Catholic League: Jesus Trashed in Anti-Huckabee Skit

[AlonzoMourning23]

NEW YORK (Catholic League) - On January 7, an anti-Huckabee skit trashed Jesus on a radio show, “Fair Game with Faith Salie.” It aired on KCPW, Utah’s National Public Radio station. Here is a transcript of the offensive segment:

[Woman’s voice]: And now another Huckabee family recipe leaked by his opponents.

[Male Voice]: Tired of bland unsatisfying Eucharists? Try this Huckabee family favorite. Deep-Fried Body of Christ--boring holy wafers no more. Take one Eucharist. Preferably post transubstantiation. Deep-fry in fat, not vegetable oil, ladies, until crispy. Serve piping hot. Mike likes to top his Christ with whipped cream and sprinkles. But his wife Janet and the boys like theirs with heavy gravy and cream puffs. It goes great with red wine.

[Woman’s voice]: Now that is just ridiculous. Everyone knows evangelicals don’t believe in transubstantiation.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded as follows:

“We are lodging a complaint with Ed Sweeney, KCPW’s general manager. This kind of programming would be over-the-top on a shock-jock station, never mind a station funded by the taxpayers.

We would also like to know who was behind this assault on Jesus. Therefore, we are asking for an investigation. Whoever it was, he or she used presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee and evangelicals as foil, saving the real sucker punch for Roman Catholics.

This is despicable on several counts: it is blasphemous and bigoted. But it may also be motivated by a political calculus, making it really dirty if it is.”

http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=26413

[firefox]

Dude that rocks! Note that I was raised Catholic and now consider myself atheist by some definitions of the word. What about you?

[AlonzoMourning23]

Part of me thinks it's funny, as deep fried people always seem funny to me. On the other hand I'm not too comfortable with using religious figures in such an offensive way.

[Mark L Hamburger]

Is it really any worse than this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slvEmYbrGEo

[AlanC]

Its NPR. What do you expect?

[AlonzoMourning23]

Yes it's worse, since no one is talking about eating Jesus.

I always liked Eucharists. I remember once getting a nun, who was a family friend, to get me some. She got things that were, rectangle, flat and with religious pictures on them. Not exactly Eucharists, but they tasted identical. Wish I knew where to get them now, but I do sometimes buy a similar candy. Ever see those round, bubble wafer things (usually blue I think) with the little tiny candy pearls inside? I buy those, dump out the pearls, and eat the wafer part. I always hated those pearls.

[ViolaLee]

The Catholic League is like one guy looking for things to be a martyr about.


Its NPR. What do you expect?


Which part is NPR?


Yes it's worse, since no one is talking about eating Jesus.

I always liked Eucharists. I remember once getting a nun, who was a family friend, to get me some. She got things that were, rectangle, flat and with religious pictures on them. Not exactly Eucharists, but they tasted identical. Wish I knew where to get them now, but I do sometimes buy a similar candy. Ever see those round, bubble wafer things (usually blue I think) with the little tiny candy pearls inside? I buy those, dump out the pearls, and eat the wafer part. I always hated those pearls.


I have no idea what you are talking about. I was brought up Methodist and then (ugh) Born Again Christian. Now I'm agnostic. Yes, I came to my senses.