Obama Talks God at National Prayer Breakfast

I wonder if a cellular signal can even penetrate the presidential limo

President Barack Obama is using the grassroots machine built during the campaign to short-circuit the media. (Photo by Ron Charles of the Associated Press)
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama and his team learned a very important lesson that they are seeking to put into practice in the White House: the power of the media is overrated.
Time and again during the campaign, Obama used his burgeoning grassroots army — now more than 13 million email addresses strong — to push out the message that he wanted to dominate the day rather than the message the media was focused on.
Utilizing You Tube and a variety of other social networking media, Obama was able to speak directly to his supporters and, as importantly, to undecided voters about the issues of the day.
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These people are his core beleievers and NOTHING will ever change their minds.. when the brown-shirted, black-booted thugs show up at their door, they will STILL be believing in hope & change.

I must be going BLIND!!
I can no longer see the seperation of church and state.

He’s more Christian than you may think. He wrote a private note at the wall in Jerusalem that said he wanted to be God’s instrument. Some worker at the wall stole the note.
I’m not religious, but I don’t feel scared that Obama is. I know he’s not going to stuff it down my throat as GWB did.

I think Obama’s profession of faith is less than genuine. Everything he does is nothing more than a political calculation designed to ensure his re-election. During the campaign, he talked endlessly about his faith, until the polls showed that he would not win the evangelical vote. After that, he stopped talking about faith all together, and he stopped attending church. I also read that his reason for becoming a Christian was political. He needed to appear to be one of the group of people whom he was attempting to organize. I read that some of his associates tryed to talk him out of joining Rev. Wright’s church, because he was so controversial, but he joined anyway. However, his reason for joining was an attempt to further his political career, and not because he was seeking God, the same reason he does everything.

President Obama, please don’t leave Naturalists, Nature-Based Spiritualists out of your new Faith-Based Office — this includes Pagans and Wiccans who performed a cleansing ritual in DC before you were inaugurated, even though they weren’t included at your National Prayer Service the next day.
Nature-Based Spirituality aka Pantheism is the original religion and no other “mainstream” religion would exist as we know them today otherwise.

Obama needs to search his soul and ask if it’s right to use fear to get Americans to back his pork spending bill.
As Lindsay Graham said today (paraphrasing) scaring people is not leadership.

Wonder why he didn’t mention his mentor Rev Wright or his moral compass Father Pfleger.
BO has won the election–no point in hiding the truth anymore.
I have a very hard time believing Obama’s christianity knowing what kind pastor he willingly listened to for 20 years.

Jake, u are factually wrong, there is no religion whose central tenet is violence. Just because people commit atrocities in the name of religion, doesn’t mean that such violence is endorsed by the religion.

Blair has had his own recent personal faith journey story as previously noted as he became a member of the Roman Catholic Church along with his wife and the rest of their family. The comment about his being a secret Catholic goes back to the centuries of persecution that followed the coming to power of Elizabeth I which was even more discussed when James II became one and was overthrown by Protestants placing his daughter and William of Orange on the throne.

“He’s more Christian than you may think. He wrote a private note at the wall in Jerusalem that said he wanted to be God’s instrument. Some worker at the wall stole the note.”
Ok, I really didnt follow this issue so advise people not to take this as gospel but Haaretz said the paper in question Ma’ariv released this response to complaints about publishing Obama’s prayer:
“Obama’s note was published in Ma’ariv and other international publications following Obama’s authorization to make the content of the note public. Obama submitted a copy of the note to media outlets when he left his hotel in Jerusalem.”"
Tapper’s story on the trip said
“On his plane Thursday morning Obama declined to tell reporters what he had asked of the Lord in his note.”
So something is funny here.

slightly OT but a must-see video:
“The Road to Socialism”
posted at HotAir/from FoxNews
with Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin

Yup, a good Christian should never question this government. That’s appropriate use of religion right there.
Posted by: KR | Feb 5, 2009 12:26:44 PM
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didn’t say that … u said that.
Please question government.. I urge you to do so. CONSTRUCTIVELY….. Not with mindless rightwing talkingpoints.
You know the hannity and rush speak… calling the President’s religion and faith values into question EVEN when they are disproven.
You mention Good Christians….. Are there bad Christians????? You logic is revealing.
What are you? a good christian or a bad one? or one at all

“posted at HotAir/from FoxNews
with Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin”
The trifecta of right wing idiocy.
BTW Michelle, this blog deletes links.
What you put above should be enough for people to track it down if they want to watch it.

