Obama’s Prayer Excavated from Cracks of Western Wall and Published in Newspaper

Interesting, Jake, that you brought up doctor/patient confidentiality. Since McCain’s medical records have been scrutinized at the insistence of liberals, then I guess Obama’s prayer note is fair game as well. While I wouldn’t have dug out the note or published it, you have to give those Israelis credit for being both curious and transparent. Too bad Obama didn’t stuff his birth certificate in the wall!

Never mind the hater-players.
God Bless Barack Obama! As President, he will make this nation proud!

Speaking of medical records, has HE released them? Last I heard all that had been released was a “letter of health” from HIS doctor. McCain has fully released his if I am not mistaken.

AIPAC can’t be happpy about this
and wasn’t this the same paper that printed that really bad cartoon (yes one of the sole outwardly racist spots of this campaign…not talking some “jesse Jackson won in the state stupidity” it was worse)

McCain has fully released his if I am not mistaken.
Posted by: smith | Jul
********************************************** McCain has refused to release his mental health records.

I am not an obama supporter but it’s not cool to do that to someone.

Jake,
Could you write about he Pentagon playing politics with the troop visit thing yesterday at Germany base. Look at politico’s Martin piece on his blog.
Basically, the pentagon first cleared his visit then told him he couldn’t visit there unless it was as a ‘senator.’ Perhaps to embarass him. This is the Bush Pentagon, afterall.

His medical records are our buisness, his prayers are not. This *student* who took the Senator’s prayer from the wall has so much to learn.I don’t blame him for not commenting. How rude.

The seminary student who dug out this very personal note should be disciplined and Maariv should be ashamed for publishing the note. It was a private note between a man and his God.

Apparently truth does not matter but spin does. The question was a simple one…has HE released his medical records? Instead of answering Truth seeks to obfuscate.

I wish I could say I was surprised to see a number of people who agree with this action just because they don’t like the guy.
What is wrong with a world that makes an industry of invading others’ privacy?
Re: health records: McCain is old, and since older people are more likely to have more serious problems (cancer, Alzheimers, etc.), it is his burden to show that he hasn’t had those problems and/or is in good health otherwise. A younger man like Obama has far fewer problems that warranty being made public. If there were any and they weren’t disclosed, that would be bad. But do we have any reason to believe that his doctor would lie?
Besides, I’d really like to see the mental health records of John McCain, given the reports about his temper and forgetfulness.

I’m not an Obama fan, as regular readers/poster are well aware, but this was far over the line. Both in terms of Obama’s privacy and the sancity of the Wall.

I’m not an Obama fan, as regular readers/poster are well aware, but this was far over the line. Both in terms of Obama’s privacy and the sancity of the Wall.
Rats! Knew that didn’t look right when I typed it. SANCTITY is what it should have been.

What is truly remarkable and scandalous about this story is that a very smart man, Barack Obama, who will be our next President, seems actually to believe that writing a note to some fictional character and stuffing that note into a pile of concrete may actually result in his receiving some form of guidance or protection from said fictional character. It is beyond comprehension that people still seem to believe this hokum.
I visited the same wall a number of years ago and smushed a note (King David Hotel stationary; proceed to the front of the line, young man!) requesting bigger biceps into that same pile of concrete, yet hear I sit, these many years later, as scrawny as ever. God, why have you forsaken me!!

That shoud be “here,” not “hear.” God, have you forsaken me again?

These people (fat cats/ corporate and political alike) will stop at nothing to prevent a labor friendly candidate from becoming president. Don’t be fooled, the FAT CATS will keep you uninformed and divided to push their own agenda. You are the reason America is great yet you are told you whine and don’t work hard enough. You deserve better! Orginize within your owm communities and stop the fat cats that want us (working Americans, no matter what your gender or race) to be at each others throats over bull****. Don’t be fooled, don’t take your eye off the ball for 1 nanosecond because they will continue to rob you blind. Come on America YOU DESERVE BETTER!

DKNY – God, if he exists, gave you the ability to go to the gym. Get on it man. By the way have spirituality, whether it be a belief in God or something else, isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Lisa – that struck me as odd too.
The act of stealing the note, publishing the note, etc. was just gross ( I feel slimey reading and commenting on it it to be honest! Course its not going to stop me . . .), but I too was struck that the priority of his alleged prayer was to protect himself and his family, forgive his sins, etc. . . all Obama-centric prayers. . .

