{"id":9431,"date":"2006-12-23T09:31:21","date_gmt":"2006-12-23T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/9431.html"},"modified":"2006-12-23T09:31:21","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T14:31:21","slug":"robin-hayes-claims-jesus-comments-were-distorted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/robin-hayes-claims-jesus-comments-were-distorted\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Hayes claims Jesus comments were ‘distorted’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, we learned that Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) reportedly articulated a rather unique vision<\/a> for resolving the crisis in the Middle East. According to an account in a local paper in Hayes’ hometown, the lawmaker said: “Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior.”<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Hayes and his aides confirmed the accuracy of the quote, but said he’s been misconstrued<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After his speech, Hayes revised his comments. He said they were in “the context of spreading Christian principles rather than Christianity.”<\/p>\n

His spokeswoman, Carolyn Hern, told The Source she did not attend the speech but that she has no reason to doubt the accuracy of Hayes’ initial quotes. She blamed Democrats for taking them out of context.<\/p>\n

“It’s interesting how these bloggers can distort the news,” Hern said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, of course, it’s our<\/i> fault. A right-wing lawmaker uses crusader-like comments such as “Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior,” Hayes and his office acknowledge the theocratic language, but bloggers “distort the news.” Huh?<\/p>\n

Maybe Hayes can explain the “context” which would explain him saying, “Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ.” I’m sure millions of people in the Middle East, who already question our intentions in the region, will love to hear Hayes explain the distinction he sees between “Christian principles” and “Christianity.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, we learned that Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) reportedly articulated a rather unique vision for resolving the crisis in the Middle East. According to an account in a local paper in Hayes’ hometown, the lawmaker said: “Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}