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Jesus with a jumprope.
Seriously. That is as paranoid as anything Beck ever froths on about.
Really seriously. I didn't have to look up the phrase because I know it. Both in it's historical context and the modern usage which encompasses the idea of wrongful accusation and persecution.
I would be willing to bet whoever wrote the script for that video liked the imagery of the WSJ article and decided to borrow the phrase.
Period.
It is really as uninspired and dull as that.
There is no giant conspiracy. No intentional secret neo-religious message. No racist insensitivity. No hidden meaning at all.
Who said there was a conspiracy or neo-religious message? It's pretty out in the open to most people. Protestant tradition in America has sought to portray itself as new Jews sent to Americas to create a new promised land for Christians. Look at Mormon tradition, which Beck is a proud spokesperson for. Joseph Smith sought to create a new Zion in Missouri. Various baptist churches in the South have at different points in time sought to create new societies to escape the Babylon that is American culture. Then you have the more mainstream Protestant groups who actively support Israel because they think that by doing so they are pushing through a confrontation with Muslims which will in turn bring about the end of days. Seriously, to call this a 'conspiracy' is quite a stretch. It's just the religious being... well.... religious.
The evidence speaks for itself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism
The Church of Christ grew steadily, but from the beginning in 1830, its members were persecuted by non-Mormons. To avoid persecution from New York residents, some of whom claimed Smith worked as a treasure seeker, the Latter Day Saints moved to Kirtland, Ohio and hoped to establish a permanent New Jerusalem in Jackson County, Missouri. However, the Saints were expelled from Jackson County in 1833 forced to flee Kirtland in early 1838. In Missouri, the Mormon War of 1838 resulted in the "Mormon Extermination Order," resulting in the expulsion of Latter Day Saints from Missouri, and they settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1844, Smith was killed by members of the Illinois militia, precipitating a succession crisis. The largest group of Saints accepted Brigham Young as the new prophet/leader and emigrated to what became the Utah Territory, where they incorporated The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church began to openly practice plural marriage, a form of polygamy that Smith had instituted in Nauvoo. Plural marriage became the faith's most sensational characteristic during the 19th century, but vigorous opposition by the United States Congress threatened the church's existence as a legal institution. In his 1890 Manifesto, church president Wilford Woodruff announced the official end of plural marriage, though the practice continued unofficially until the early 20th century.
As far as the rest of your post goes, I've never even heard the phrased be used outside of history books. So I'm not really convinced it's as common as your opinion says it is. Sorry!
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