This violates the wall. Obama doea not demonstrate prudence. When will he learn everything he does from now on is the publics. He no longer has claim to privacy – our laws say that about any celebrity. I am disturbed that Obama wanting to lead this country does not love it enough to include America in his prayer. He is all about himself and his immediate family. And that is the troubling impression the American’s have about Obama that he cannot overcome because any words or actions he puts out there is not sincere. His heart is not where it should be. I am not saying he is a bad man- he just is not a real patriot.

Ma’ariv is a DISGRACE for doing this. I am not an Obama supporter, but his message was sweet and dignified but more importantly, PRIVATE. I am beyond disgusted at Ma’ariv. For those who are not Israelis like I am, Ma’ariv is a liberal rag, and the editors are likely Obama fans. A religious or conservative paper would never have done this.

Set yourself up as a media darling and you have to expect this kind of intrusion. The guy won’t visit recovering soldiers because he couldn’t take a posse with him! Please. I am playing the world’s smallest violin for BO!!!

As an Instrument of God’s Will, Barack’s speech was such a different message and vision than the one we have had for the last 8 years built on greed, fear, war and rumors of war. It is the complete opposite. It was a message for the 21st Century ; a message to the Soul of Humanity and for the survival of the Planet — of Earth. A world where we celebrate each other based on the fact that we are all on this planet together. And that as a species of planet earth, we will not survivie if we continue to war with each other, especially with the atomic and nuclear weapons available to us today!
Barack’s message and vision (for without a vision, a man/nation/world perishes) is based on the oneness of Humanity and our shared and common goals — that we are, all of earth’s people, in this together and that we live in a Global Society. And, it was based on the dynamic and healing energy of love and goodwill toward each other; that we are not alone and without hope for a better world in this country and around the world. And, it was based on the premise that there should be a freedom from fear and want everywhere in the world and that only united and an understanding of one another can we build a better world for all.
What a great vision for us as a people to aspire too, especially for the young teenagers and adults and the children around the world — It Gives them something to look forward to other than endless years of war and hate based on geological differences, color or religious affiliation — because no matter what the outward differences of color, inwardly, the blood of each of us is all One Color, red!
The large crowd in Germany and the other large crowds that Barack generates attests to the fact that people hunger for truth and for a message of hope and inspiration, for inspirational leaders! Again Barack shows that he is indeed inspirational, a great healer/teacher/leader! Is it not great that we are talking about peace and unity for a change? Our common humanity? That speaks a lot in itself.
It is unintelligent to think that we are not interdependent and that what goes on in one part of the world does not effects us All! It does. Some think of the Internet ase the outward symbol of humanity’s “global brain”. Certainly, Barack generated a lot of powerful and healing energy throughout the world as he spoke to the heart and Soul of the World. The place where love and peace dwells. We must not loose it, because critics say he is not yet President. However, as a man of God and a servant of the world he ceased the Moment, and because he loves America and Peace, these things had to be said Now, to stimulate the vision — that we can have peace here, right here on earth!

It is all over the other news stations. YES, the pentagon stopped him. YES, he did visit other military hospitals while he was on his trip but he did not take the press with him.

another dem for mccain
the paper that released this and printed the prayer three months ago trashed him in a cartoon (yes that was racist) where Obama was painting the white house black …making comments that were not good.
so.
no,
this was not anyone could assure you…something the Obama campaign could have had anything to do with.
This was a politically slanted media source that is very anti-Obama froma very bad (yes again racist by the true meaning not conjecture) platform..
so read about the source before you try saying/spinning this as something that is not true…
People against obama on these blogs are getting worse and worse with their fiction and removing facts from the reality to suit their own whacked twist on ethics.

privacy never remains secret over time. but it was his prayer to the god, people are so crazy, do not care just enjoy spreading without taking view of circumstances

Aston – No Christmas presents. Does this mean he practices fiscal conservatism in his own house while everybody else buys junk from China increasing our national debt. I will take him. I will be voting Barr, but hey this fiscal conservatism may be a start for Obama.

I find this act of exposing what was written in Obama’s note horrible. But can be expected. I find no problem with what he wrote. This was in all ways of a personal nature. If he had mentioned anything about US it would have been criticized as being political. Critics will always be rise to complain.
Facts are facts, “damned if done and damned if not done.”
Note should not have been released to news media! Period!

