrop and extending the school's imprimatur to Obama constitutes a wink and a nod to abortion. Why not throw a pig roast in Mecca? That was Glendon's point. By her symbolic gesture of self-denial, she demonstrates that faith is an act, not a motto.

"No place symbolizes Catholics in America quite the way Notre Dame?"



It's called a football team, that the school has done a Houdiniesque job at marketing, and establishing them as a perennial icon, Irish Green revenue stream.

But Parker saves her most ridiculousness for the end;

Obama might consider following Glendon's lead. Although he supports choice, the president also recognizes the moral complexity of those decisions. Out of respect for pro-life Catholics and their beloved institution, he should politely bow out.

As we pointed out yesterday, in President Obama's response to Mary Ann Glendon bagging out of the gig, Obama is not backing down, and is, to speak in the parlance of "the place that symbolizes Catholics in America, Notre Dame", going down field, and taking it to the end zone.

Be there, or Be Square, Kathleen Parker.

What Would TouchDown Jesus Do - Revisited

Well, Well, Well ...

Some little Harvard Bushie (H/T No More Mister Nice Blog) doesn't want to cross the criminal enterprise (aka The Catholic Church), spurning Notre Dame's La-La-La award (for good little Catholics, who didn't, or don't, hold the church accountable for their crimes), so she writes a letter, surely to double as a guest-screening essay for the bookers at the Faux News Network, telling Notre Dame, that they can stick their baby-killing, church-dissing, Presidential honorary-award-winner, up their Irish Green asses.

Mary Ann Glendon, less than being honorable, and showing "guts" in kissing off the President, and University, seems more, that she was just lazy and didn't want to finish writing her speech;

Last month, when you called to tell me that the commencement speech was to be given by President Obama, I mentioned to you that I would have to rewrite my speech. Over the ensuing weeks, the task that once seemed so delightful has been complicated by a number of factors.

Hmmm ...

Knowing the powerhouse speeches President Obama is capable of delivering, perhaps the wannabe Flying Monkey might be a little intimidated.

You think, she would have, at least, called Notre Dame, and see if she could tweak the program, maybe, and have her give her speech first, before Obama's, that way, she wouldn't have to go on and mop up, speaking to a drained audience, who, likely, would be busy buzzing, talking to each other, about the speech Obama just delivered, rather than paying attention to her.

But maybe, she does have some juice.

David Brody, with that Christian rag, CBN News, at the end of his post about Glendon flying the coop, apparently is putting all of his money down that Notre Dame will simple give Obama a few bitch-slaps, and kick him off the program, now that Glendon screwed off and doesn't have a speech to give.

The question is this; when is enough enough? You have this incident plus so many Catholic Bishops raising objections. I mean at some point doesn’t this become such a distraction that it’s just not worth it? What’s the calculation here? Is there really any upside at this point

There's those pesky Bishops again.

Why isn't the world just bowing down and doing what the Bishops tell them to do?



You know, the way all those young children did, for all those years/decades, and far too many "Good Catholics" just turned their backs to the horrors.

Ah, but Obama, he knows how to zig, when the other side zags.

From MSNBC;

*** UPDATE *** “President Obama is disappointed by former Ambassador Mary Glendon’s decision," Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, "but he looks forward to delivering an inclusive and respectful speech at the Notre Dame graduation, a school with a rich history of fostering the exchange of ideas. While he is honored to have the support of millions of people of all faiths, he does not govern with the expectation that everyone sees eye to eye with him on every position, and the spirit of debate and healthy disagreement on important issues is part of what he loves about this country.”

You think you were going to out-speech me?

Oh yeah, Glendon also cited;

Finally, with recent news reports that other Catholic schools are similarly choosing to disregard the bishops’ guidelines, I am concerned that Notre Dame’s example could have an unfortunate ripple effect.

Somebody buy those "other Catholic Schools", a round of beers.


Bonus TD Jesus Riffs

John Perr: Glendon's Hypocrisy on Obama and Notre Dame

What Would TouchDown Jesus Do?

What Beyond Repugnant

Robert S. McElvaine: Impeach the Pope