That's the question DougJ over at Balloon Juice asks about this piece of "fine art." Go on, click over. It features Jesus (his head surrounded by a golden glow, naturally) holding a copy of the Constitution. If you roll your cursor over the various figures, a block of text pops up to explain the meaning of the symbols.
A humble farmer is called "truly the backbone of America." Yeah. How about telling the truth about the likes of Archer Daniels Midland? A Supreme Court justice "hides his face in shame" because of "some of the court decisions that have done great damage to our country." Not coincidentally, he's sitting right next to a pregnant woman "who is saying to herself, 'I want to keep my baby.'" There's subtlety for ya!
There are historical figures galore, soldiers, etc. There's a liberal reporter and a "Mr. Hollywood" who ... well, you know the drill. Naturally, there's a college professor holding a copy of Origin of Species that symbolizes "the liberal left's control of our educational system."
On and on it goes, glorifying war, worshipping the likes of Reagan, giving us the Main Street folks the right likes to fantasize about, and so on.
It's really, really bad. I mean, it's hilarious, but the "art" is really, really, really bad.
Wow. Jesus brought us the Constitution! Who knew? That will probably get the Conservapedia nutjobs in an uproar--those involved in rewriting the Bible so it's more conservative--since there are some pretty liberal notions in that pesky Bill of Rights I'm sure they'd also like to edit.
UPDATE: Treat yourself to the spoof as well.
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