Politiken, Denmark’s second-largest newspaper (according to Wikipedia), editorializes:
He comes from humble beginnings and defends the weak and vulnerable, because he can identify himself with their conditions.
And no we are not thinking of Jesus Christ, whose birthday has just been celebrated – – but rather the President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama. . .
From the start, Obama’s critics have claimed that his supporters have idolised him as a saviour, thus attempting to dismantle the concrete hope that Obama has represented for most Americans.
The idea was naturally that the comparison between Jesus and Obama – which is something that the critics developed themselves – would be comical, blasphemous, or both.
If such a comparison were to be made, it would, of course, inevitably be to Obama’s advantage.
Evan Thomas must be glad for the company.
POSTSCRIPT: If the comparison weren’t bizarre (and, yes, blasphemous) enough, what’s this about how Obama’s critics are responsible for the comparison? That sort of outlandish claim would be better supported by a few examples. At least then I’d know what they are talking about.
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