I went to the Wailing Wall in 1999 and put a prayer in a crack for the health of my family (those prayers are removed about once a week, placed in a small container and buried in the cemetery on the Mount of Olives). Since then all of my aunts and uncles and my mother have passed away. I’ve have two minor operations, then was diagnosed with type II diabetes, as was my sister and brother soon after. It was a nice experience, but I wouldn’t recommend going out of my way to pray there!

Since I am FROM Michigan, i will be happy to. We are in a 5 year, one state recession with NO end in sight. We have a Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm who is so completely inept it’s astounding. We have a Dem controlled Senate who can’t stop fighting. We have a Dem Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that is charged with perjury AND new this morning apparently he is being investigated for assault and battery on a Wayne Country Deputy Sheriff.
The Detroit automakers are bleeding profits and jobs. We rank 3rd in home foreclosures.
So folks around here are leery about elected another Dem. Obama can win, but he does have some work to do here.
But it’s early, if the polls are this close after Labor Day when people (not political junkies like us) start paying attention, then I will be worried.

Echo21 – well said. It is odd that Obama did not mention anything about taking care of America and American’s – with all of the crisis we are facing. But narcassitic pride is a problem he does suffer from. He needs to mature before he is ready to be President.

dl,
My son and I went to see McCain last Friday at the GM Tech Center. First he reversed his stance on Federally REgulated car emissions, saying state should set emission standards (which would KILL Detroit Automakers) and then went on to promote NAFTA. {GASP}!! It was the worst message to send to an audience of UAW workers, some of whom will be out of a job at the end of August.

meaning it wasn’t a typ-o

This violates the wall. Obama doea not demonstrate prudence. When will he learn everything he does from now on is the publics. He no longer has claim to privacy – our laws say that about any celebrity. I am disturbed that Obama wanting to lead this country does not love it enough to include America in his prayer. He is all about himself and his immediate family. And that is the troubling impression the American’s have about Obama that he cannot overcome because any words or actions he puts out there is not sincere. His heart is not where it should be. I am not saying he is a bad man- he just is not a real patriot

Who the heck cares what Obuma says or does, we are so sick of this phony!
The term overkill comes to mind with all this mindless coverage!

Jane, nice criticism of Michigan and maybe you ought to move to Canada,or the next time you travel Europe you should stay there. Why suffer and live in America? Let me guess, It’s the best place on Earth, isn’t it?

Nick B – good lord! Do you attend church? I have hard prayers for world leaders, for the state of the world, etc. THOUSANDS of times. Are you for real, asserting that you bet I’ve never heard someone praying for something other than themselves? I’m stunned, really.
And who questioned BHO’s Christianity? His religious affiliation? His beliefs? I have no idea – nor do I care – what his religious beliefs are. I don’t think he’s Muslim, I think he’s an opportunistic atheist – and guess what? I don’t care! I would like religion out of politics period. And vice versa.
The prayer struck me as odd. Period.
Color me racist. Color me Republican. Color me cynical. Color me “disgusting”. Whatever floats your boat.
The message I am getting is “thou shalt not criticize The Obama”. Now that’s “ech”.

Jane, I also live in Michigan and work in the auto industry. Your attempt to explain away Obama’s inablity to get any kind of lead over McCain is lame, self centered and based on self serving assumptions. It also does not address the 3 other states that are normally strong democratic states that have given support to McCain making it a dead heat with Obama. Our president is Republican – that party would not help this state. The DNC and Obama however did disrespect the voters in Michigan by taking a long held stance that our votes would not count. Obama has since tried to make us believe that he cares about us – again another case of his sincerity not being believable. When will he learn that we are not stupid. He under estimates the ability of the average middle class white citizen to see truth and heart. It is not about wearing a flag pin -so please don’t even go there- it is about the heart – and that comes through witho or without wearing a stupid lapel pin.

“He ventured forth to bring light to the world…”
After the “Too Good To Be True” video, the RNC can now take statements and videos of this kind of statement. One makes a laughing stock of the MSM, and the other will make a laughing stock of a segment of his supporters. Together they are a one-two punch highlighting the Creep Factor.
As I said, his biggest problem will be his own supporters. Once realized, the dilemma they will face is do they want to be a prominent part of his organization more than they want him to win, or do they have to slide into the background as Michelle and the Battling Reverends have?
It’s an interesting test of commitments. People like the person who made that comment need badly to belong to something, and when denied, they turn ugly or don’t depending on which of their own agendas they follow most strongly.

