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I was taken aback until I remembered that Cain has said this before. My colleague Will Saletan pointed that out over the summer, linking back to this video of Cain speaking in Georgia, in February, at Rock Springs church. Go to 5:00: He tells the story, and the crowd laughs along, with a faint hint of "eh, should we be indulging him in this?" 
  
 At the risk of flogging the hair off this dead horse, I see another stupid aspect to this story. Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Middle East. Around 35 percent of people living in the country now are Catholic or Orthodox. Cain hears the last name, though, and panics. You're left to wonder what would have happened had the doctor been a Muslim or a Druze or something. You're also left asking: Uh, why does Cain think this story's such a home run with Christian audiences? 
  
  ||||| ORLANDO, Fla. -- By the time Herman Cain took the stage, Jesus had already been crucified, resurrected and returned to Earth to collect the faithful once that day. 
  
 Cain made a campaign stop Friday at The Holy Land Experience, a Christian-theme amusement park in central Florida where visitors pay $35 to watch a reenactment of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ just minutes from Disney World. 
  
 In the park, which is run by the religious television station Trinity Broadcasting Network, employees dressed as shepherd boys, Pharisees, Roman soldiers and merchants from first-century Israel lead the faithful on tours through the re-created streets of old Jerusalem, perform re-enactment shows and serve as baristas in the coffee shop. Over the course of a day at Holy Land, you can take communion--fed to you from the hand of a bearded actor playing Christ with flowing brown hair--browse an impressive collection of early Bibles, rock out to praise-song karaoke, get baptized and even have your picture taken with Jesus on a Harley. 
  
 And on this day, you can meet Herman Cain. 
  
 Entering the park, I'm greeted by a girl in her 20s wearing a traditional Jewish headdress tapping away on a computer keyboard with freshly painted nails. A poster with Cain's face is taped to the front window. She rings up my ticket and I stumble upon a first-century city street swarming with actors dressed in ancient garb. 
  
 "Crucifixion's at 2:30," a robed disciple/greeter says as I walk in, pointing toward an amphitheater. "You'll want to get there early to get good seats." 
  
 "Will we have time to see Herman Cain?" I ask. 
  
 "Definitely," he replies. "Cain won't start until Jesus returns, which will be after the resurrection." 
  
 The presentation that follows, which takes the audience through the scenes of the Passion story--Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas' kiss of betrayal, the trial in front of Pontius Pilate, the flogging, the placement of the crown of thorns, the walk down the Via Dolorosa, the crucifixion, and finally, the resurrection--culminates in front of a life-sized model of Herod's temple in Jerusalem. 
  
 On the steps of the temple for the grand finale, angels wearing capes prance to the sound of trumpets that welcome the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus emerges from the back and strides triumphantly toward the temple wearing a flowing robe and a gold crown of rubies. Meanwhile, another angel lassos Satan with a gold chain and hauls him away by the neck. The blaring music crescendos as the crowd stands up to cheer the return of the king, and Christ restores himself as the eternal ruler of the universe. 
  
 After Jesus disappears into a cloud of smoke at the temple door, a plain-clothed man directs the crowd to a nearby theater, where a cardboard cut-out of Jesus wearing a jeans with holes in the knees greets everyone at the entrance. Now that Christ has returned, it's time for Herman Cain. 
  
 Inside the auditorium, shepherds escort people to their seats. There's a lectern on stage surrounded by a wall-to-wall painting of landmarks from ancient Jerusalem with Herod's temple in the center. A singer kicks off the program with praise and worship songs, and Cain enters through a side door with TBN founder Jan Crouch and his new Secret Service detail. 
  
 Cain, a layman pastor and gospel singer, appears right at home as he walks up to the stage in his suit and signature gold tie. 
  
 "You all have to forgive me, but this feels like a pulpit and I am a preacher," he says during the talk. "It's just a natural thing when I get into this setting, ya know?" 
  
 "Preach it, brother!" a man on the front row yells. 
  
