Jay Carney, the relatively new Press Secretary for President Obama, stepped in it this week when journalists asked him why there was no formal Easter Proclamation from the president this year, like past presidents have done for most of our history. Carney’s reaction was to make fun of the questioner. He laughed and belittled the question with sarcasm, saying “I’m glad you’re asking about important issues”, or words to that effect.
If Obama was a Republican we would be reading about how out of touch the White House is, since nearly 80% of Americans are Christians and probably 75% of those were in church Sunday morning. People who don’t darken a church door the rest of the year are usually in church on Easter. Few experiences are more universal in America.
The contrast is made more stark when you realize that the White House has issued official proclamations honoring several Muslim holidays on multiple occasions.
After callously laughing at the question, Carney launched into a defense of Obama by recounting how he had gone to church on Easter Sunday, as if to say, “and furthermore, Obama is most definitely a Christian!” — referring to the fact that the numbers who believe Obama is really Muslim remain high.
As it turns out, Obama’s Easter church attendance has its own set of problems, since the pastor of the church he chose is on videotape calling all the personalities on talk radio and Fox News racists. Nothing crazy about that! (See what I did there? I used sarcasm just like Jay Carney).
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