LibertyMinute February 13 2014

 Attorney General Eric Holder, displaying the self-adoring parochialism that typifies the political class, thought he was conferring a compliment on Hank Aaron when he depicted the baseball immortal as the forerunner to Barack Obama.

 Hank Aaron, who was one of the first black athletes to play Major League Baseball, broke Babe Ruth's venerable career home run record.

 During a Washington reception held to celebrate Aaron's 80^th birthday, Holder pointed to the White House and said that Obamas's path to the presidency was ?made easier? by Aaron's achievements.

 Aaron grew up in the segregated South, and experienced poverty, racial bigotry, and death threats. He recalled how his parents taught him to practice the Golden Rule even when it was routinely broken by those who despised him without cause.

 Holder's remarks cast Aaron in the role of John the Baptist ? a forerunner clearing a path for someone much worthier than himself. Obama enjoyed a materially comfortable upbringing, and experienced little, if any, racial hostility. His supposed greatness is displayed by the power he wields ? his ability to confiscate wealth or to kill people. Hank Aaron, who never injured anyone while inspiring and bringing happiness to millions, is by far the worthier figure.

 Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.