 Cain speaks for nearly a half an hour and despite a couple fleeting "999" mentions, keeps his speech to topics of faith and his recent battle with cancer. He begins with a story about how he knew he would survive when he discovered that his physician was named "Dr. Lord," that the hospital attendant's name was "Grace" and that the incision made on his chest during the surgery would be in the shape of a "J." |||||
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– Herman Cain campaigned at Florida’s Holy Land Experience (yes, really … it’s a Christian amusement park) Friday, and on Yahoo! News, Chris Moody relates one particularly interesting tidbit from his speech. While talking about his recent cancer struggle, Cain said he worried when he learned the name of one of his surgeons: Dr. Abdallah. “I said to his physician assistant, I said, ‘That sounds foreign,’” Cain recalled. “Not that I had anything against foreign doctors—but it sounded too foreign,” he continued, adding that he was particularly concerned when he learned the doctor was from Lebanon—until the assistant said, “'Don't worry, Mr. Cain, he's a Christian from Lebanon." According to Moody, the crowd laughed “uneasily” at the anecdote. On Slate, David Weigel notes that Cain has told the story before—see the video at left—and points out, “Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Middle East. … Cain hears the last name, though, and panics. You're left to wonder what would have happened had the doctor been a Muslim or a Druze or something."
Artikeln: Jag blev förvånad tills jag kom ihåg att Cain har sagt detta tidigare. Min kollega Will Saletan påpekade att under sommaren kopplade han tillbaka till denna video där Cain talade i Georgia i februari i Rock Springs kyrka. Gå till 5:00: Han berättar historien, och publiken skrattar tillsammans, med en svag antydan om "eh, ska vi unna honom i detta?" Med risk för att prygla håret från den döda hästen ser jag en annan dum aspekt av den här historien. Libanon är den mest kristna nationen i Mellanöstern. Omkring 35 procent av de människor som bor i landet är nu katoliker eller ortodoxa. Cain hör dock efternamnet och får panik. Du får undra vad som hade hänt om doktorn hade varit muslim eller druze eller nåt. Du får också fråga: Eh, varför tycker Cain att den här historien är en sådan homerun med kristen publik? När Herman Kain tog scenen hade Jesus redan korsfästs, återuppstått och återvänt till jorden för att samla de trogna en gång den dagen. Cain gjorde en kampanj stopp fredag på The Holy Land Experience, en kristen-tema nöjespark i centrala Florida där besökare betalar $35 för att se en återupptagande av korsfästelsen och återuppståndelsen av Kristus bara minuter från Disney World. I parken, som drivs av den religiösa TV-stationen Trinity Broadcasting Network, leder anställda utklädda till herdepojkar, fariséer, romerska soldater och köpmän från det första århundradets Israel de trogna på turer genom de omskapade gatorna i det gamla Jerusalem, utför re-enapmentshower och tjänar som baristas i kaféet. Under loppet av en dag på Holy Land, kan du ta nattvard - matad till dig från handen på en skäggig skådespelare som spelar Kristus med flödande brunt hår - odla en imponerande samling av tidiga biblar, rocka ut till lovsång karaoke, bli döpt och även få din bild tagen med Jesus på en Harley. Och den här dagen får du träffa Herman Cain. När jag kommer in i parken möts jag av en flicka i 20-årsåldern som bär en traditionell judisk huvudbonad som knackar på ett datortangentbord med nymålade naglar. En affisch med Cains ansikte är tejpad på det främre fönstret. Hon ringer upp min biljett och jag snubblar på en gata från första århundradet som svärmar av skådespelare klädda i gammal dräkt. "Krucifixion är klockan 2:30", säger en rånad lärjunge/greeter när jag går in och pekar mot en amfiteater. "Du kommer att vilja komma dit tidigt för att få bra platser." "Kommer vi att få tid att träffa Herman Cain?" Jag frågar. "Definitivt", svarar han. "Kain börjar inte förrän Jesus återvänder, vilket blir efter uppståndelsen." Den framställning som följer, som tar publiken genom scenerna i berättelsen om passionen – Jesu bön i Getsemane lustgård, Judas ’ kyss av svek, rättegången framför Pontius Pilatus, prygeln, placeringen av törnekronan, vandringen nedför Via Dolorosa, korsfästelsen, och slutligen uppståndelsen – kulminerar framför en livlig modell av Herodes tempel i