Forgive Them Father
By dcmediagirl on July 28, 2008 at 1:57 PM in Israel, Jews, Messiah, NoQuarter Radio, Obama, Religion
My colleagues are in high dudgeon today over the outrage perpetrated on The Child in Jerusalem; you know, Notegate at the Wailing Wall. Everyone seems to be SHOCKED, OUTRAGED and DEEPLY OFFENDED that The Chosen One could be made to suffer such an indignity, such a gross violation of privacy. This infraction is so completely and utterly offensive that even people I know who don’t like Obama and have no intention of voting for him are aghast, saying that this act is beyond the pale because this was the one gesture of Barack’s Excellent Adventure that was actually “heartfelt” and “sincere”. It just goes to show you that the old adage that some people will believe anything, no matter how self-serving, phony, hypocritical, opportunistic or downright savage, if a man of the cloth is in the vicinity giving his blessing - or better yet, if the act in question is carried out directly by a “religious leader.”
And you know who’s to blame for all these outrages being perpetrated on The Child, don’t you?
Of course! The Jews! They never learn, do they? They’re crucifying The Chosen One (in Jerusalem, no less!) just like they did to Jesus!
While everyone is busy gnashing their teeth and rending their garments, may I be so bold as to remind all the umbrage-takers that on July 9th, Obama voted for the FISA Amendments Act, which “expanded the president’s warrantless surveillance authority and unconstitutionally granted retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the president’s illegal domestic wiretapping program.” So forgive me if I’m not heartbroken over Obama’s innermost thoughts being revealed to the world by nosy strangers.
And now’s as good a time as any to let everyone know I’ll be hosting another installment of Hour of Power on Tuesday, July 29th at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Formal announcement to follow.
UPDATE: Statement from Maariv: “Obama’s note was published in Maariv and other international publications following his 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. Moreover, since he is not Jewish, there is no violation of privacy as there would be for a Jewish person who places a note in the wall.”
Has anyone noticed? The Emperor wears no clothes
I think people are starting to maybe wake up?
No bump for Obama! McCain ahead +4 Nationally according to a Gallup/USA Today poll
oddly taegon’s site, which slobbers over obama daily, has one of their headlines today that bambi leads by “double digits”!
they’ll go to any lengths to find any kind of poll nationally to say what they want to hear.
That poll showing McCain ahead is the only one out of 7 with those results. In addition it has the smallest sampling. You guys are really reaching.
Explain then why Obama’s polling advantage has been down in the bluest of blue states in other polls?
Sample Rasmussen Polls:
California down by 18 pts.
New Hampshire down by 7 pts
Minnesota down by 13 pts.
Colorado down by 7 points.
Main down by 14 points.
Washington down by 10 points.
Because he’s tacking to the center, which loses him ground in liberal states which he has no chance of losing, but helps him make up ground in states with larger numbers of moderate voters.
Gee, that was easy. Next!
Coloradio and NH are not blue states idjit. Also, check out the swing states where McCain is gaining and Obama dropping. And still the 527 avalanche to come. B’bye.
Take it up with the person I was responding to, rube. Those are his words, not mine. As for CO, “Matthew” is flat-out lying–Obama went from +2 in their June poll to +3 in July, obviously well within the margin of error, and certainly not “down by 7″ which is just a made-up fantasy number. He’s right that Obama lost 7 in NH, but NH is preposterously volatile, reacts in crazy ways to small shifts in the campaign, and the July poll was done at the end of the “Obama is a flip flopper” attack cycle and before Obama’s foreign trip happened.
As for swing states more generally, numbers are all over the place. Quinnipiac gave him some bad news on Thursday, then Rasmussen and R2k came back with good news on Friday. I don’t expect the trip to have a dramatic short-term effect, but the long-term consequences of Obama’s demonstrating his statute on the world stage and Maliki’s endorsement of Obama’s timetable will become apparent in October, when McCain gets creamed in the debates and drowned on the airwaves.
