Against a large U.S.-flag backdrop and flanked by large projection screens, Ohio Restoration Project founder Russell Johnson brought his 10-city Patriot Pastors tour to the Akron-Canton area Tuesday.
A choir and a gospel quartet brought the audience to its feet with praise songs as images of American landmarks, heroes and troops moved across the screens.
Johnson warned that Christians have allowed a ``secular jihad'' to remove prayer, the Ten Commandments and the Bible from public places.
He likened it to Nazi Germany, where church congregations would sing so that they could not hear the passing of trainloads of crying Jews headed for a nearby concentration camp.
Too many Christians lead ``Neville Chamberlain lives,'' Johnson said, referring to the British prime minister who signed a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
A picture of Hitler and Chamberlain flashed on the screens. [emphasis mine]
Wow, that brings us to two questions. First, what the hell are all the other gubernatorial candidate's campaign managers doing? I'd have my candidate all over the media calling for Blackwell to denounce Johnson's statements and imagery. Ditto for O'Brien. Anytime you can get free publicity while dragging your opponent's name though the mud is about as good as it gets.
Secondly, how can the Dispatch not mention this in its article? Could there be a bigger story to come out of this luncheon than the Nazis? That's piss poor journalism at best, or at the worst, editorial misconduct if they quashed the story.
Found via The Street Prophets
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