I don’t know what to think anymore. The Democrats have a presidential candidate who attended for most of his adult life an extreme African American church that doesn’t like other races. As a child he attended a Catholic school, his step father was Islamic and his mother an agnostic. For at least five years of his childhood he lived in a country where the dominant religion is Islam. It would be normal for the religion to have made some kind of impression on him, even if his father was a non-practicing Muslim since his friends and neighbors were Muslims. Why he tries so hard to pretend the religion made no impressions on him in his childhood is beyond me and denies he was introduced to Islam as a child. Instead of embracing his multi-religious influences as a child to show he wouldn’t favor one religion over another as a leader, he is so bothered by his Islamic influences he misspeaks.

The Republicans have chosen a vice president candidate who three months ago told a youth missionary group at the Wasilla Assembly of God, an extreme Pentecostal church that Alaskans’ “hearts have to be right with God” to get a natural gas pipeline built and the Iraqi war is a task from God. She was baptized in this church at age twelve and switched to the non-denominational Wasilla Bible Church in 2002. The Wasilla Assembly of God Church conducts seminars to turn gay people straight and thinks the end of the world is coming soon and it will happen in stages. When it starts, refugees will flee to Alaska and the Wasilla Assembly of God will help save them before the final end that will happen in Alaska. Her more recent church, the Wasilla Bible Church had a guest speaker three weeks ago, she was in attendance. The speaker was David Brickner who leads Jews for Jesus. He told the congregation that terrorist bombs in Israel are God’s judgment on the Jews. The vice president candidate isn’t responsible for guest speakers in her church and her press secretary confirms she’s pro-Israel, keeping an Israeli flag in her governor’s office.

On the left, we have a candidate who attended an extreme African American church and doesn’t remember hearing the racist sermons and denies his childhood in a country where most people are Islamic had an impression or influence on him. On the right, we have a candidate who tells youth missionaries the citizens of the state need to get their hearts right with God to pray for a pipeline and attends a church where the pastor told CNN that he would invite David Brickner back to speak again.

I give up. I don’t know what to think anymore. You can’t make up stuff like this, no one would believe it or find it realistic.

At this point, if McCain and Biden turn out to be closet moonies, I probably won’t react with any disbelief.

A quick google turned up there are at least five Catholic universities: Atma Jaya University – established 1960, Parahyangan Catholic University (1955), Soegijapranoto Catholic University (1982), Widya MandalaCatholic University and Sanata Dharma University (1955).

According to Indonesia Logue:

http://www.indonesialogue.com/best-of/catholic-churches-jakarta-west-java.html

“Among other contributions to the city, the Catholic church is heavily involved in the development of education.

In accordance with its European heritage, the church has set up schools as part of its service to the community. The fact Catholicism is a well established religion in Jakarta contributes to the renowned reputation of these schools.

Private Catholic schools such as Canisius, Santa Ursula and Tarakanita are among the best schools in the capital amid criticism they have became institutions for the elite. ”

It doesn’t look like Indonesia has a shortage of Catholic schools.

He wants his race card back from the Republicans.

Even the selection of George is interesting to make this slip…or intentional gaffe.

Either way, fake or real mistake, after the flak they got for the debate questions.

He is daring ABC or the Reps to use it against him, while claiming they already have.

Like you said…it’s a trap!

This is not accurate, and if it were, it would be insufficient.

I learned the Muslim call to prayer, not because I attended Muslim studies classes, but because of music background that brought me close to Arab and Turkish friends who had both explained and taught me the adhan.

Yet…I’m not muslim. Would never associate myself with Islam outside some scholastic examination of the religion and cultural distinctions.

Obama’s issue, in my belief, is he’s a wandering fool who isn’t ready to be president. He’s full of shit, and that is the causal source of his issues with bad judgement, arrogance, and aloof behavior.

But knowing the Muslim call to prayer isn’t so out of the ordinary. Going to a mosque isn’t a big deal if you are a politician, because Muslims are part of the community.

We can read the damned transcript anywhere…if you have a connection between the rock-throwing and hiding hands and Palestinians, spell it out.

We know that he’s already constantly starving himself from that time he broke down and stole someone else’s chicken wings (they took down that picture, btw!)

This thread needs to be retitled from:

Tired, Stressed or Distracted?

to:

Tired, Stressed, Distracted or BUSTED?

He kept poking Matt Lauer when Matt questioned him!!

Soetoror/Obama makes too many errors like this to trust him with the presidency. If he’s that tired from an easy campaign (the Democratic party handed the nomination to him on that proverbial silver platter) he’ll never make it through the first year. How would he ever survive the rigors of a confrontation with Russia or Chins.