Thanks for the laughs Anon 22 ” McCain gets creamed in the debates and drowned on the airwaves.” Oh that was funny. Your shitty canidate sucks at debates remember? Remember Hillary wiping the floor with his ass- as he says “ummm. ahhh umm”? The reason why he hasn’t debated since PA and why he turned down the Townhalls? He can’t think on his feet, needs a speech writer and teleprompter. I can’t wait for the debates. They will be so much fun seeing Barky Nobama naked without his stagecraft. HA! Put down the kool-aid and get a dose of reality.
Obama is not a great debater. But McCain is fucking awful. He’s going to get trounced. He doesn’t do any type of public speaking well, whether it be teleprompted speeches, press conferences, or yes, even town halls, where he is, admittedly, marginally less bad than he is in other formats. But what’s even worse than McCain’s personal lack of charisma is that his entire campaign has been essentially pulled out from under him in the last week, with Maliki endorsing Obamas’s withdrawal timetable. McCain’s skating on that now, with the media’s assistance, but you can be damn sure Obama isn’t going to let him skate on it in the debates or in the October ad war. There is simply no way McCain will recover from the deathblow the Iraqi government dealt his campaign.
You are eating too many cheetos and drinking too much kool-aid- it’s frying your brain cells. McCain is better on his feet, answering questions than Obama. Remember, McCain won against Huckabee, Romney, Guliani, et al…..all better speech givers than him.
If your shitty canidiate wasn’t afraid of debates, he wouldn’t have run away from Hillary’s challange. SISSY Barky NObama. C’mon just look at McCain- the man eats sissies for breakfast.
McCain beat out the jokesters in the GOP field by default and by party nominating rules that produce an avalanche for the candidate with early momentum. He was not impressive during the primary debates, and he will not impress when matched up against Obama. Fundamentally, he is hampered by the fact that he is, quite rightly, tied to the most unpopular President in history, and that almost all of his policy positions are unpopular with Americans. Then this week he ran into the further problem that Iraq doesn’t like his Iraq policy. Put it all together, and it will make for a disaster in a head-to-head matchup. John McCain is going to lose all of the presidential debates decisively.
What debates? little bo peep is too chicken to debate McCain.
Oh yes we should revisit this little town hall meeting of BO..
Tupp … don’t point out his flaws … either anchovy’s or oblewit’s … facts are like so 1900’s!
Colorado and NH are not blue states idjit. Also, check out the swing states where McCain is gaining and Obama dropping. And still the 527 avalanche to come. B’bye.
yeah well how about the one the trolls havent gotten to that shows mccain is ahead of obama by 30 points
I’m surprised. Obama is ahead in the other Gallup poll; I’m sure it’s the polling assumptions, e.g., what % of a certain demographic will turn out to vote.
Wow.
Correct, although it’s also actually a separate poll, done by commission for USAToday. However, the major difference, as you surmise, is the LV screen, which is kind of shoddy this far in advance of the election, but conceivably still more accurate than RVs. Regardless, one polling result that goes in the opposite direction of several others is generally known as an “outlier,” which is what Gallup/USAT looks like.
Oh my Anon22, now you are lecturing us on the difference between “likely voters” and “registered voters”. Throwing around jargon like LV and RV.
Likely voters are registered and they have a history of going to the polls. Their names are pulled from past election records.
Registered voters are eligible to vote, but may or may not have ever even voted in their life. For all you know they signed up at the DMV or at a registration rally and don’t even know where to go vote.
I have voted in every local, state and federal primary and election since 1984. I am a likely voter and I say “NO DEAL”
LV screens are generally not made public; each pollster considers its LV model proprietary information, whether it has a proven track record or not. Nevertheless, we do know that there are factors beyond past voting behavior that go into LV screens. One is self-reported likelihood of voting, which can oscillate in strange ways during the summer “down” months. Another is interest in and attention to political news coverage. Measuring those factors in July and then trying to use them to project who will vote in August is a dicey business. The pollsters don’t deny this, they just do the best they can. Which is fine. But to get all excited about one outlier showing a McCain lead when even the pollster themselves is acknowledging this has a lot to do with their LV screen, and that they aren’t too sure how well it’s projecting November from attitudes in July is irrational (par for the course around here, I realize).