That was an offensive invasion of privacy. I hope that seminary student was expelled. Another religious person doing something hypocritical.
For those criticizing Obama’s prayer, find something meaningful to pray about in your own life. Every single human being is allowed to have their own private relationships. Shame on you for criticizing him for his prayer.

Did the sacred text bear the faux-presidential seal of the chosen one?

Did the sacred text bear the faux-presidential seal of the chosen one?
Posted by: Mack | Jul 25, 2008 12:42:12 PM
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No seal, just turned in his lapel pin as an act of faith!! lol lol lol

The fact that the polls are so close in America says a lot about americans.
There is absolutely no reason why mccain should come close to Obama in the polls considering the direction the country is headed at the moment.
We now know that Americans will never learn. They are bent on bringing their nation down to its knees economically, socially, diplomatically etc.
They are obviously putting race and other frivolous factors above their own survival as a nation.
Unbelievable!!!

Come On. he clearly knew that it was going to be dug up. Shame on Obama for draging religion into politics and using god to collect vites. SHAME ON HIM.

WE ARE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY WHEN WE VOTE FOR MCCAIN!

Republicans shouldn’t complain about media coverage differential if they believe in free markets. The market wants more of Obama, and less of McCain in a super market. That’s capitalism for ya.

UK Resident – the problem with American’s not supporting the democratic candidate in the numbers we should based on the terrible condition Geo. Bush has gotten this country into (not to mention the 9% approval rating of the democratic congress led by Lousy Nancy Pelosi). I am a democrat – have been my whole adult life. I am P.O.d that once again the DNC has put up a flawed candidate. I will not vote for McCain – he is wrong on all of the issues. I will either stay home or vote for Nader. This election is one for Obama to lose – and he is certainly not able to bring it home. It is not an issue of race- for me anyway. It is an issue of Obama the man – he is lacking with priorities and allegiiances either lacking or in the wrong place to be leader of America.

A sincere prayer from a sincere man. Something we haven’t experienced for a while in our country. God bless Obama, God bless America, and God bless our next president. I pray it will be Obama.

In any other circumstance , given the quality of the two candidates, Obama would be miles ahead in the polls. The qualities this man has are extrordinary and yet he is in a dead heat with McCain!..a man who barely remembers what room he has just left. Once again you Americans will inflict upon the world a leader who , clearly is not up to the job (just like your last great choice for president..well done!)and you will have squandered a chance for a truly real chance for a change purely because he is (political pundits won’t say it but I will) an African American. Elect McCain..when he proceeds with Bush’s policies and the US falls into an even deeper hole…I will be laughing all the way

Ya think Obama would put anything down on paper in his handwriting with the letterhead from his Hotel AND RISK IT EVER BEING DISCOVERED AND TRACED TO HIM…..C’mon…people what else was he going to write….”Please Lord see to it that I am coronated King of the World”?

“We now know that Americans will never learn. They are bent on bringing their nation down to its knees economically, socially, diplomatically etc.”
And the Jr. Senator from Chicago with street organizing experience under his belt is going to save the country and the world? His ardent supporters can’t even name a single significant accomplishment. Give me a break.

Yay….BabsNJ…tell Jane Hussein like it is. Our demographic IS the group that determines the outcome of this election, not the Germans or the French, but us God loving, Country loving middle to middle-right Americans. Too bad Obama’s numbers here aren’t as good as in Germany….I wish he’d just stay abroad and dazzle THEM, because the polls keep telling us WE’RE JUST NOT BUYING IT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

Agnostics, atheists and
rationalists of whom
there are millions in
the country will find
the prayer a superstitious
crutch. Public officials
should stop wearing religion
on their sleeves.

What did people expect him to write? No news here.

this election counts *****************
With all due respect to you, People like me living outside america understand americans better than you understand yourselves it seems.
It’s so easy to find flimsy reasons to cover up one’s feelings about race. The greater percentage of people who are racist tell themselves they are not – they deny that fact even to themselves.
There is just no other reason why the race is close.
Mccain’s policies are just Bush’s with minor retouches here and there. These policies have been tried out over the last 8 years and they failed woefully.
Why would some americans believe they will work this time around?

