Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man, a known liberal/progressive and President Obama supporter, went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
By chance, a certain tea party member came down that road, but fearing thieves went another way and never saw the man.
Likewise, an unemployed worker was headed that way, but ran out of gas money and did not reach the place where the liberal lay.
Due to budget cuts, no police or other people came down that road.
Then, a government drone journeyed overhead and flew over where the Obama supporter lay. A government official saw the drone in his monitor and reported it to his boss, Mr. Mitt Romney. Romney responded, ‘This Obama supporter is too dependent on the government. He believes he is a victim, and he believes government has a responsibility to care for him. He needs to take personal responsibility and care for his own life, so don’t worry about him. Let him lie. If someone comes upon him, perhaps they will take care of him.’ So, Romney sent no one to him to bandage his wounds, give him medicine, convey him home, house him, or take care of him.
Which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
And the Republican said, “Mitt Romney was the neighbor, because he showed him how to be independent and not rely on the nanny state.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Loren M. Lambert © September 17, 2012
By chance, a certain tea party member came down that road, but fearing thieves went another way and never saw the man.
Likewise, an unemployed worker was headed that way, but ran out of gas money and did not reach the place where the liberal lay.
Due to budget cuts, no police or other people came down that road.
Then, a government drone journeyed overhead and flew over where the Obama supporter lay. A government official saw the drone in his monitor and reported it to his boss, Mr. Mitt Romney. Romney responded, ‘This Obama supporter is too dependent on the government. He believes he is a victim, and he believes government has a responsibility to care for him. He needs to take personal responsibility and care for his own life, so don’t worry about him. Let him lie. If someone comes upon him, perhaps they will take care of him.’ So, Romney sent no one to him to bandage his wounds, give him medicine, convey him home, house him, or take care of him.
Which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
And the Republican said, “Mitt Romney was the neighbor, because he showed him how to be independent and not rely on the nanny state.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Loren M. Lambert © September 17, 2012
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