“shove the Christian Religion down peoples throats and make them live their life by the Bible like George w Did”
And what exactly did he do to you? Can you give some details or is this just political propaganda?
Point out how you were forced to live life by the Bible?
Just curious.

“The comments here are a good example of why many of us don’t attend a church anymore”
I don’t attend church but its not because people make comments like these. I don’t attend because I’ve read the Bible and I think it speaks to everyone differently. Hearing a pastor read the Bible and tell me his interpretation, I feel, isn’t something I need.
But I do miss the community, and the good people I meet there. I often contemplate going back just for that.

I/m just wondering why is it the the American “media” is referring to our President as Mr. Obanma, when he is the president. I don’t ever recall hearing George Bush referred to as “Mr. Bush” when he was President, Why is it then that the media/news is referencing the highest position in our country (President) as Mr. Obama. Unless President Obama has requested not to be referred to as “President” I believe it is only right and respectful to give the President his title when referring to him. You wouldn’t call a doctor “Mr. Cameron, you’d call him by his title, Dr. Cameron. Pleasde show some respect for the position.

“I believe it is only right and respectful to give the President his title when referring to him.”
Is this one of the talking points the “Obama” organization is sending out?
The Puppet was “elected” under false pretenses, and has clogged up His government with the same old shills. Obama’s lucky people aren’t calling him The Pestilent … not that that may not happen …

” I don’t ever recall hearing George Bush referred to as “Mr. Bush” when he was President,”
Actually they did ever since he was elected in 2000. I thought maybe it was because of the whole Florida debacle. A subtle protest to him being President.
But I’m with you, they are both Mr. President or President Bush/President Obama.

“However there is no option for a Christian to be out of fellowship with fellow believers”
I think some would argue that it doesn’t have to be the current “church” setting for that fellowship. Obviously fellowship helps to strengthen faith, but that fellowship can also be within family and friends, outside a church setting.

robert_b, You are also right. I may yet find a church I do like. Again, I do enjoy the fellowship with people. I guess my problem is my interpretation of scripture isn’t cookie cutter, and feel uncomfortable with some pastors. I think I just need to find the right pastor.

“Real Christian” What’s that? All Christians think they are “Real Christians”……even when they are willing to kill one another. “Christianity is a wonderful religion. Too bad no one follows it.”….Mohandas K. Gandhi.

You guys who are not at church,you would like to understand the scriptures
your way and not the pastors interpretation, but you miss the fellowship,1yr ago I was in exactly the same boat,now I go to a home church and am enjoying myself tremendously,my suggestion is give it a go.

I don’t care how he worships, who he worships or if he worships. The Constitution of the United States gives him the right to do as he thinks is best for him. I will defend his Constitutional rights and mine. Even the Constitutional rights he says he will circumvent.
I’ll defend your rights Mr. President. You leave mine alone.

Reason, since you claim that those who believe we can’t see Obama’s birth certificate, medical records, or college papers are blindly following viral e-mails…
I haven’t received any e-mails, just done my own research with an open mind. Please point us to the records and documents you mentioned, so we can put this issue to rest once and for all. And don’t bother telling us about Obama’s COLB. That hardly qualifies as a replacement for his vault-sealed birth certificate; in fact, his half-sister Maya Soetoro Ng, whom we know was born in Indonesia, also has a COLB issued by the state of Hawaii.

