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Obama's Divine Meteorology

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October 10, 2008 2:57 PM

ABC News' John Berman, Sunlen Miller and Ursula Fahy report: It might be a pure coincidence, but Barack Obama gave God the credit for the weather not once, but twice today.

In Chillocothe, Ohio he opened his morning speech with the words, "What a wonderful crowd on this beautiful day that the Lord has made."  And then later in Columbus he said, "Look at this day that the Lord has made!" 

Indeed, it was a very nice day whoever made it.  But it is where Obama said it that is interesting.  Ohio has voted Republican in the previous 2 elections, and George W. Bush had some success galvanizing the evangelical vote here.  This is not to say Obama doesn't think God has provided nice weather in blue states, he just doesn't talk about it there.  The last time he brought up divine meteorology was in North Carolina on Sunday, "I can tell this is God's country," he said, "And look at this day that the Lord has made."

Again, it might be nothing, but one factor that suggests it is not, is Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's full throated introduction of Obama at the rally in Chillocothe (and I call it full throated, because he was shouting it, loudly, with his entire throat, even though the microphone was working perfectly well.)  In his introduction, Strickland assured the crowd, "Obama is a strong Christian family man." However, Strickland did not bring up the weather.

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Now c'mom folks - Sarah coulda told ya Columbus woulda had great weather today cause she kin see . . .

Posted by: Yankee | Oct 10, 2008 3:46:08 PM

TJ,

It's the God of Abraham..there is one God...the same for everyone. Obviously, you don't know that.

Also how did Obama get to be a muslim...did his white mid-western grandparents who lived in Hawaii lead the way. Get over your hatred.

Posted by: Sheila | Oct 10, 2008 3:47:26 PM

Thank you Mark. Well put. By the way the Christian God and the Muselm is also the Jewsih God. I believe the difference is Christians believe Jesus is the son of God and died for our sins. The Muslema and the Jews do not beleive this. Thelogians start your engines and please be kind.

Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | Oct 10, 2008 3:48:13 PM

Sounds like Obama is running scared!

Posted by: tine | Oct 10, 2008 3:48:48 PM

The Market crash is the outcome of 8 years of Republicans' deregulationist, market-is-God, economic policies. Old man McCain will bring more of the same...

Posted by: jane sixpack | Oct 10, 2008 3:49:46 PM

Mark: If you are going to talk about the brain then maybe you had better use yours. The brain has more than 2 cells, duhhh. But maybe in your case, hmmm! OK that explains it..

Posted by: bombem | Oct 10, 2008 3:50:07 PM

Pandering, plain and simple. Face it folks....BOTH candidates are adept at playing this political "game". Obama is no different a politician than McCain or the countless others before him. If it looks like a politician, acts like a politician, well, good chance it's a politician. I doubt he'd mention GOD like that in California. These guys are all transparent.

Posted by: Joshua P | Oct 10, 2008 3:53:37 PM


Yes Obama is a weather man and
god loves him on this.

Remember before the Convention
some kneeled down and prayed for
rain to come. But it didn't.

Posted by: FM | Oct 10, 2008 3:54:57 PM

Announcer: Who is Barack Obama? A man with “a political baptism performed at warp speed.” Vast ambition.

After college, he moved to Chicago. Became a community organizer. There, Obama met Madeleine Talbot, part of the Chicago branch of ACORN. He was so impressive that he was asked to train the ACORN staff.

What did ACORN in Chicago engage in? Bullying banks. Intimidation tactics. Disruption of business. ACORN forced banks to issue risky home loans. The same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we’re in today.

No wonder Obama’s campaign is trying to distance him from the group, saying, “Barack Obama Never Organized with ACORN.” But Obama’s ties to ACORN run long and deep. He taught classes for ACORN. They even endorsed him for President.

But now ACORN is in trouble.

Reporter: There are at least 11 investigations across the country involving thousands of potentially fraudulent ACORN forms.

Announcer: Massive voter fraud. And the Obama campaign paid more than $800,000 to an ACORN front for get out the vote efforts.

Pressuring banks to issue risky loans. Nationwide voter fraud.

Barack Obama. Bad judgment. Blind ambition. Too risky for America.

Posted by: Children of the ACORN | Oct 10, 2008 3:55:51 PM

Jenny Rome Ga: Jenny be careful! Believe it or not GOD "IS" listening to all of this. Yes Jenny but don't get close to insulting the Christian GOD by compairing him to a deity that supossidly wants Muslims to murder non Muslims. That would be an Obam(in)a tion)

Posted by: bombem | Oct 10, 2008 4:04:37 PM

Like Obama, Adolf Hitler was a gifted and mesmerizing speaker. He too had a way of invoking the divine, he also had his assistants wearing brown shirts like the ACORN staff. Yes, indeed a lot of similiarities.

Posted by: greybeard | Oct 10, 2008 4:07:14 PM

FM: Does GOD answer every prayer? I hope and pray he answers mine.

Posted by: bombem | Oct 10, 2008 4:08:22 PM

Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California. He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies. "Barry" (that was the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan.

Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born in Pakistan? They are in charge of all those "small" Internet campaign contribution for Obama. Where is that money coming from? The poor and
middle class in this country? Or could it be from the Middle East?

Posted by: Todd Achffer | Oct 10, 2008 4:08:56 PM

Apparently Johnny can't keep his temper under control - especially when he is out gambling at a casino. See:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-09/john-mccain-shooting-craps-pissed-off/

So much for character. So much for family values. So much for integrity. God Save America!

Posted by: John McCain's Gambling Addiction and Explosive Temper | Oct 10, 2008 4:09:41 PM

wow the freaks are out...

as palin insights the same values that got us Timothy mcVeigh and Joe Vogel

you all prove that she knows how to create domestic terrorists.

oh the hypocrisy...

some of the people posting on here could be Timothy mcveigh ...if he hadn't been executed.

same team
same tactics
9th year.

Posted by: dl | Oct 10, 2008 4:10:50 PM

At least Obama's weather message is positive -- not like McCain, who says seditious untrue things at his townhall meetings and then doesn't have the courage to say them to Obama's face.

Posted by: Southern Girl | Oct 10, 2008 4:11:55 PM

OBAMA said in his book " Audacity of Hope" I WILL STAND WITH THE MUSLIMS SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION
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I can't believe you pinheads are still misquoting this line as it has been debunked months ago.

Or, why don't you actually read the book and learn something?

Too many big words for you?

Posted by: Pinheads | Oct 10, 2008 4:15:04 PM

Southern girl John McCain is a true American hero and has never uttered a seditious word.

Posted by: greybeard | Oct 10, 2008 4:17:04 PM

The McCain campaign tried to pre-empt the official report by releasing its own review of "troopergate," which concluded that Palin did nothing wrong and did not break any laws.
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Well since the McCain campaign says she's innocent, it must be true.

Odd that they feel the need to put this statement out before the investigation results are released though isn't it?

Shouldn't it clear her of any wrong doing.

Posted by: Sure, we trust you | Oct 10, 2008 4:17:39 PM

dl: he was executed because he didn't have a wealthy politically connected father to get him off, otherwise the murdering scum would be dead today.

Posted by: bombem | Oct 10, 2008 4:17:45 PM

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