President Honors Soon-to-Be Saint

You better genuflect when you greet Saint Barack of Chicago.

I find this ironic.Obama and his crowd want to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions; they want to cut off funding to hospitals that don't perform this abomination.That is a fact.

B Baer--

There may definitely be hate coming from some neo-cons, but how does your statement not further hate? Or at least add fuel to a fire you seem not want to see burning? Just a thought.

Old Glory, I'm think you misunderstood me. All I meant to do was clarify what Fr. Damien was about--a selfless servant. In now way did I mean to make a comment about how we should all become doctors, or whatever.

Try the truth, to me Obama's comment is just a typical political comment, as in a way to take the death of a saintly man and try to make a modern application for it in a political way. You may disagree, and that's cool. But Obama, I imagine we both agree, is the quinteseential politician (this is not necessarily all bad, though, right?).

Peace out, people.

The White House innocuously joins the world's largest Christian religion in honoring a man who literally gave his life easing the suffering of others and predictably, the wingnuts respond with a torrent of cynicism, sarcasm, and hate. Further proof, that if you open the heart of a many neo-cons you find, not a beating heart, but a financial calculator.

Kelli,

Read the article and study Obama's carefully chosen words. Fr. Damien lived during a time when there were no established medical facilities or modern health care system like we have today, including Medicare which cares for everybody w/o insurance. Everybody in this country gets treated, period.

So why would Obama say "we should draw on the example of Fr. Damien . . . to heal and care for the sick"? Are we all supposed to become doctors? Are we all supposed to sign up to learn how to insert IV's? Obama is crafting his message for all of us to jump on his personal bandwagon of socialized Government Medical using this occasion from the Roman Catholic Church that is honoring this man's love for our Lord Jesus Christ and his tireless effort to see Christ in his neighbor - not because he was an advocate for socialized health care as Obama's words obviously seem to suggest. These aren't the 1800's anymore. We have a medical system in place now. Obama is exploiting this saintly man's extraordinary care for the sick, during a time in the 1800's of no health care, to peddle Obama's takeover of the since evolved system that has revolutionized over time. Obama's words are merely to peddle his public support for his Government Option.

kelli | Oct 10, 2009 1:14:57 AM - Father Damien's tireless work with lepers is more a testament to his Christian love than it is to a lesson about health care, as Obama seems to suggest.-------- If you read the article again, you'd see the only one suggesting that, is you.

Father Damien's story is even better: he pioneered an orphanage for "throw-away" boys with leprosy on the island of Moloka'i, at a time when not many people were willing to even be present with the boys, let alone care for them...but anyone who knows Hawai'i at all knows that where Obama lived (Oahu) is quite far from where Fr. Damian lived and worked. The point may be petty, but the blog post makes it sound like Obama has a personal connection to all of this, and that seems a stretch to me. Another point: Father Damien's tireless work with lepers is more a testament to his Christian love than it is to a lesson about health care, as Obama seems to suggest.

Obama does not have the right to honor anyone. In fact I would not have that communist or congress or his goons at any function if they paid me tons of money.
Just the media keeping him in the lime light. They will wake up when we boycott them and they go broke.

Oh wait, he already has exploited this Roman Catholic Saint: "we should draw on the example of Fr. Damien's resolve in answering the urgent call to heal and care for the sick". This is his political code word for 'support Government Medical takeover'. Wow, I guess I didn't read closely this part of the article and predictably know that Obama's enormous ego would steal Fr. Damien's thunder.

I just read the headline.

Is Obama honoring himself?

Obama will use any excuse to "speak" Sorry guy you are not in the same league as Father Damien! This is to be his day but watch our great leader try to make it about himself. Can't let anyone else get attention, not even a saint!

I bet Obama will now trip over himself to get to the microphones to exploit the opportunity to steal Fr. Damien's thunder and talk about . . . you guessed it, himself and take credit for the saint's good work. He'll talk about Hawaii and how his heritage was deeply indebted to Fr. Damien, and somehow slip in promoting his political pet projects (like how Fr. Damien "if he was a voter would have surely voted for a Government Medical Plan". Just a prediction.

The world has gone more crazy with each passing year. By year 3000, we will have awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a man who doesn't eat junk food.

Canonize Both! Save the Pope a trip!

When will Obama be granted sainthood? Surely he deserves it after all he has done.