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Obama's Big Cross Kentucky Flier
May 18, 2008 11:58 AM
Some voters in Kentucky, where Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is expected to romp on Tuesday, have received a flier from the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., where the lanky Illinoisan is emphasizing his Christianity. (Update: The Obama campaign says this flier is not new, though it's the first I've seen of it. I'm told it's being distributed on a limited basis to faith groups.)
On the front of the flier is a photograph of Obama speaking from a pulpit with a large cross hanging on the wall behind him.
"Faith. Hope. Change. Barack Obama for President. 'My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want, but I won't be fulfilling God's will unless I go out and do the Lord's work'. - Barack Obama"
Inside, it also mentions that as a "community organizer in neighborhoods devastated by the closing of local steel mills" the senator "forged a profound connection with the people of these communities. At their encouragement, he visited a local church one Sunday. That day, Obama felt a beckoning of the spirit and accepted Jesus Christ into his life."
Over at CBN, our friend David Brody writes: "I know the conservative policy purists will say that Obama is liberal and therefore Evangelicals won’t buy his 'Evangelical speak'. Not so fast. Remember, many people vote based on an emotional connection to a candidate or if they can relate to that person. Obama may need to work on this perception that he is 'elite' but when he talks about Jesus and the Bible and the fact that he’s a sinner, it makes him more real and in the process, more electable too."
The mainstream media's reaction has been quite different from the reaction when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, invoked Christ in a TV ad.
Of course, the context is different. One senses that half the battle Obama is waging here is to let voters know he's not Muslim.
But still, why the different reaction?
- jpt
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When Obama mentions his faith, I think of Trinity United Church and Jeremiah Wright. I mean really, what am I supposed to think of??? Don't want this near the White House.
Posted by: NJH | May 18, 2008 8:31:03 PM
Gore, Bush...enough with the jibber jabber Jgaw.
The nomination will not be awarded to the person you like but to him who the voters chose.
Posted by: Josh | May 18, 2008 8:30:33 PM
Sarah, I have long believed he would win. but since that time, agreed not to vote for him in november. clinton can stay in the race regardless. it can be a longshot and she can stay in. just like you applying to "dream" schools but only getting in the safety.
Posted by: Tony | May 18, 2008 8:30:20 PM
obama did not win fair and square
he had help from the the american mainstream media
he had help from the democratic party
bigwigs.
no if it had been fair and square. we would have known back in january about rev. wright, and bill ayers.
Posted by: jgaw | May 18, 2008 8:27:48 PM
November is the word now.
So, Clintonians have actually conceded the primaries?
The Hill missed the memo!
Posted by: Sarah | May 18, 2008 8:25:35 PM
Jeez! Chill out Tony!
20, 30, 40 years - it doesn't matter.
This is 2008 and Hill lost - fair and square.
Posted by: Tina | May 18, 2008 8:22:16 PM
I would not be surprised if Senator Obama had wrapped himself in a flag and carried a gun in one hand and the bible in the other to try to get the voters of West Virginia and Kentucky to vote for him. He will say or do anything to get elected. He is a pathetic man, not worthy of the Presidency.
Posted by: Mary | May 18, 2008 8:19:51 PM
Priscilla - stop projecting. I'm not bitter. A few weeks ago, though, Obama's internet warriors said it was ok to be bitter. So even if I were, it's fine, right?
Posted by: Tony | May 18, 2008 8:03:06 PM
Bertha, spare me the drama and learn how to read more carefully. I didn't say blacks were racist for voting for Obama in part due to his race. Apparently that is your own insecurity. I'm black, and I don't find anything wrong with having racial pride. I do have a problem with people only pointing out when whites vote for Clinton, and I have a problem with the notion that white support for Clinton is inherently racist, but black support for Obama is just a coincidence.
Posted by: Tony | May 18, 2008 8:01:35 PM
Bruce Becker, the argument that if we waterboard the enemy then they will waterboard us is a bogus argument. Our enemy already has a history of decapitating Americans. I for one would rather be waterboarded then have my head sliced off with a machete or sword. And here is a startling fact, do you know who has committed the most acts of waterboarding? US Government THREE -- Anti-war protesters THOUSANDS (dozens at nearly every anti-war rally).
Posted by: James Danley | May 18, 2008 3:25:05 PM
As a proud hard working white American, the dream ticket would be Jake Tapper and Hillary Clinton. Jake and Hillary speaks the truth of Obama.
I love my guns and whiskey!
Posted by: Bruce | May 18, 2008 3:21:04 PM
"It must be awful to be Muslim in this country. Islamophobia has definitely gone up this year.
Enough with the Obama-Osama fear mongering.
Americans aren't buying it."
Yeah, we really do need to chill out.