One other thing: to the extent the LV screens do take prior voting behavior into account, it is possible that they are seriously underestimating one of the key strengths that helped Obama win the primaries, namely his appeal to first-time voters, particularly young voters, many of whom were ineligible to vote in the last presidential election (which is generally what the LV screen for a presidential contest measures from, for reasons I don’t understand—it’s not as if many people vote in a midterm election, and then sit out the presidential contest two years later). Generally, assuming that someone who has not voted before won’t vote this time is a safe assumption. But for this election, it may not be. We’ll have to wait and see.
you seem to forget about the biggest block of likely voters…in fact, the most reliable voting block. seniors.
you see, the general election is not made up of caucuses. people can go and vote, and not have to spend hours standing, waiting, being bullied.
ah..i love america.
Most reliable, but also reliably projected to be a smaller portion of the electorate than the younger middle-aged set , where Obama is beating McCain. As for the truly young, they tend to turn out big in “realigning” elections, which this one is set to be.
yakity yakity blah blah blah…polls/schmolls. When the convention is over and the gloves are off it will be a tidal wave of republican strategies held back. If all Oblahma has is a piddly single-digit lead now, he hasn’t a prayer then.
Buh Bye.
a-hole22 you must be dumber than you sound! Here is a man who went to Columbia Law and Harvard; but knows nothing about history or current events! Him and his racist wife should move to Iran where they belong!
The young ones did not turn out for Kerry- despite that being a “realigned” election and despite the projections.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/03/MNG5B9KH4C1.DTL
I project that only idiots and racists will vote obama.
What is your most favorite thing you like about obama?
Wanna bet?
You tell ‘em kid. We are here and we vote. They bullied everybody at the caucus here in Washington State, but we vote by mail in this county. oops. can’t try to scare us in the Ge.
USAtoday is the people magazine of newspapers.
He is perfect. Or so he says.
http://www.slate.com/id/2196068/
I would have said, “So, you didn’t learn anything then.”
Well you can’t accuse him of having an open mind, can you? A person that can’t learn from new experiences is useless.
Wish to hell we knew what his beliefs are.
Hallelujah, hallelujah. The pompous Bambam shall be crushed.
Yes, and boy, it’s a SKANKY sight!
NASTY!
Hillary is still the best choice,
read this:
Feelings for Clinton still strong across NH
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=058e4005-41d1-4508-8012-21fddc61e98b&headline=Feelings+for+Clinton+still+strong+across+NH
Good link.
Sad that all those Clinton suppporters who said they’d vote for Obama appeared to not have a clue about him or the danger of an Obama Presidency because they seemed to be fed a diet of msm news.
And it’s a ghastly sight.
No clothes that is.
Don’t worry, I’m sure Barry will be ‘perfecting’ the
Jews just as soon as he’s done ‘perfecting’ us, as
he stated in his Berlin speech that we, us evil
gun and Bible clinging Americans had not yet been
‘perfected’.
I say hey Barry, how bout you worry about ‘perfecting’ yourself before you worry about
the rest of us.
Oh I forgot, you think you are perfect.
Did he really say that we need perfecting?? Wasn’t that phrase used on that Anti-Jewish Lobby page he had on this official site (that was only scrubbed because of the complaints of the anti-semitism even after it had been allowed to fester there for two months)?
My understanding is that the “Chosen One” as you so aptly put it gave his message to the press before he headed out to the wailing wall. So whatever he gets -he deserves on this one mpk
Where is your evidence of this? Link, please.
Frizzzzz…Your Baaack….How’s REHAB IN GAZA….
http://darkskies1.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/did-obama-leak-his-private-prayer-to-the-press-for-publication/
We are going to need a bigger bus…
Nice!
He’ll have to get one of those double deckers with the accordian centers for his quick turns to the right.
Ma’ariv issued a response Sunday, saying that “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. Moreover, since Obama is not Jewish, there is no violation of privacy as there would be for a Jewish person who places a note in the Western Wall.”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1005882.html
From Haaretz: Rabbis slam removal, publication of note Obama left in cracks of Western Wall
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1005749.html
At the very least, it seems thoroughly disrespectful on an ethical level to remove an individual’s prayer from its intended resting place at a holy site. If Obama had already released the text of the letter, why steal and scan the actual note?