Ron – where do you see this “sincerity” in Obama? Boy, I wish I could see even a slight trace of sincerity, but I see an unfeeling, unconnected, unempathetic, unsympathetic, unreligious, unpatriotic man in Obama. I do see he loves his wife and children so I am not blind when I look at Obama. Just don’t see any love of country and it’s citizens other than the black ones.

UK Resident- you do not know me and cannot tell me from an ocean away what my motives are. We donated money to Obama’s campaign until it became evident he is a flawed man. I have been a steering committee member for the doemocratic party. It has nothing to do with his skin color. He is not the best candidate that the DNC should have put up for President. Period.

Religious beliefs are
superstition – not the
ethical teachings
embodied in a religion.
Praying for your safety
and that of your family
or seekiing forgiveness
is not high religion.
High religion is about
universal peace, justice,
equality and protection
of the earth’s environment
and all creatures in it.

“Why would some americans believe they will work this time around? ”
We are not crowning a King. Neither candidate is ideal with Obama being the worse of the two. 4 years of a McCain presidency with Democrats in control of everything else, will not be the end of the world. He has proven that he is willing to work across party lines, unlike the faux-uniter who has been all talk and no action.

DVLSADVOCATE Removing the prayer is not the greatest violation in this event the”Invasion and violation of the privacy of prayer” falls on Obama’s shoulders – to make a PR event out of his praying. The bible tells us when we pray to go in our room and pray in private. You are not to pray as a public display. However,Obama did this wailing wall performance for all to see for his own political and personal gain. Another blogger said God will take action against the student who pulled out this prayer. Maybe God will take action against Obama for using prayer for personal show and gain. Obama’s prayer was anything but private- it was telecast for all to see, with a great crowd around him. Obama was the one who violated the privacy of prayer – not the student ot the newpapers.
Obama is an opportunist of the highest order using God, prayer and phony patriotism for his own personal gain. And truly since his prayer was all about him – noted his pridefulness – and did not include anything about America or the world and the people in either – we can soundly deduce that his priorities fall only with his own selfish personal gain.

UK Resident . This is my last response to you. Obama’s “win” is highly questionable. Popular vote does not select the candidate. Not all voters votes count equally as 1 – the DNC has a convuluted crazy way of assigning delegates and there was a lot of pushing to get the delegates Obama got. Hillary CLinton received more popular votes. There were a lot of strange questionable circumstances surrounding the selection of Obama. Not any clearer and more fair than the selection of Bush as President in 2000. Secondly McCain is not my choice – I am not a republican and usually the party not in favor to win puts up a less than desireable candidate so as not to taint the one they really support when times are more conducive to their party winning.
Thirdly – I will vote for Nader or stay home. I don’t like either McCain or Obama. You are very arrogant to be telling us Americans that we won’t support Obama because we are racist and I will not waste my time on such people.

anon – You express it well what is “high religion” and what is not. Obama is about himself – not higher loftier motives.

Aston ***********************
Right, why is ‘this election counts’ complaining that the DNC put up a flawed candidate when they actually have little say in who becomes the nominee?
Is it not clear that he is grasping at every straw to hide the real reason why he is against Obama?

hughck – I beleive Obama thinks we are fools. He has greatly underestimated the middle class white people as another blogger stated – the AARP people. We see through this stuff. We are not as easily hoodwinked as the youth or naive yet so greatly hopeful black voters.

“Right, why is ‘this election counts’ complaining that the DNC put up a flawed candidate when they actually have little say in who becomes the nominee?”
The DNC made it clear which candidate was their choice. It was the candidate that was able to raise the most money.

this election counts
I have to agree with you! I’ve been around for almost 65 years and have seen all the hope and lies sold to the American people. There is no perfect person that will please all the people and anyone that says they are that person is someone to stay away from. Me I want someone that will tell me the truth even if it means that they will lose my vote. There things athat I agree with the Reps on and things I agree with the Dems on, but I do not want to save money on lower taxes, better health care or anything else it my country is not going to be defended and if my own personal live is improved while my county is being destroyed. I don’t trust Obama! McCain, I have many disagreements with, but overall he seems to tell us what he believes, even if he is wrong. The Reps don’t like him because he is not conservative enough and the Dems don’t like him because he is too conservative. Sounds to me like he is more in the middle of that line, like most Americans are. Unless the starts lying to me I will always vote for honesty over what is best for ME!

