Jerusalem 1:00 a.m. Local Time
I am here with a representative of the Barabbas campaign, who has prepared a statement about his candidate and what he is calling the unfair exclusion of Barabbas from the debate forum.
“Thank you for joining us. Can you tell me your name?”
“My name is Rufus.”
“And you are a Barabbas supporter?”
“Yes.”
“You’re saying that it is unfair that Barabbas was excluded from the debate due to his incarceration. Can you tell me a little about that?”
“Yes.”
“Please, go ahead.”
“I have prepared a poem.”
“Great. I mean, that’s great. It’s uh, fantastic. Please share your poem with our readers.”
“It’s called ‘It is Not Right.’”
“Is that right?”
“No, It’s Not Right, the title is ‘It is Not Right.’”
“Yes, of course. Go ahead, please.”
“It is not right, to keep him out,
To not let him talk, or let him shout,
Because he sits there in a cell,
It does not mean, he won’t do well.
He said he’d run, and that he’d win,
If they would let him out again,
But they don’t care, they own the night,
They shut him out, and it’s not right.”
“Thank you, Rufus, for sharing that…lovely? poem. It shows great dedication that you would write that and share it with us tonight.”
“Yeah, thanks,” Rufus said.
Poems and prayers are the order of the day, or night, if you will, here following the first debate. Win or lose, not a soul here has not been affected by the outcome. It has been quite a night.
Jonah Ammitai, Good News Weekly, reporting.
I am here with a representative of the Barabbas campaign, who has prepared a statement about his candidate and what he is calling the unfair exclusion of Barabbas from the debate forum.
“Thank you for joining us. Can you tell me your name?”
“My name is Rufus.”
“And you are a Barabbas supporter?”
“Yes.”
“You’re saying that it is unfair that Barabbas was excluded from the debate due to his incarceration. Can you tell me a little about that?”
“Yes.”
“Please, go ahead.”
“I have prepared a poem.”
“Great. I mean, that’s great. It’s uh, fantastic. Please share your poem with our readers.”
“It’s called ‘It is Not Right.’”
“Is that right?”
“No, It’s Not Right, the title is ‘It is Not Right.’”
“Yes, of course. Go ahead, please.”
“It is not right, to keep him out,
To not let him talk, or let him shout,
Because he sits there in a cell,
It does not mean, he won’t do well.
He said he’d run, and that he’d win,
If they would let him out again,
But they don’t care, they own the night,
They shut him out, and it’s not right.”
“Thank you, Rufus, for sharing that…lovely? poem. It shows great dedication that you would write that and share it with us tonight.”
“Yeah, thanks,” Rufus said.
Poems and prayers are the order of the day, or night, if you will, here following the first debate. Win or lose, not a soul here has not been affected by the outcome. It has been quite a night.
Jonah Ammitai, Good News Weekly, reporting.