Jerusalem. På trappan till templet för den stora finalen går änglar klädda i mantlar och präglar ljudet av trumpeter som välkomnar Kristi andra ankomst. Jesus träder fram från ryggen och går triumferande mot templet iförd en flödande mantel och en guldkrona av rubiner. Under tiden lassor en annan ängel Satan med en guldkedja och släpar bort honom i nacken. De blossande musikcrescendoserna som folkmassan ställer sig upp för att muntra kungens återkomst, och Kristus återställer sig som universums evige härskare. Efter att Jesus försvinner in i ett rökmoln vid tempeldörren leder en civilklädd man folkmassan till en närliggande teater, där en kartong utskuren av Jesus iförd en jeans med hål i knäna hälsar alla vid entrén. Nu när Kristus har återvänt, är det dags för Herman Cain. Inne i aulan eskorterar herdar människor till sina platser. Det finns en elektor på scenen omgiven av en vägg-till-vägg målning av landmärken från det gamla Jerusalem med Herodes tempel i mitten. En sångare sparkar igång programmet med lovsånger och lovsånger, och Cain går in genom en sidodörr med TBN-grundaren Jan Crouch och hans nya Secret Service-detalj. Kain, en lekmannapastor och gospelsångare, dyker upp precis hemma när han går fram till scenen i sin dräkt och signaturguldslips. "Ni måste alla förlåta mig, men det här känns som en predikstol och jag är predikant", säger han under föredraget. "Det är bara en naturlig sak när jag kommer in i den här miljön, du vet?" »Predika det, broder!» En man på första raden skriker. Cain talar i nästan en halvtimme och trots ett par flyktiga "999" nämner, behåller sitt tal till ämnen av tro och hans senaste kamp med cancer. Han börjar med en berättelse om hur han visste att han skulle överleva när han upptäckte att hans läkare hette "Dr Lord", att sjukhusvaktens namn var "Grace" och att snittet som gjordes på hans bröst under operationen skulle vara i form av ett "J." Vad är en sammanfattning?
The article: I was surprised until I remembered that Cain has said this before. My colleague Will Saletan pointed out that during the summer he reconnected to this video where Cain spoke in Georgia in February at Rock Springs Church. Go to 5:00: He tells the story, and the audience laughs along, with a faint hint of "eh, shall we treat him in this?" At the risk of flogging the hair of the dead horse, I see another stupid aspect of this story. Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Middle East. About 35 percent of people living in the country are now Catholics or Orthodox. However, Cain hears the surname and panics. You'll have to wonder what would have happened if the doctor had been a Muslim or a Druze or something. You may also ask: Uh, why does Cain think this story is such a home run with Christian audiences? When Herman Cain took the stage, Jesus had already been crucified, resurrected, and returned to earth to gather the faithful once that day. Cain made a campaign stop Friday at The Holy Land Experience, a Christian-themed amusement park in central Florida where visitors pay $35 to see a resumption of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ just minutes from Disney World. In the park, run by the religious television station Trinity Broadcasting Network, employees dressed up as shepherd boys, Pharisees, Roman soldiers and merchants from first-century Israel lead the faithful on tours through the re-created streets of old Jerusalem, performing re-enapment shows and serving as baristas in the café. In the course of a day at Holy Land, you can take communion - fed to you from the hand of a bearded actor who plays Christ with flowing brown hair - cultivate an impressive collection of early Bibles, rock out to praise karaoke, get baptized and even get your picture taken with Jesus on a Harley. And this day, you'll meet Herman Cain. When I enter the park, I am met by a 20-year-old girl wearing a traditional Jewish headdress knocking on a computer keyboard with newly painted nails. A poster with Cain's face is taped on the front window. She calls my ticket and I stumble on a first-century street swarming with actors dressed in old costume. "Crucifixion is at 2:30," says a robbed disciple/greeter as I walk in pointing towards an amphitheatre. "You're gonna want to get there early to get good seats." "Will we have time to meet Herman Cain?" I'm asking. "Definitely," he replies. "Cain does not begin until Jesus returns, which will be after the resurrection." The