Obama’s religion of self interest
Obama releases prayer wall note to media for publication
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13021.htm
Obama’s prayer wall note…
a requests or demands to God?
Read the note at the link
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13021.htm
I am sure he didn’t write the note himself. 3 speech writers did.
ha - when I first read it - I thought wow, did that sound like he WANTED it to be”discovered” or what? spare me. there is very little unscripted, genuine ANYthing left to him at this point.
I thought that first thing too and then chided myself for being too cynical. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one. He never does anything but what serves his self interest.
Nope- I was instantly cynical.
Not only the campaign gave a copy to the media, I also bet that they have paid that dude to take the note from the wall. Did I mention that they also desecrated the place by putting big campaign signs up.
Angry Michelle, the fact that “The Chosen One’s” campaign staff disrespectfully put posters up on the Western Wall hasn’t been mentioned, even casually, in the American media. This is just another illustration that proves the MSM are in the tank for Obama.
It happens to be Judaisms holiest site but that doesn’t seem to bother the Obamabots because they believe he’s just returning to his birthplace.
desecrated the place by putting big campaign signs up.
I am mad about that. I recall Sharon starting the second anti fadda(sp?), BO is a “ferener”, make a mockery of the Wailing Wall with those banners. Shame on him.
The guy standing right next to him was security. I could tell cuz he kept talking into his wrist.
Here is one:
“Ma’ariv [newspaper] issued a response Sunday, saying that ‘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. Moreover, since Obama is not Jewish, there is no violation of privacy as there would be for a Jewish person who places a note in the Western Wall.’”
http://vberryhill-soulvoice.blogspot.com/2008/07/private-prayer-made-public-drama.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1005882.html
Isreal paper
Larry didn’t you know it was Obama who released a statement Tto the press of what his prayer said.
Yeah, I heard the same thing, supposedly Obama is the one who said it was ok to publish his Wailing Wall message.
So - you don’t think there’s a difference between publishing the text of the prayer and stealing it from a holy site, scanning it, and printing it?
A difference, yes. However, the only way obama was harmed is if he believed that burying the scrap of paper would get his prayers heard by God. Since he is a Christian (who does not celebrate x-mas, which is OK), he likely does not proscribe to the Jewish faith and its rituals.
Even IF he believes, his note will still get buried. So, if he passed the note first, then he was not worried about the part of the ritual that involves confidentiality.
Its probley true….
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
Now, this is just sacrilegious on your part and down right stupid. Put up some evidence to support these “tin foil” stories.
Barack didn’t need any additional media attention for this trip. He had the top 3 news anchors with him, plus an additional 37 press related people. If he did indeed show it to the press, it would have been out by now.
Instead, you supposed “PUMA’s” love conspiracy theories that don’t pass the smell test.
Then leave.
I think it is sacrilegious to give permission to publish a prayer for good press.
It’s your Obamanation
’scuse me, but do you actually READ anything before commenting on it? Just wondering…
No by this point Obama supporters are just as dumb as those who supported bush for his second term. completely star craving mad, literally.
“stark”, literally
The way he wrote it is also accurate.
Yeah, star craving works too doesn’t it?
Then why did he hang banners? Do not be naive. Oh, and do not say he did not because this was a surprise visit and I doubt his banners regularly hang near the Wailing Wall.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=70454
http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2008/07/23/obama-campaign-banners-at-the-western-wall/
Plus, these guys have every minute of their day planned. Nothing over there was for a Congressional trip or for a “publically-private” spiritual moment. Look at ALL THOSE REPORTERS!! They just happened to be there?
He is always campaigning for President, period.
I should change your color you know the O don’t like green right?? And what’s the hot for??
The media in Israel has the first draft of the note written by Obama himself before his writers got involved. It had only one word: Present.
LMAO……………that was good. PRESENT
Is that like “Obama was here”? At least he didn’t carve it into the wall.