Posted by: Amber | May 18, 2008 3:19:39 PM
I'm so tired of the right wing talking points that i can't understand how anyone can think they are reasonable. You really should stop listening to Rush and Hannity both of them leave critical information out of their arguements against Democrats. If you beleive that right now is the time for more de-regulation of Corporations, the continued power of Lobbiest and those they represent, staying in Iraq until God knows when and tax cuts that mainly benifit the rich. Vote for McCain. The points I just mentioned are why you should support him and the facts supporting why this is better is how you should frame your arguement against Obama
This Guilt by association argument works against anyone who has a long list of people who they rely on for public office. Here is how the arguement works (this is all fact by the way) McCain's mother hates Mormons. She claimed this during a live interview on MSN. Because McCain didn't denounce her and he has been listening to her anti-Mormon retoric for so long how can we trust him to stand up for religous freedom in this country. Also according to his preacher he has never come up to the alter and publicly accepted Crist at his church, so there are doubts he is even a Christian (in the true sense). How can he represent America if he doesn't even beleive in God and has been pretending to be a man of faith when he obviously is not. He did call the Christian Group led by Jerry Falwel "agents of intolerance" What is even more frightening about McCain is that 2 of his staff members have lobbied on behalf of the dictatorship government of Myanmar. These sorts of associations are troubling. What is a nominee for president doing employing people who represent a dictatorship. What were they doing on Myanmar's behalf and what does this say about McCain's friends values? How is he affected by these people who he surrounds himself with who are so sympathetic to dictators that they lobby their anti-civil (or any) rights style governments values to America? Obviously, there is a section of McCain's inner circle who support taking away of the people's civil liberties. How will this play out if the American people elect him president (it is scarey)
All of you Hannity idoits take note--- anyone can be smeared through guilt by association. The amazing thing is how you people buy into it.
Posted by: dane | May 18, 2008 3:19:31 PM
Obama will be our next president and all praise and honor goes to the God of the Bible.
Posted by: Jim | May 18, 2008 3:18:09 PM
Vote Hillary, I love these "I'm so shocked/look it up!" type of posts. So I looked it up and it's 57 nations, not "states" that organized in 1969.
"The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 nations, most of which are Islamic, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkan, Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America. The official languages of the organization are Arabic, English and French." Wikipedia
Maybe the sky isn't falling, afterall. But I'm sure there are people who will go no farther than reading your scare tactic attempt. As they say, perception beats the facts.
Posted by: KJ in NC | May 18, 2008 3:14:51 PM
Right on "Vets for Hillary", way to bring on the references of Good Support for Hillary.
It's a shame the amount of baloney that some "Obama - the new messiah" supporters will dish to try to fool us all.
Oh and since when has posing a good argument against an opponent been a reason to label someone as using "negative" politics? Like everything else he flip-flops on, Obama is just calling Hillary negative because he lost the last debate with her, and she's making some good arguments with him.
Hillary has been amongst the best of "politically correct" of any candidate. This is because Hillary understands that we are a diverse nation. Hillary knows that our diversity is part of what makes us such a strong nation.
Don't be a FOOL!! Don't vote for Obama!!
Posted by: Jane | May 18, 2008 3:14:44 PM
Jess,
It must be lonely at your flat. The fact that you can't vote in our election is not lost on me... and I'm thankful of that. There is no reason that I care about anyone's grandparents. HRC's, or Obama's, or McCain's. My own are long since gone. While they have some influence in life... these are all grown people with lives for which only they can answer-- a grandparent is free of blame or credit. So, there is no "issue" or "argument" for which I am obliged to answer. In short, "pack sand." I'll not respond again.
Posted by: yeah whatever | May 18, 2008 3:11:24 PM
It produces cognitive dissnonance. Obama's message of change has no focus. Layering on the religious symbols invokes trust where there has yet to be substance. The ultra-liberal-intelligent image conflicts with the on knees in prayer image.
It comes off as pandering for votes. People react to that because that was Bush/Rove's technique and we are sensitive to it.
Posted by: len | May 18, 2008 3:10:31 PM
i know the voters of kentucky are smart enough to see how obama is playing them.
for him to have sat in the church he has sat in for 20years and now to put out this flyer-is an insult.
I think the only people in Kentucky who will buy this are the Black people-and they will set out to continue to make excuses for him. no matter what he does.
My black brothers and sisters are showing their "racial pride" for a black man to be president is so desperate now they will accept,make excuses,threaten anything for obama.
makes no difference if everyday he is proving a little more and more he should not be president, he is black and it must be.
mr. obama said he found God in this church and became a christian, and then,
after 20year-but within a few months he has had to denounce the man who helped him to God.,obama has now started wearing a flagpin-after laying out that long explaination of why he didn't wear one.
I just hope his soul is still intact once he get the white house.
we didn't know him. what we do know about him raises more questions, and what he has told us-he is changing as the times or situation calls for.
sill leave me asking, who is obama and what exactly does he stand for, and exactly what is he going to do for me and mine, other americans,
and yes-I have got the "hope and change" message, but what is the rest of the story?
Posted by: jgaw | May 18, 2008 3:08:21 PM
I am part of the majority "white male" population living in Ohio. I can relate to Jake Tapper completely! Jake, don't let your guard down on Obama. Continue to tell the truth about those people!
Posted by: Bruce | May 18, 2008 3:06:12 PM
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