ABC has broken a story sure to rock the political world. Reporter Scott Mayerowitz has discovered that Barack Obama’s compensation is actually more than the recently reported $400,000. Unbeknownst to many, in addition to that large 6-figure sum, Obama is allowed to use, TAX FREE, a very fancy limo which comes with a driver for whom he does not pay.
And the car is not just your average run-of-the-mill limo but chock full of fancy gadgets including rididculously expensive bullet-proof glass and other high-tech security features.
And the car is not Obama’s only tax-free perk. He is also given, in addition to his handsome salary, a $50,000 budget for….wait for it….PARTIES! That’s right, if he wants to welcome, say, Nicolas Sarkozy to the United States he can get the beer and chips and stuff FREE. At a time when many Americans have lost their jobs Obama is partying on your dime.
ABC News has also revealed this shocking truth: Obama has been given a HOUSE to live in TAX FREE while he is President. That’s right, just when people are losing their mortgages Obama is given this gigantic perk and guess what he pays on it monthly: nothing! Nada!
As you can see, it’s not some fix-er-upper either. It’s got a ton of rooms and comes with another tax-free perk: free staff.
Really, as if this weren’t enough, ABC informs us that Obama also gets to use, at taxpayer expense, a huge free airplane. He flies first class or coach or anywhere he wants to sit because the whole plane is his to use tax-free. There’s more too but you’ll have to read the full exclusive story for that.
ABCNews.com is also letting us know, in their top story, that on the stimulus bill “Obama lost” even though they say it will pass.
Just when we thought traditional media was dying ABC News comes along with these gems to prove they’ve still got it.

“Faith has always been a guiding force in our family’s life, so we feel very much at home and look forward to keeping this tradition alive during our time here.”
Hmm…father – atheist (check) grandparents – non practicing (check) mother – skeptical (check) yep that qualifies as ‘guiding force’ alright. what a joke. just come out atheist Obama and i’ll love you forever.

President Obama can unite people of all faiths, if anyone can. He and his family have roots in two major religions – Christianity and Islam. In fact, he even carries an idol of the Hindu god Hanuman as a lucky charm,which seems to have worked for him.
This could signal the beginning of a new era in American politics.

I see religion as just another means to divide the people. I see some that use the Church as a place of networking for business purposes.
We seem to actively seek ways of promoting separatism.
Even though I was born into the Catholic faith, I had too many questions and was not satisfied with the blind faith answers given to me.
For many years as Christians threw the Bible at me including members of my own family. I tried many different Churches to try to fit in and studied yet even more religions. I prayed that I would find some faith that I could truly believe in.
Then I studied the history of religion itself, and there I found the answers I had been seeking. It was always within me, never something outside of myself.
Now, I have no need to bind myself to a particular religion, nor am I am Atheist. I seek no life in the Christian heavens nor do I blame the devil for bad experiences in my life.
IMO, I think that a person’s faith is very personal and although we can share similar beliefs, we are ultimately responsible for our own salvation…
I share in President Obama’s thoughts of faith, as they seem reasonable and more fair. It describes a tolerance towards diversity that is inclusive to all people no matter their faith.
I am definitely for the separation of Church and State. History should be proof enough to us that religious power is not above corruption. And moral character should not be defined by a person’s faith or lack of faith.
But, these are only my opinions…

That’s all we need, so called “christian” rightwingnut dittoheads judging someone else’s faith. Let your actions in life speak louder than words. Don’t preface your political affiliation with the word “christian”. Who are you trying to convince? Do your actions speak otherwise?

Since Obama’s earnest drive to convince the nation to weaken its economic strength through redistribution as well as weaken its national defense, have confirmed the very threats to our Republic’s survival that the Constitution was designed to avert, it no longer is sustainable for the United States Supreme Court and Military Joint Chiefs to refrain from exercising WHAT IS THEIR ABSOLUTE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO DEFEND THE NATION FROM UNLAWFUL USURPATION. The question of Obama’s Kenyan birth and his father’s Kenyan/British citizenship (admitted on his own website) have been conflated by his sustained unwillingnes to supply his long form birth certificate now under seal, and compounded by his internet posting of a discredited “after-the-fact” short form ‘certificate’. In the absence of these issues being acknowledged and addessed, IT IS MANIFEST THAT OBAMA REMAINS INELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. Being a 14th Amendment “citizen” is not sufficient. A “President” MUST BE an Article 2 “natural born citizen” AS DEFINED BY THE FRAMERS’ INTENT.

In God we trust, God bless America, Laus Deo (“Praise be to God” inscribed atop the Washington Monument, One nation under God, The Ten Commandments inscribed in the Supreme Court building, Government Office Oath Takings sworn over the bible and every single president that we ever had was Christian. Scripture is the basis of our constitution, Christianity was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants. Yes, we are the greatest country on earth and we are Christian by identity to the whole world. The profound statement of President Obama about getting his strength from his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is deeply rooted in his being and we as a people hearing this from our leader, put there by God himself, should start to reflect on our own spiritual identity which truly is the source of strength in every ones’ life.