Mack – Thank you. It is so naive of anyone to think the GOP and DNC do not see to it that their candidate of choice gets “selected”. If we did away with super delegates and delegates and the electoral college than I would say the people elect the candidates and president. But when some votes count as 2 while others count as 1 and some votes don’t count at all -and delegates are assigned differently for caucuses, and major cities, or areas with a historical larger turnout get a higher number of delegates. and when Superdelegates do not give their support according to their states or city’s popular vote then I say the candidates put up for election are SELECTED by the party- not the people. It is a sham and a kangaroo court.

‘You must be joking. McCain visited the western wall already, as have Laura Bush, the Pope, Vladimir Putin, and a host of other political figures’.
YES, THEY DID!
And NONE of them initiated the breu ha ha (yes, it’s mispelled!) and pomp and litter that B O did… not only because
they were there as visitors rather than contestants…. but (aside from the Pope and possibly the President)also because they did not pretend to be there in any capacity other than as individuals…
Obama is an egomaniacal presumptuous candidate who is so full of “pomp”, he has forgotten that the people he is supposed to protect and provide for should he win… ARE HERE!
… AND THE PROMISES HE MAKES.. should be probable.
Looking at all the unfinished jobs.. some untouched… he has left behind in his climb to the top of the political heap.. the prospect of this is doubtful.
HILLARY OR MCCAIN
but always:
COUNTRY BEFORE BROKEN DOWN DNC AND FORCE-FED B O!!!

Independent
I don’t know about anyone else, but I do not hate Obama, in fact I admire him. My problem is I do not trust him because he does not seem to say the same thing to everyone. I also over my years of living have found out that people hang around people that are like them. So I have a hard time with him going to a racist church for 20 years and being friends with a person that bombed USA buildings. I find it hard to believe that he did not know what these people he was friends with stood for. If he really did not know what his minister stood for after 20 years of friendship, then I have to believe that he is either a fool or just plain stupid. If that is the case I don’t want him leading my country.
Next to all of you that say you won’t vote for either McCain or Obama, I say you are fools. This country and who leads is is important. To not vote or waste your vote on someone that can’t win, when one of these 2 men will come closer to what you think is best for this country than the other, is disgrace. It is better to have someone leading this country that you agree with 60% of the time than to have the other person that you only agree with 5% of the time.

Independant: I do not hate Obama. Like I said earlier we had donated money to his campaign. But now too much has proven to be false. He has too much audacity and not enough prudence, humility or maturity.
Obama is a typical politician – no change in fact he was raised on dirty Chicago politics, he has a selfish ego objective, he flip flops for his personal reasons, he is not secure in his beliefs and positions, he cannot relate to the people of this nation other than blacks (I believe he is racist) he is not truly patriotic- (words are cheap), he is lacking good judgment – he should have waited until he had more experience, he is inexperienced and insecure in what he should be doing and saying and has too many “What I meant was” episodes. There are more similarities between Bush & Obama than his supporters will see. I could go on, but no where does his race enter into the decision – his racism does however – not mine.

Questioner – well said!

How manny of you out there dont have in your prayrs ,for our troops and for our country and for peace? I would find it very sad,if it were very manny,at all, and those that forget,well they seem to be praying for self,and god will find this very un christin and shallow!! and here it is still god bless America,and not God damn America,as that is taking the Lords name in vain, as well as other things …hate! But I guess he wanted the news coverage,you reep what you so

“we need a man of peace and future President Obama is the man that will help bring about that peace.”
After he invades Paksitan in search of Obama that is. It sure will be peaceful on earth after we invade an unstable country with many nuclear weapons.

After he invades Pakistan in search of Obama that is. It sure will be peaceful on earth after we invade an unstable country with many nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Mack | Jul 25, 2008 3:00:54 PM

After he invades Pakistan in search of Obama that is. It sure will be peaceful on earth after we invade an unstable country with many nuclear weapons.
Posted by: Mack | Jul 25, 2008 3:00:54 PM

Personally I don’t think ABC should have republished this. Yes he is a public figure but some things should not be made public. It is no different than if he had gone to confessional and the priest recorded him and published it.

HP BOSTON,
Please Google McCain’s visit to the Western Wall from March 2008. Tell me how his visit to the wall differed from Obama’s. He also went as a Senator and a presumptive Presidential candidate.
And guess what? It was chaos. Look it up, get the facts, THEN make an actually INFORMED comment about the brouhaha caused.
That is all….

