Just for the record, this is what Job suffered:
- Reduction to poverty
- Loss of his workers
- Death of his children
- Boils and Sores
- His wife's nagging
This is what Obama has suffered:
- Having to listen to people who disagree with him
- Having to take seriously the suggestions of people who disagree with him
- Having to meet with people who disagree with them and treat them respectfully
In other words, Barack Obama has had do do things that come with the job description of being President of the United States. What's next? Does Obama get compared to Elijah for taking trips on Air Force One?
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| Hopefully, it was a snack flight |
Most of the Book of Job, in fact, is Job arguing with his three friends about God's justice and mercy. If St. Nancy of the Catholic Cafeteria had actually ever read it, she'd know that comparing someone required by dint of his office to listen to opposing viewpoints with Job is not merely an egregious exaggeration; it's spectacularly inapt.
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