Hannity Accuses Hillary of Parroting ... THE BIBLE!
Great Moments In Fox News Dept. ... Okay, this one takes a little bit of explanation, but stick with us, and we're sure you'll get a decent laugh out of it. More after the jump.
In a speech two days ago on "Shared Prosperity," Hillary Clinton declared:
"It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few and for the few, time to reject the idea of an "on your own" society and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity. I prefer a "we're all in it together" society."
To which Sean Hannity had an interesting rebuttal last night, done in his usual understated style, comparing that line from the speech to the writings of Karl Marx."I think the Republicans are gonna have a field day with this. You know, 'To each according to their need, from each according to their ability,'" Hannity said. "It sounds almost identical, doesn't it?"
Now, there's nothing shocking about Hannity calling Democrats a bunch of communists. The Dem nominee for President could propose privatizing Social Security, and old Sean would say it was the brain-child of Friedrich Engels. But there are two big problems for Hannity in citing this specific quote from Marx.
First of all, they don't sound identical.
Second, and perhaps more importantly, Karl Marx did not originate this particular concept, but instead got it from a pre-existing source: The Bible, in a passage outlining the communal living of the early Christian church.
From the Book of Acts, 4:32-35, in the King James Version:
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
The early church's collectivism gets even more drastic from there. The next passage concerns a man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira, who sold their property but secretly kept some of the proceeds for themselves. After they're separately confronted by St. Peter, they each drop dead after he impresses upon them the nature of the grave sin they have committed — keeping private property from God's church. Their fellow Christians then bury them, "And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things."
So how about this for a slogan, Sean? St. Peter: Enemy of free enterprise, enemy of America.















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