South Bend Mayoral Candidate Uses "Christian Code" In Campaign Launch

Literally stopped in mid-sip.

South Bend Tribune

Manigault starts run for South Bend mayor
'Great City Campaign' built on family values, economic growth.


JAMIE LOO
Tribune Staff Writer

SOUTH BEND -- "Aslan is on the move."It's one of Juan Manigault's favorite lines from the book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

"And for those of you who like C.S. Lewis, you know what I mean," the president and CEO of Workforce Development Group Inc. said.

On Thursday morning, it was a metaphor for Manigault's formal announcement that he will run for mayor of South Bend in the upcoming election. Manigault is seeking the Republican nomination to run against incumbent Democratic Mayor Stephen Luecke.

Wow. Shorter Manigault, "Outta the way heathens, Jesus comin' thru!".

Aslan in Wiki

[edit] Christian interpretation
Although Aslan can be read as an original character, many readers see parallels with the character and story of Christ. In particular, his sacrifice is reminiscent of the accounts of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

According to the author, he is not an allegorical portrayal of Christ, but rather a different, hypothetical, incarnation of Christ himself: 'If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity, he would be an allegorical figure. In reality however he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours? This is not allegory at all.'

My first move was to email the reporter of this story and let her know that this was only a "metaphor for Maniqault's formal announcement" if he equated himself with Jesus Christ, since Aslan is a thinly veiled metaphor for J.C.

Sincerely, no shit, I got creepy crawlies reading this.

Manigault said his style of leadership will be "based on Godly principles," and throughout his address, he upheld the importance of family values in his life and in the founding of South Bend. He also quoted scripture from the apostle Paul.

"We must work with our faith community to strengthen our families and our faith for the future," he said. "Doing 'the next right thing' must become our way of doing everything."

Whoooeee. This guy is doing himself alot more harm than good.

After the letter to the editor that I wrote, (If Mr Manigualt wants to be mayor of South Bend, it would do him a world of good to remember that he would be mayor of everyone, not just Christians.")
and the call to Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rheas's office (Rhea is endorsing him),
I emailed this to Keith.

Scary shit.