Did you notice nice and clear the writing was? And he did give a copy to the media.
He planted that note specifically so it would be removed and published so all the fundies at home would think, what a religious man, I better vote for him.
Just another campaign publicity stunt. But Americans are so stupid we will never maintain a democracy.
Obama wrote a prayer….to himself.
Good Post DC….lots of bite
As soon as I read about it, I also thought he had every intention of it being read by the masses. It was just another BHO publicity trick to make us think he believes in any power greater than himself. All I have seen from him is complete arrogance bordering on delusion, I don’t for a minute believe he possesses the least bit of humility before G-d.
He’s a tad bit late on some of the things he asked god for.
I’ve been out of computer touch for the past 4 days…do you have a link to the “Outrage”?
Thanks.
Will Howard Dean/Pelosi soon press the panic button? The latest USA Today/Gallup is out, McCain is now having a 4-point lead among likely voters, which is a HUGE turnaround.
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http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/07/gains-for-mccai.html
Republican presidential candidate John McCain moved from being behind by 6 points among “likely” voters a month ago to a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama among that group in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. McCain still trails slightly among the broader universe of “registered” voters. By both measures, the race is tight.
Its intriguing to note that the author thinks McCain will need to energize Rep’s. Barry seems to be doing a bang-up job of that on his own!
i’m kind of feeling like the whole thing was staged by the bobot gang.
thus…the revealing wonderfulness of mr obama’s simple prayer. how he is just like us.
“heartfelt and sincere”…perhaps, but still staged to make him look like mr. everyman.
and the bobots get to also take umbrage at the same time. it’s win/win for them.
brilliant piece of fakery. anyone who fell for it is too close to the kool aid.
sorry…i just be a little too jaded at this point to underestimate the tomfoolery of the obamacoup.
no vote for obama here.
keep freedom ringing.
That was my thought, too, - that he planted it. He’s just not trustworthy, and as politicians go, that’s pretty significant. Your gut reaction is usually correct. I don’t think anything is too sneaky or backhanded for Barry.
It was reported last night that Barry’s people gave another copy of his note for publication and that the ruse of someone taking his note public was INTENTIONAL.
There is nothing this piece of shit will not do to make himself look other than he truly is.
I certainly hope the MSM and the DNC understand that those of us they have lost will not be changed back. It will be fun to see them waste their breath, paper and ink though.
I have been an enemy of republicans for a long time and now I enjoy their ads so much that I donate money to ensure they get to air! I am shocked and amazed at how Obama is a great uniter…of republicans and dems against his sorry ass! Hahaha. you reap what you sow! My original thought was, ok, I’ll vote McCain albeit reluctantly, but no campaigning and no contributions. Well, surprise! I hate the fraud thta much!
As far as I am concerned, for me, I could vote today because nothing will change my stance from now until doomsday! All they really have against McCain is age. Well, McCain could drop dead next week and I’d still want the dead guy over slimy Barry.
The only reason to wait for November is for more of Barry’s fans to wake up!
Once the dem convention is over and we see if those fools stick with the loser, my yard signs are going up. #1 My Hillary vote is going to McCain and #2 PUMA.
I won’t deface my yard with anything that has Obi’s face or name on it as much as I like some of those nobama signs, I just can’t stomach anything Obamboozlerish around me!
Why do I suspect that Obama assumed that someone would probably read his prayer? If not, he is hopelessly naive. (Repainting the American flag on the tail of his plane with his own symbol suggests the latter, so maybe I am misreading him.)
I despise invasions of privacy but as you point out Obama did give Bush the right to snoop without any consequences - even on him and his campaign.(Iim back to the naive explanation.)
Here is the text of the prayer:
“Lord — Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just.
Maybe I am being picky but I expected him to pray for peace for the people in the region, help for the leaders trying to negotiate a settlement, etc. After all he was standing at the center of the region which is the source of so much violence and anger and which destabilizes the entire region. Instead he was focused entirely on himself.
The Lord’s going to have to work some to help guard Obama from pride.
Pride goeth before the fall, or so I’ve heard. I’ve got my fingers crossed, at any rate.