I am no Obama fan. I don’t think he should be elected to any public office. Prayers however are between God and the person praying to him. The seminary student is scum and Ma’ariv is nothing but a dirty rag. Israel should be embarrassed by both of them. They have certainly shamed the entire nation and disgraced the Jewish people.

this election counts
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Want you to know that I posted my reply BEFORE I read your latest message. I do not think in any way that you are a disgrace to vote as you believe. I just wanted to give you further food for thought because I am thinking pretty much the same way you are. But in my gut, I know I absolutely do not want Obama so I want to do the realistic thing to keep him out of office. The way I think is “A vote that counts against him is better than a vote that doesn’t count at all.” Please do what you need to do! You are great to take such an interest in the election. Many will not even look for answers, they will just pull a lever on election day out of habit or because that is the way their father always voted, etc.

Royce – Whenever you write anything down it is no longer “private”. Obama should have kept his prayers between himself and God as God has directed us to pray. He has no right to privacy when he did this public act with TV cameras all around and he has created a hand written document. He should have written a prayer for the world knowing this was a public prayer – not personal and private.

And this gem: “whenever you write anything down it is no longer private”….is just astounding. Do you really think about what you are saying, or is the job of carrying water too much of a strain on you?
Posted by: DvlsAdvocat | Jul 25, 2008 3:28:56 PM
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Look we do not care about the freaking wall!! It is about Obuma and his crappy publicity stunts and self centered wash my feet and kiss my butt attitude! Obuma the the guy who will most likely back you into a WALL!

“guard against pride”
even he knows he’s full of it
“and despair.”
depressive tendency?
“And make me an instrument of your will.”
It should, make me an instrument of the will of the people (democracy). And the will of the people was for you to lose the primary.

You Obama bashers have no shame! If he went to see the troops, you’d accuse him of using them–as Bush never had a problem doing–as a political backdrop. Rather than have it interpreted as such, Obama doesn’t visit them and you STILL criticize him! My God, it’s tough to be proud to be an American these days when one has to share the country with fools and hypocrites like you!

HP BOSTON,
I’m not disparaging any and all opinions, just those that were freely admitted to be uninformed. Why would anyone give undue respect to uninformed opinions?

Thought I saw it all…guess not…just another chapter in the daytime soapy “The Many Faces Of Obama”!

>>>Chiji | Jul 25, 2008 4:38:44 PM
Thank you; You’re absolutely right.

Wow!! love or hate Obama …I think if he become president ..there is always going to be people who are going to hate him either because he is black or because he is liberal or a democrat people are going to find a reason..it is easy ..If he didn’t pray for his family ..people would say he is not a family man or what ever the opposite point would help spray their poison ..don’t forget people this is only one prayer of out many..People who actually pray everyday know that we pray for different things at different times ..So all of you trying really hard to define him on one prayer had already had made your mind up that you hate or dislike him ..that is fine… But don’t pretend like his personal prayer to god should be about you so that you would start to like him…So ask yourself this question when is the last time you prayed for country or even your family when you miss them and you are far away in a foreign country…and then have the world look at that one PERSONAL prayers and spray venon and hate on it because you love your family.
God bless you all
Hope you all pray tonight for forgiveness
amen

It would seem to me to be abundantly clear that this was, indeed, Senator Obama’s prayer slip. How would I know? Well, it’s almost word-for-word what he told Newsweek in last week’s print edition.
After telling the Lisa Miller and Richard Wolffe that he prays in his daily life, he was asked “What do you pray for?” Here is his response: “Forgiveness for my sins and flaws, which are many, the protection of my family, and that I’m carrying out God’s will, and not in a grandiose way, but simply that there is an alignment between my actions and what he would want.”
Now whether these sentiments are genuine or carefully crafted is not a matter that can be objectively verified. I make no claims to that. But you’ve got to admit, he’s certainly been consistent.
(Oh no, here come the attack dogs, yelping: “He’s not consistent! Didn’t he say he would consult the generals and modify his Iraq strategy as conditions on the ground changed?” Yes, yes he did say that. Which is what he has consistently said since Iowa and before. Whoever says otherwise proves that when Obama talks, they don’t hear him, but some invisible voice inside their own heads…)

he didn’t even pray for other people, he only prayed for himself. what a selfish man.
at least he knows his fallacy is his pride… being too cocky.

Go Obama! You have my vote and always will. May God protect you and your family.

