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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Picture of the Day - 2











Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., smiles after firing an M1 carbine rifle, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at the Izaak Walton League shooting range in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

posted by mikevotes at 3:24 PM

10 Comments:

  • That doesn't look like any M1 carbine I've ever seen. I think it's an M16. I suspect the caption was written by someone who is unfamiliar with firearms. I don't mean that as a pejorative, just an observation.

    By Blogger -epm, at 4:05 PM  

  • No idea. I just liked the "Christian" candidate posing with the assault rifle.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 4:32 PM  

  • D'oh! I missed the obvious anachronism.

    But really, in today's MSM the only Christianity allowed to bubble to the front of the camera is this weird Ameri-Christian cult that blends American revisionist history with a type of perverse Christian theology. It's what the media thinks is the national Christian religion.

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:45 PM  

  • Exactly.

    It's really weird to me that these people read the bible and come up with a violent, intolerant Jesus.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:05 PM  

  • But why does the MSM treat this as the definitive representation of Christianity in America?

    Is it the the same out of touch-ness (echo chamber) that makes them characterize Democrats as left wing or "liberal" (dripping with contempt) when the Dems are promoting an agenda supported by a majority of Americans. Indeed, by comparison, the Dem leadership is to the right of the majority of Americans.

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:01 PM  

  • Pagan anti-Xtian Theology aside, this guy has never fired a weapon. His left-hand grip has his thumb on the inside? He needs to grip the front stock not just cradle it.

    By Blogger matt, at 10:10 PM  

  • EPM, we tend to see this portrayal of guns and god whenever the Democrats come to power. Think the "citizen militias" in the 90's.

    ...

    Matt, Again I'll say I know nothing about guns at all. There were several other photos of Brownback with the guns, this one might be a photo op piece.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 8:50 AM  

  • "Pagan anti-Xtian Theology aside..."

    Maybe I'm a little defensive, but it is my PRO Christian sensibilities that have me so exorcised about these nationalistic Ameri-Christians. I see them as a heretical sect.

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:53 AM  

  • I don't think that's a shot at you.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:49 AM  

  • Ha! "Shot" at you... Did you indend the pun?

    Maybe not. But I think Christians need to grow a back bone and demand the media not propogate these people as wholely legitimate in the theology, let alone promoting them as THE Christian voice. I guess I felt the need to separate the right wing goats from the flock.

    By Blogger -epm, at 11:56 AM  

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