presentation that follows, which takes the audience through the scenes of the story of the passion — Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas' kiss of deceit, the trial before Pontius Pilate, the flounder, the placement of the crown of thorns, the walk down Via Dolorosa, the crucifixion, and finally the resurrection — culminates in front of a vivid model of Herod's temple in Jerusalem. On the steps of the temple for the grand finale, angels dressed in cloaks characterize the sound of trumpets welcoming Christ’s second coming. Jesus emerges from his back and triumphantly walks toward the temple wearing a flowing mantle and a gold crown of rubies. Meanwhile, another angel loads Satan with a gold chain and drags him away in the neck. The blazing musiccrescendos that the crowd stands up to cheer the king's return, and Christ restores himself as the eternal ruler of the universe. After Jesus disappears into a cloud of smoke at the temple door, a plainclothes man leads the crowd to a nearby theater, where a box cut out by Jesus wearing a jeans with holes in his knees greets everyone at the entrance. Now that Christ has returned, it is time for Herman Cain. Inside the auditorium, shepherds escort people to their places. There is an elector on stage surrounded by a wall-to-wall painting of landmarks from old Jerusalem with Herod's temple in the middle. A singer kicks off the program with praises and praises, and Cain enters through a side door with TBN founder Jan Crouch and his new Secret Service detail. Cain, a lay pastor and gospel singer, appears just at home as he walks up to the stage in his costume and signature gold tie. "You must all forgive me, but this feels like a pulpit and I am a preacher," he says during the lecture. "It's just a natural thing when I get into this environment, you know?" "Prepare it, brother!" A man in the front row screams. Cain speaks for almost half an hour and despite a couple of fleeting "999" mentions, retains his speech to topics of faith and his recent struggle with cancer. He begins with a story of how he knew he would survive when he discovered his doctor's name was "Dr. Lord", that the hospital guard's name was "Grace" and that the incision made on his chest during the operation would be in the form of a "J." What is a summary?
– Herman Cain kampanjade på Floridas Holy Land Experience (ja, verkligen ... det är en kristen nöjespark) fredag, och på Yahoo! Chris Moody berättar om en särskilt intressant godbit från sitt tal. Medan Kain talade om sin senaste cancerkamp, sade han att han var orolig när han fick veta namnet på en av sina kirurger: dr Abdallah. — Jag sade till hans läkareassistent, sade jag, 'Det låter främmande', erinrade sig Cain. — Inte för att jag hade något emot utländska läkare — men det lät för främmande, fortsatte han och tillade, att han var särdeles bekymrad, när han fick veta att doktorn var från Libanon — tills assistenten sade: »'Oroa er inte, mr Cain, han är kristen från Libanon.» Enligt Moody skrattade folkmassan ”osammanhängande” åt anekdoten. På Slate konstaterar David Weigel att Kain har berättat historien tidigare – se videon till vänster – och påpekar: ”Libanon är den mest kristna nationen i Mellanöstern. Men Cain hör efternamnet och får panik. Man får undra vad som skulle ha hänt om doktorn hade varit muslim eller druze eller något."
– Herman Cain campaigned at Florida’s Holy Land Experience (yes, indeed ... it’s a Christian amusement park) Friday, and at Yahoo! Chris Moody talks about a particularly interesting treat from his speech. While talking about his recent cancer struggle, Cain said he was worried when he learned the name of one of his surgeons: Dr. Abdallah. — I said to his doctor's assistant, I said, 'It sounds strange', Cain recalled. — Not that I had anything against foreign doctors — but it sounded to strangers, he continued and added that he was particularly concerned when he learned that the doctor was from Lebanon — until the assistant said, "Don't worry, Mr. Cain, he is a Christian from Lebanon." According to Moody, the crowd laughed “incoherently” at the anecdote. At Slate, David Weigel notes that Cain has told the story before – see the video on the left – and points out: “Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Middle East. But Cain hears the last name and panics. One may wonder what would have happened if the doctor had been Muslim or Druze or something."