Obama’s prayer, if it really is his prayer, is a beautifully and humbly stated prayer. It tells you a lot about the man: one, that he really believes in God; two, that he does not assume he knows everything; three, that he recognizes his imperfections; four, that he depends on his creator for wisdom and guidance; five, that he is a godly leader; and six, that he really loves his family.
Of course, to those who hate and doubt him and disbelieve in God, this prayer will not reverse the hate, doubt or disbelief they feel. Nevertheless, for those of us who are truly followers of Christ, we know he possesses what this country really needs in a leader: real faith. And we also believe whether he becomes President or not, this man is on his way to heaven.

The self-righteous hatred of some of us Americans never ceases to amaze me. Obama is criticized for praying for his family, and for surrendering his will to the Father. Jesus himself would not stand a chance in America today – he would be labeled a socialist liberal, condemned for being conceived outside of marriage, and shot by a right-wing fanatic.

Obama is sent by God, a true blessing to us.

The seminary student who grabbed the paper in the wall was nothing more than a petty opportunist. There’s no proof Obama wrote it unless handwriting samples are compared, and I would hope no one stoops so low. It sounds like the Israeli media is as bad as the American media.

I am amazed of all the people with suspicious minds. I wonder how well they get a good nights sleep with all of the many skeletons that are hidden in their closets.
Jesus loves Obama, and I love Obama
I am voting for OBAMA 2008

How much more intrusion into Obama’s spiritual life are we going to tolerate? This man has had to bare his soul literally. The attacks on Senator Obama are off the charts. Anyone who actually follows the teaching of Jesus would be very disappointed that a man’s sacred conversation with God has now become political fodder

REMEMBER GOD’S WAY.

There will come a time when all evil sayings and irrational thoughts will be brought into judgement. Ladies and gentlemen please consider the things you say about our presumtive leaders (Barack/McCain). They are both decent men and should not be demoralized and demonized in such a manner. Let kindness and brotherly love exude from your hearts and ultimately your lips. We are tired of the hatred and filth that is now suffocating our society. Each person is entitled to their opinion but have we forgotten about objectivity in our conversations? LORD HELP US!!

Obama had no business going
to that Solomon’s wall as a
public official on a political
tour.

Can Obama have any privacy. Gee! I thought better of folks overseas , what a dumb thing to go and print

McCain is a God fearing man and Obama is a God fearing man. Let’s be careful with what judgement we make or say, because God is no respector of persons, just blessings. If you think just because a person has all of the highest protection he/she can receive from the SS in the US and they don’t need the most highest protection that they can receive from the God of the universe, you are a sad individual and I hope that everyone who is writting on this blog will pray for you as a person, that you receive more wisdom and knownledge as a person. Yes, I am a Obama supporter, but whomever God allows to be President, we shall pray for their guidance be from God on their decision making for this country. When we pray in our daily lives this effects what our life and country will be like.

The place of religion in a
modern secular democracy is
the church, the home, the
seminary, the department of
religion at the university,
or institutes dedicated to
its study and research.
Religion has no place in
public schools, the courts,
the military, businesses and
corporations, and the halls
of government.

They should take that student outside and whip him with a 1,000 lashes.

I’ve always thought in many ways the Bible was an allegory waiting to be revealed in the development of individual and collective experiences. The first most puzzling one was the tree of knowledge and why a God who had given free will, would in any way forbid the partaking of it, the second being the tower of Babel, now I think understand the inherit dangers of knowledge and language, my great fear is that the human race will forever be separated by both!!

To Anon…
So many confuse religion with doctrine a person may acknowledge his or her religion anywhere he or she chooses, it is the dictates of its doctrine which should impede on or deny the civil liberties of persons.

If it is so intrusive and if a Rabbi tells you that the notes placed between the stones of the Western Wall are between a person and his maker. It is forbidden to read them or make any use of them, then why did YOU just publicize the contents of that note? You have no personal integrity.

How naive are we going to be, just back up and look at these two pictures? This is the same man who sat on the floor of congress and denied the rights of a living breathing child, who survived an abortion. He voted NO, this living child should not receive medical care or be allowed to live. CHECK HIS VOTING RECORDS IT’S A FACT. This is the man who sat and listen to hatred and slander for years in a church then denied knowledge of the message. Then picture him writing this prayer and putting it in the wall. Sorry it just does not add up. Jesus who he says he serves was an expression of ultimate love, you be the judge does the above facts sound like love.