Chris Matthews Blacklists Franklin Graham

The press calls for censorship when someone says something they do not like.

"I think we should stop inviting this guy to talk about politics. He should stay out of the -- I mean, I love the bookings on "Morning Joe." I love the guests. In this case, I think this guy should not be in the public square talking politics," Matthews said on his "Hardball" program. "He's got his own little thing and he ain't his father's son."

Because, you know, that First Amendment free speech thing only applies when people don't offend other people, or, perhaps, it applies only to professional journalists and to the purveyors of vulgarity and obscenity.  Christians should sit down, shut up and know their place.

Brother Graham is "in trouble" because he said that he does not know if Obama and Romney are Christians, but he thinks Santorum and Gingrich are.  In Obama's case, Graham said that he "assumes" Obama is a Christian because that is what Obama says he is.

With regard to Romney, Graham said:

"Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith," Graham said, declining to say outright that he does not count Romney, a Mormon, as a Christian.

Graham added that he thought Romney "would be a good president if he [won] the nomination."

Brother Graham, of course, accepts Catholicism as Christian despite difference between Protestants and Catholics in secondary beliefs.  Thus he believes that Santorum is a Christian both because of his public statements about his faith and his moral stances.  Gingrich, also a Catholic, has told Graham personally that he is a Christian, and Graham accepts this testimony.

Chris Matthews is an idiot.  If I ever doubted it, I do not any longer.  Franklin Graham is plainly stating what any Christian knows.  We do not know what is in a person's heart.  We only know what comes out of the mouth of another, about the person's behavior and actions.  According to Matthews, Graham -- as a minister of the Gospel, answerable to God, should have said something more positive and nuanced about Obama's beliefs and about Mormonism.  I have a feeling Matthews is much less concerned about leaving questions of Romney's faith open than that of Obama.

Matthews thinks Graham is violating the First Amendment leaving room for questioning Obama's faith, when, in fact, this kind of discourse in the public square is exactly what made this country a generally peaceful and prosperous and unified nation.  Like all of his kind, Matthews hates the truth.  To his ilk there is no god but government and Obama is its prophet.  To question Obama, for these fanatics, is no different than disparaging Mohammed to the Muslims.

The facts speak for themselves.  The only church Obama and his family have attended with regularity during his adult life is that of Jeremiah Wright.  Wright is not a Christian in any traditional sense.  His theology is Black Liberation Theology.   He is in agreement with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakan.  The Nation of Islam is a gang not a religion.  It was, at one time and possibly still, the most prominent and powerful gang in prisons across the country -- that is to say, a club for thugs.

I can say stuff like that because I live in America, and I have the God-given right -- not derived from but acknowledge by the U.S. Constitution -- to say whatever I want.  Obama was raised in a Muslim culture by a Muslim step-father.  He embraced a brand of racial religion that blends humanistic socialism with elements of Christianity and Islam.  His grandparents were Muslim on one side and Unitarian socialists on the other.  His biological parents were both atheists.  It is apparent that he does not believe in God in any specific way.

Does anybody who has heard her think that Oprah Winfrey is a Christian?  Winfrey attended the same church as Obama until Wright's ranting became so off-balance that she feared her continued association would harm her celebrity status and position.  Obama stayed.  He regarded Wright as a surrogate father and only abandoned him when it was clear that Trinity United Church of Christ blocked Obama's path to the White House.    

Obama can call himself whatever he likes.  This is, after all, America.  He has an animosity toward any form of orthodox or traditional Christianity as evidenced by his actions.  His cultural inclination is against Judaism.  If American voters want to re-elect this person and let him continue to run this country, it only takes about 51% of the American Idol watchers to do that.  But, at least, Chrissy, let us know what we are getting this time.